Augusta Savage

Augusta Savage was an American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. She was also a teacher whose studio was important to the careers of a generation of artists who would become nationally known. She worked for equal rights for African Americans in the arts.

29 February 1892

Born on the same birth day (29 February): Ferran Torres • Lena Gercke • Mark Foster (musician) • Masten Gregory • Mervyn Warren • Pete Fenson • Phyllis Frelich • Saul Williams • Sylvie Lubamba • Tim Powers

Born in the same month (February 1892): Agnes Smedley • E. J. Pratt • Edna St. Vincent Millay • Harry Stack Sullivan • James Forrestal • Juan Negrín • Kathleen Harrison • Radola Gajda • Robert H. Jackson • Tochigiyama Moriya • Wendell Willkie • William Demarest