Gene Roddenberry

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction franchise Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Later, he joined the Los Angeles Police Department and began to write for television.

19 August 1921

Born on the same birth day (19 August): Bill Shoemaker • Bobby Richardson • Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington • Danny Galbraith • David A. Gregory • Dennis Poore • Fernando Gaviria • Gerald McRaney • Ian Gillan • Jill St. John • Jonathan Frakes • Nate Dogg • Paul Parry • Saori Kimura • Wright brothers

Born in the same month (August 1921): Bryce Mackasey • Eric Simms (ornithologist) • Ernest Angley • Esther Williams • J. James Exon • Jack Kramer • Kenneth Arrow • Pat McDonald (actress) • Richard Adler • William Asher