Gloria Guinness

Gloria Guinness, previously Countess Gloria von Fürstenberg-Herdringen, was a Mexican socialite and a contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar from 1963 to 1971. She was photographed by Cecil Beaton, Slim Aarons, Alejo Vidal-Quadras; designed for by Cristóbal Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Hubert de Givenchy, Yves Saint-Laurent; and was also a close friend and inspiration to Truman Capote.

27 August 1912

Born on the same birth day (27 August): Amado Nervo • Chandra Wilson • Chantal Djotodia • Denice Denton • Franz Wagner (basketball) • Friedrich Staphylus • Jimmy Greenhalgh • Karl Unterkircher • Tom Berryhill

Born in the same month (August 1912): Abbé Pierre • Aleksandr Aleksandrov (mathematician) • Barry Sullivan (American actor) • Ben Hogan • Claire Cribbs • Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs • Frank Oppenheimer • Fritz Hellwig • Gene Kelly • Herb Narvo • Julia Child • Nancy Wake • Palle Huld • Raphael Blau • Richard C. Miller • Salvador Luria • Samuel Fuller • Sohn Kee-chung • Wendy Hiller • Wolfgang Suschitzky