Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman. He served as a United States congressman from New York from 1949 to 1955 and in 1963 was appointed United States Under Secretary of Commerce by President John F. Kennedy. He was appointed as the first chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1965 to 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Roosevelt also ran for governor of New York twice. He was a son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and served as an officer in the United States Navy during World War II.

17 August 1914

Born on the same birth date (17 August 1914): Bill Downs

Born on the same birth day (17 August): Andrus Kivirähk • Jackie Walorski • John A. Sampson • Jonathan Franzen • Jorge Posada • Marcus Garvey • Martha Coolidge • Michael John Wise • Oliver W. Larkin • Oscar Alfredo Gálvez • Phil Jagielka • Rachel Hurd-Wood • Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York • Rudy Gay • Sarah Sjöström • Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Born in the same month (August 1914): Bill Downs • Carlos Menditeguy • Connie B. Gay • Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca • Ferenc Fricsay • Gerd Buchdahl • Herman Branson • Julio Cortázar • Lajos Baróti • Ray Smith (cricketer) • Richard Basehart • Ruth Lowe