Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, was the first full-time editor of the National Geographic magazine (1899–1954). Grosvenor is credited with having consolidated the nascent magazine.

28 October 1875

Born on the same birth day (28 October): Andrew Bridgen • Andrew Harrison (basketball) • Andy Richter • Camille Muffat • Chris Broussard • Eileen Shanahan • Finn Wittrock • Gwendoline Christie • Hans Speidel • Jawed Karim • Maurice de Saxe • May Calamawy • Noel Macklin • Steve Atwater • Velimir Khlebnikov • Wayne Fontana • Wilhelm Anderson

Born in the same month (October 1875): Aleister Crowley • Carolyn Sherwin Bailey • Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics • David van Embden • Dr. Atl • Eugene Meyer (financier) • Gilbert N. Lewis • Konstantin Yuon • Laurence Doherty • Len Braund • Marie of Romania • Pattie Ruffner Jacobs • Théodore Monbeig • Vallabhbhai Patel