Jack Paar
Jack Harold Paar was an American talk show host, writer, radio and television comedian, and film actor. He was the second host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962. Time magazine's obituary of Paar reported wryly, "His fans would remember him as the fellow who split talk show history into two eras: Before Paar and Below Paar."
1 May 1918
Born on the same birth day (1 May): Jacqueline Comerre-Paton • John Haynes (governor) • Laura Betti • Peter Lax • Ramzi bin al-Shibh • Richard Blundell • Roman Lyashenko
Born in the same month (May 1918): Aleksandra Boiko • Birgit Nilsson • Bob Evans (restaurateur) • Coleman Young • Edward B. Lewis • Joseph Wiseman • Mary Kay Ash • Mike Wallace • Pita Amor • Robert Osterloh • Ted Bates (footballer) • Yasuhiro Nakasone