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May 15, 1926

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Notable Births

1926Clermont PĂ©pin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (died 2006)[†]

Clermont PĂ©pin was a Canadian pianist, composer and teacher who lived in Quebec.

1926Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2001)[†]

Anthony Joshua Shaffer was a British playwright, screenwriter, novelist, barrister, and advertising executive. He is best remembered for his Tony Award winning play Sleuth, and its acclaimed 1972 film adaptation. His screenplays included Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy and folk horror The Wicker Man.

Peter Shaffer

1926Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (died 2016)[†]

Sir Peter Levin Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is best known for the plays Equus and Amadeus, the latter adapted for the screen by Miloơ Forman with an Academy Award–winning screenplay by Shaffer.

Notable Deaths

1926Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (born 1850)[†]

Joseph James Fletcher was an Australian biologist, winner of the 1921 Clarke Medal.