James Forrestal

James Vincent Forrestal was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense.

15 February 1892

Born on the same birth day (15 February): Annemarie Kramer • Art Spiegelman • Brian Holland • Brian Propp • Christopher McDonald • Cyrus McCormick • George Russell (racing driver) • Harvey Korman • John B. Anderson • Jonathan Steele (journalist) • Leland D. Melvin • Manuel Lanzini • Melissa Manchester • Renee O'Connor • Robert Drew • Sébastien Bordeleau • Yelena Bonner

Born in the same month (February 1892): Alan Hale Sr. • E. J. Pratt • Edna St. Vincent Millay • Harry Stack Sullivan • Maximilian Fretter-Pico • Robert H. Jackson • Tochigiyama Moriya • William P. Murphy