Aloysius Stepinac

Aloysius Viktor Stepinac was a high-ranking Yugoslav Croat prelate of the Catholic Church. Made a cardinal in 1953, Stepinac served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1937 until his death, a period which included the fascist rule of the genocidal Ustaše regime with the support of the Axis powers from 1941 to 1945 during World War II.

8 May 1898

Born on the same birth day (8 May): Bertalan Székely • David Attenborough • H. Robert Horvitz • Lars Eller • Louis Moreau Gottschalk • Luis Enrique • Toni Tennille • William Henry Vanderbilt

Born in the same month (May 1898): Ariel Durant • Arletty • Armand Hammer • Carl Johnson (athlete) • Charles-Léon Hammes • David Crosthwait • Elsie Eaves • John McLaughlin (artist)