Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. Her work was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and over a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books. Frequently described as an author of science fiction, Le Guin has also been called a "major voice in American Letters". Le Guin said she would prefer to be known as an "American novelist".

21 October 1929

Born on the same birth date (21 October 1929): Fritz Hollaus • George Stinney • Pierre Bellemare

Born on the same birth day (21 October): Alfred Nobel • Eddy Hamel • Evhen Tsybulenko • Gabe Gross • Jim Wallwork

Born in the same month (October 1929): Bill George (linebacker) • Claude Rouer • Curtis Amy • Graeme Ferguson (filmmaker) • Herb Levinson • Hubert Aquin • Kees Fens • Lewis Wolpert • Luis Alarcón • Michel Knuysen • Neal Matthews Jr. • Violeta Chamorro • William Orchard (water polo) • Yevgeny Primakov