Ivan Illich

Ivan Dominic Illich was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and social critic. His 1971 book Deschooling Society criticises modern society's institutional approach to education, an approach that constrains learning to narrow situations in a fairly short period of the human lifespan. His 1975 book Medical Nemesis, importing to the sociology of medicine the concept of medical harm, argues that industrialised society widely impairs quality of life by overmedicalising life, pathologizing normal conditions, creating false dependency, and limiting other more healthful solutions. Illich called himself "an errant pilgrim."

4 September 1926

Born on the same birth date (4 September 1926): Bert Olmstead • September 4

Born on the same birth day (4 September): Awesome Kong • Chantal Škamlová • Craig Claiborne • Dallas Willard • Damon Wayans • Giorgi Margvelashvili • Jennifer Salt • John Vanbiesbrouck • Judith Ivey • Khandi Alexander • Kosuke Matsuura • Lucie Silvas • Maxim Afinogenov • Raúl Albiol • Sabina Sharipova • Shailesh Vara • Shmuel Wosner • Tomas Sandström • Ulla Tørnæs • Walter Zapp

Born in the same month (September 1926): Abdur Rahman Biswas • Arthur Oldham • Bert Olmstead • Bill Black • Hovie Lister • Irene Papas • James Lipton • Jerry Clower • Joe Kubert • Libero Liberati • Robin Roberts (baseball) • Shōhei Imamura • Steve Stavro