Benjamin Spock

Benjamin McLane Spock was an American pediatrician and left-wing political activist. His book Baby and Child Care (1946) is one of the best-selling books of the 20th century, selling 500,000 copies in the six months after its initial publication and 50 million by the time of Spock's death in 1998. The book's premise told mothers, "You know more than you think you do." Spock's parenting advice and recommendations revolutionized the upbringing of children in the U.S., and he is considered one of the most famous and influential Americans of the 20th century.

2 May 1903

Born on the same birth day (2 May): Catherine Labouré • David O'Leary • Eddie Collins • Elias Boudinot • Hans Christian Lumbye • Hedda Hopper • Heinrich Gustav Magnus • Jigme Dorji Wangchuck • Kyle Busch • Lorenz Hart • Manfred von Richthofen • Michael Broadbent • Ray Barrett • Sebald de Weert • Vernon and Irene Castle • Zat Knight

Born in the same month (May 1903): Billie Dove • Bing Crosby • Charles F. Brannock • Cool Papa Bell • Countee Cullen • Fernandel • James Beard • Luther Adler • Manly Wade Wellman • Maria Reiche • Nikolay Zabolotsky • Otto Bradfisch • S. L. Kirloskar • Toots Shor