George Cayley

Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet was an English engineer, inventor, and aviator. He is one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Many consider him to be the first true scientific aerial investigator and the first person to understand the underlying principles and forces of flight and the first man to create the wire wheel.

27 December 1773

Born on the same birth day (27 December): Anthony Boric • Bruno Bobak • Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach • Chloe Bridges • David Dunn • Maryam d'Abo • Petar Kanavelić • Rick Porcello • Sarah Vowell • Scotty Moore • Sebastian Haffner • Timothée Chalamet • Vachirawit Chivaaree • Veronica Giuliani • Werner Baumbach • Wilfrid Sheed