Gus Grissom

Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was an American engineer and pilot in the United States Air Force, as well as one of the original men, the Mercury Seven, selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Project Mercury, a program to train and launch astronauts into outer space. Grissom was also a Project Gemini and Apollo program astronaut for NASA. As a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps, Grissom was the second American to fly in space in 1961. He was also the second American to fly in space twice, preceded only by Joe Walker with his sub-orbital X-15 flights.

3 April 1926

Born on the same birth date (3 April 1926): Alex Grammas

Born on the same birth day (3 April): Alcide De Gasperi • Arlette Cousture • David Hyde Pierce • Dylann Roof • Emil Kellenberger • Gabriel Jesus • Israel Folau • Jared Allen • Lee Williams (actor) • Lorenzo Snow • Lyle Alzado • Madison Brengle • Michael Olowokandi • Natasha Negovanlis • Pervis Ellison • Ricky Nixon • Sandra Boynton • Stanisława Walasiewicz

Born in the same month (April 1926): Alex Grammas • Arthur Rowley • Doug Insole • Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner • Harris Wofford • James Bama • James Stirling (architect) • John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough • Johnny Craig • Jürgen Moltmann • Liang Yusheng • Pierre Fabre (businessman) • Randy Weston • Rifaat el-Mahgoub