John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman, was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition. He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television.

28 August 1906

Born on the same birth day (28 August): Dan Crowley (rugby union) • Daniel Gygax • Hélène Baillargeon • Jaakko Ojaniemi • Janet Frame • Kamilla Rakhimova • L. B. Cole • Marla Adams • Takahito Eguchi

Born in the same month (August 1906): Albert Sabin • Art Shires • Bunny Austin • Curtis Jones (pianist) • Ed Gein • Friz Freleng • Jim Smith (cricketer, born 1906) • Joan Blondell • Joan Hickson • John Huston • Marcel Carné • Olga Taussky-Todd • Philo Farnsworth • Vic Dickenson • Vidrik Rootare • Zoltan Sarosy