Charles Snead Houston

Charles Snead Houston was an American physician, mountaineer, high-altitude investigator, inventor, author, film-maker, and former Peace Corps administrator. He made two important and celebrated attempts to climb the mountain K2 in the Karakoram Range.

24 August 1913

Born on the same birth day (24 August): Alex Colville • Benoît Brunet • Denílson (footballer, born 1977) • Ferdinand I of Romania • Fujiwara no Genshi • Howard Zinn • Jans Koerts • Kim Sung-il (general) • Lady Amelia Windsor • Malcolm Cowley • Marcel Goc • Marion Bloem • Noah Vonleh • Shivaram Rajguru • Susan Sheehan • Tim Salmon

Born in the same month (August 1913): Bob Crosby • Fred Davis (snooker player) • George Van Eps • Hector Crawford • Johann Niemann • John Argyris • Kalevi Kotkas • Leonard Pagliero • Mark Felt • Noah Beery Jr. • Paul Dupuis • Richard L. Bare • Richard Simmons (actor) • Richard Tucker • Romain Maes • Rudy York • Wesley Addy • Wolfgang Paul