James Fallows

James Mackenzie Fallows is an American writer and journalist. He is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. His work has also appeared in Slate, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker and The American Prospect, among others. He is a former editor of U.S. News & World Report, and as President Jimmy Carter's chief speechwriter for two years was the youngest person ever to hold that job.

2 August 1949

Born on the same birth date (2 August 1949): Bertalan Farkas

Born on the same birth day (2 August): Albert Bloch • Andy Fairweather Low • Davey Boy Smith Jr. • Donnie Munro • Doris Coley • Gary Merrill • Isabel Allende • Ivica Banović • Jean-Baptiste du Casse • John Dexter • John Tyndall • Kyawswa of Pagan • Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque • Michael Weiss (figure skater) • Mina Rees • Reyes Estévez • Takashi Iizuka • Varvara Gracheva

Born in the same month (August 1949): Ian Charleson • John Riggins • John Savage (actor) • Jonathan Kellerman • Lou Martin • Martin Amis • Michael Nazir-Ali • Nikolas Asimos • Norm Coleman • Panagiotis Chinofotis • Rick Springfield • Rijkman Groenink • Sib Hashian • Stan Hansen