Jacques Tits

Jacques Tits was a Belgian-born French mathematician who worked on group theory and incidence geometry. He introduced Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, the Tits group, and the Tits metric.

12 August 1930

Born on the same birth date (12 August 1930): George Soros • Kanagaratnam Sriskandan

Born on the same birth day (12 August): Abraham Zacuto • David Jacobs (writer) • George IV • Greg Thomas • John Derek • Jonathan Coachman • LaKeith Stanfield • Marion Lorne • Maurice Fernandes • Park Yong-ha • Robin Nicholson (metallurgist) • Terry Nutkins

Born in the same month (August 1930): Crispin Tickell • Don Ho • Geoffrey Holder • George Soros • Harve Bennett • Jacques Bouchard • Joe Solomon • Kanagaratnam Sriskandan • Lawrence Eagleburger • Leslie Manigat • Peter Randall (British Army soldier) • Roger McCluskey • Sean Connery • Ted Hughes • Veljo Tormis