Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt

Colonel Arthur Espie Porritt, Baron Porritt, was a New Zealand physician, military surgeon, statesman and athlete. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the 100 m sprint. He served as the 11th governor-general of New Zealand from 1967 to 1972.

10 August 1900

Born on the same birth day (10 August): Angus Lewis Macdonald • Archie Bradley (baseball) • Christofer Johnsson • Fred Ridgway • Gerino Gerini (racing driver) • Haifaa al-Mansour • Hansi Kürsch • Hieronymus Praetorius • Kyle Brown (soccer) • Nikos Korovesis • Philippe Albert • Ray Smith (cricketer) • Rick Overton • Vernon Washington • Ward Moore

Born in the same month (August 1900): Cecil Howard Green • Dorothy Burr Thompson • Ernie Pyle • Gilbert Ryle • Gino Lucetti • Gontran de Poncins • Hans Krebs (biochemist) • Helen Morgan (singer) • Holling C. Holling • Ida Browne • Jack Tworkov • Lisy Fischer • Margaret Utinsky • Margret Boveri • Pauline A. Young • Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother • Vivienne de Watteville