driver (d. 2003) August 18 – Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, essayist, and diplomat (d. 2018) August 19 – Dennis Poore, British entrepreneur, financier and racing driver (d. 1987) August 20 George Rosenkranz, Mexican co-inventor of oral contraceptive pill (d. 2019) Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian chess player (d. 1984) August 21 Frank O. Braynard, American maritime writer and historian (d. 2007) Geoffrey Keen, English actor (d. 2005) Bill Lee, American playback singer (d. 1980) Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005) August 22 Robert H. Krieble, American chemist (d. 1997) Joe Martinelli, American soccer forward (d. 1991) August 24 Hal Smith, American actor (d. 1994) Léo Ferré, French-born Monégasque poet and composer (d. 1993) August 25 Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008) Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist (d. 2003) Saburō Sakai, Japanese fighter ace (d. 2000) August 27 Martha Raye, American actress (d. 1994) Larry Thor, Canadian actor (d. 1976) Robert Van Eenaeme, Belgian cyclist (d. 1959) August 28 C. Wright Mills, American sociologist (d. 1962) Jack Vance, American writer (d. 2013) August 29 – Luther Davis, American screenwriter (d. 2008) August 30 Shag Crawford, American baseball umpire (d. 2007) Kenneth Keith, Baron Keith of Castleacre, British life peer (d. 2004) August 31 Daniel Schorr, American journalist (d. 2010) John S. Wold, American politician (d. 2017) September September 1 Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (d. 2014) Joseph Minish, American politician (d. 2007) September 3 – Tommy J. Smith, Australian trainer (d. 1998) September 5 Allan Louisy, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (d. 2011) Frank Yerby, American writer (d. 1991) September 7 – Shen Panwen, Chinese chemist (d. 2017) September 12 Leoncio Afonso, Spanish scientist (d. 2017) Edward Binns, American stage, film, and television actor (d. 1990) September 13 – Roald Dahl, Welsh-born author (d. 1990) September 14 Eric Bentley, English-born American critic and playwright (d. 2020) John Heyer, Australian documentary filmmaker (d. 2001) September 15 Margaret Lockwood, Indian-born English actress (d. 1990) Frederick C. Weyand, U.S. Army General (d. 2010) September 16 – Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian labour leader (d. 1999) September 17 – Mary Stewart, born Mary Rainbow, English-born fantasy and mystery writer (d. 2014) September 18 – John Jacob Rhodes, American politician and lawyer (d. 2003) September 21 – Zinovy Gerdt, Russian actor (d. 1996) September 23 – Aldo Moro, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1978) September 24 – Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman (d. 2004)