James MacGregor Burns
James MacGregor Burns was an American historian and political scientist, presidential biographer, and authority on leadership studies. He was the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College and Distinguished Leadership Scholar at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1971 Burns received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in History and Biography for his work on America's 32nd president, Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom. James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (d. 2014)
3 August 1918
Born on the same birth date (3 August 1918): Eddie Jefferson • Larry Haines • Sidney Gottlieb
Born on the same birth day (3 August): Chris Maurer • DJ Spinderella • Fritz Hellwig • Henning Moritzen • Jack Straw • Jerry G. Bishop • John C. McGinley • Lee Rocker • Michael Chapman (bassoonist) • Nate McMillan • Pablo Ibáñez • Stephen Carpenter • Todd Gurley • Wael Gomaa • Yasin Avcı (footballer, born 1984)
Born in the same month (August 1918): Alan Jay Lerner • Albert Seedman • Billy Johnson (baseball) • Billy Reay • Brian Crozier • C. Buddingh' • Eddie Jefferson • Ike Quebec • Jimmy Rowles • Kermit Beahan • L. B. Cole • Larry Haines • Noor Hassanali • Tom Drake