Eugénio de Andrade, Pete Buttigieg, Patricia Highsmith
Born: Eugénio de Andrade (1923), Pete Buttigieg (1982), Patricia Highsmith (1921)
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19JanBorn 1923103rd birthday
Eugénio de Andrade
A Portuguese poet whose spare, sensual writing found meaning in the body and the natural world.
19JanBorn 198244th birthdayPete Buttigieg
A small-town mayor who came out while in office became the first openly gay person to win delegates in a US presidential primary.
19JanBorn 1921105th birthdayPatricia Highsmith
The creator of Tom Ripley also wrote, under a pseudonym, the first lesbian novel with a happy ending to become a bestseller.