John Fitch (racing driver)

John Cooper Fitch was an American racing driver and inventor. He was the first American to race automobiles successfully in Europe in the post-war era. ^{John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (d. 2012)}

4 August 1917

Born on the same birth day (4 August): Aleksandr Aleksandrov (mathematician) • Caldwell Jones • Greta Gerwig • Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt • Marreese Speights • Master C. V. V. • Max Cavalera • Raoul Wallenberg • Ricardo Serrano (cyclist) • Stefan Brogren • Timi Yuro • Wang Hao (chess player)

Born in the same month (August 1917): Barbara Cooney • Caspar Weinberger • Ebba Haslund • Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia • Isabel Sanford • Jack Kirby • John Lee Hooker • Leonid Hurwicz • Matt Christopher • Mel Ferrer • Oliver Crawford • Peanuts Lowrey • Robert Mitchum • Roque Cordero • Terry Sanford • Wah Chang • Óscar Romero