The novelist
Anthony Trollope was born at 6 Keppel Street, Bloomsbury, London on April 24, 1815. Anthony was a large, dirty boy with a large voice. He was unpopular and had no friends as he was thought to be uncouth and clumsy. Anthony was despised at school by both pupils and teachers taking repeated floggings. Because of his miserable school experiences, he took to daydreaming. Walking a mile walk to and from school young Trollope would be lost in his elaborate inner worlds.
Barbra Streisand was born Barbara Joan Streisand to Jewish parents on April 24, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York. She changed her name to Barbra when she was 18-years-old as she wanted to be unique, but didn't want to change her name completely. At Erasmus Hall High School she sang in the school choir alongside Neil Diamond. The pair teamed up again in 1978 for the smash hit "
You Don't Bring Me Flowers."
The
artist Stephen Wiltshire was born April 24, 1974. An autistic savant, Wiltshire draws detailed landscapes from memory. A 250-foot (76 m) long panoramic memory drawing of New York is on display at JFK Airport. He was appointed an MBE in 2006 and in the same year, he opened a permanent gallery on the Royal Opera Arcade in London.
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