Edgar Wayburn
Edgar Arthur Wayburn was an American environmentalist who served as the president of the Sierra Club five times in the 1960s. He has been recognized as one of the least-known yet most successful defenders of America's natural heritage. Wayburn played a crucial role in the establishment of significant achievements, including the creation of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the creation and subsequent expansion of Redwood National Park and Point Reyes National Seashore, and the expansion of Mount Tamalpais State Park.
17 September 1906
Born on the same birth date (17 September 1906): J. R. Jayewardene
Born on the same birth day (17 September): Bill Black • Christian Lous Lange • Chuck Grassley • David Bintley • David Souter • Domenico Citro • Earl Van Dorn • Hermann Trautschold • Hesham Qandil • J. R. Jayewardene • J. Willard Marriott • Jim Cornette • Nate Berkus • Nigel Boocock • Park Honan • Sil Austin • Tomáš Berdych • Émile Augier
Born in the same month (September 1906): Ali Hadi Bara • Andrei Kirilenko (politician) • Charles Ritchie (diplomat) • Eleanor Alice Burford • Franz Biebl • Henry Beachell • Henry Nash Smith • Ilse Koch • J. R. Jayewardene • Jack Churchill • Karl Wien • Luis Federico Leloir • Ruben Oskar Auervaara • Vera Faddeeva