Happy Birthday!

German soldier & tall-tale and folk tale teller

Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr (Baron) von Münchhausen

Born 5/11/1720
(d2/22/1797)


His name is still a medical synonym for "liar." ("Mythologist" also means liar.) Some of his tales were the basis for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe. And a great movie.

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