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): Bob Kerrey • Carl Bosch • Charles Pozzi • Don Bradman • Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg • James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead • Jeff Cook • Jimmy Greenhalgh • Joel Kovel • János Konrád • Kim Petras • Leah Jamieson • Lien Chan • Norah Lofts • Reece Shearsmith • Steve McDowall • Tom Lanoye • Vincent Auriol

Born in the same month (August 1912): Aleksandr Aleksandrov (mathematician) • Ben Hogan • David Raksin • Erich Honecker • Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs • Gego • Herb Narvo • Håkon Stenstadvold • Igor Troubetzkoy • Palle Huld • Raoul Wallenberg • Samuel Fuller