
Literary Birthday – 17 December – Ford Madox Ford
Ford Madox Ford was born 17 December 1873, and died 26 June 1939.

Ford Madox Ford was born 17 December 1873, and died 26 June 1939.

Arthur C. Clarke was born on 16 December 1917 and died on 19 March 2008.

Jane Austen was born 16 December 1775, and died 18 July 1817.

Noël Coward was born 16 December 1899, and died 26 March 1973.

Edna O’Brien was born 15 December 1930 and died 28 July 2024.

Gustave Flaubert was born 12 December 1821, and died 8 May 1880.

Helen Dunmore was born 12 December 1952 and died 5 June 2017.

Happy Birthday, Ayelet Waldman, born on 11 December 1964.

Happy Birthday, Cornelia Funke, born 10 December 1958.

Joanna Trollope was born on 9 December 1943 and died on 11 December 2025.