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): C. Suntharalingam • Charles Bolden • Charles Wang • Claude Gauvreau • David Hopwood • Dennis Poore • Governor of Michigan • Jack Holland (rugby league) • Kirk Cousins • Lajos Baróti

Born in the same month (August 1921): August Kowalczyk • Ernest Angley • Esther Williams • Fernando Fernán Gómez • Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg • Karel Husa • Mary Lee (singer) • Maurice Richard • Nancy Kulp • Raymond Williams • William Asher