William Goldman

William Goldman was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist before turning to screenwriting. Among other accolades, Goldman won two Academy Awards in both writing categories—once for Best Original Screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and once for Best Adapted Screenplay for All the President's Men (1976).

12 August 1931

Born on the same birth day (12 August): Ben Sealey • Bruce Greenwood • Bruce Matthews (Canadian Army officer) • Dorothy E. Denning • Ebba Haslund • George McGinnis • Jesinta Franklin • Juhan Simm • Karl Stefanovic • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar • Klara Hitler • Kōji Kitao • L. M. Kit Carson • Laurent Fignon • Marion Lorne • Mark Kinsella • Martin Zurawsky • Michael J. McGivney • Pedro Collins • Pete Sampras • Sitaram Yechury • Sunye • Tokugawa Iemitsu • Vanessa Watts

Born in the same month (August 1931): Chalmers Johnson • Cristina Deutekom • Ernest C. Brace • Hamilton O. Smith • James Freeman Gilbert • Jean Béliveau • Paula Kent Meehan • Ramblin' Jack Elliott • Roger Williams (hepatologist) • Tom Laughlin