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): A. S. Byatt • Alex O'Loughlin • August 24 • Cal Ripken Jr. • David Ireland (author) • Emile Roemer • Francis Pangilinan • Jeffrey Daniel • Jemerson • Jimmy Soul • Ken Hensley • Linton Kwesi Johnson • Martin-Baker • Orlando Engelaar • Philip Henry • Ronnie Grieveson • Shivaram Rajguru • Stephen Paulus

Born in the same month (August 1913): Bernard Lovell • Don DeFore • Fred Davis (snooker player) • Helen Levitt • Jack Dreyfus • Johann Niemann • John Argyris • Len Butterfield • Makarios III • Menachem Begin • Oscar Alfredo Gálvez • Paul Dean (baseball) • Paul Dupuis • Peter Kemp (writer) • Richard L. Bare • Richard Simmons (actor) • Robert Hayden • Robert Irving (conductor) • Robertson Davies • Romain Maes • Wesley Addy