Famous Birthdays for August 1918
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Months in 1918: January February March April May June July September October November December
Birthdays 1 - 37 of 37
1st - Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist
3rd - James MacGregor Burns, political writer (The Lion & the Fox)
3rd - Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (d. 1999)
3rd - Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
4th - Iceberg Slim (a.k.a. Robert Beck), American author (d. 1992)
5th - Tom Drake, American actor (d. 1982)
5th - Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004)
6th - Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)
7th - Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter
8th - Rory Calhoun, LA California, actor (Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill-Texan)
9th - Robert Aldrich, US director/producer (Dirty Dozen)
12th - Guy Gibson, British aviator, awarded Victoria Cross (d. 1944)
13th - Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal
13th - Frederick Sanger, England, biochemist (Nobel 1958, 1980)
13th - John Bunting, senior civil servant
15th - Florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)
15th - Fay Honey Knopp, activist
15th - Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, composer
17th - Mort Marshall, NYC, actor (Cully-Dumplings)
18th - Elsa Morante, writer
19th - James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist
Author Jacqueline Susann (20th)
20th - Jacqueline Susann, Phila Pa, author (Valley of the Dolls), (d. 1974)
21st - Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
22nd - Mary McGrory, American journalist (d. 2004)
23rd - Guus [August CM] Hermus, Dutch actor (Jantjes, Soldaat van Oranje)
24th - Ray McIntire, chemical engineer
24th - Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (d. 2004)
25th - Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence MA, conductor/composer (West Side Story)
25th - Richard Greene, Plymouth England, composer/actor (Adv of Robin Hood)
26th - Louis W "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor (Residence Orchestra)
27th - Lord Winstanley, physician/British MP (Labour)
28th - Alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician
29th - Jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/pres Netherlands Bank
30th - Ted Williams, American baseball player, last player in MLB to bat over .400 in a single season (Red Sox, AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47)
30th - Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
31st - Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer (Lerner & Loewe-My Fair Lady)
31st - Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, composer
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