Johnny Claes

Octave John Claes was a British-born racing driver who competed for Belgium. Before his fame as a racing driver, Claes was also a jazz trumpeter and successful bandleader in Britain.

11 August 1916

Born on the same birth day (11 August): Christian de Castries • David Rice Atchison • Enrique Bunbury • Georgios Karatzaferis • Gregoria Mariska Tunjung • Ian Charleson • Ian Stuart Donaldson • Iván Córdoba • Jah Wobble • James B. Longacre • James Mancham • Jim Kale • Marie-France Dubreuil • Mojtaba Abedini • Mustafa Pektemek • Nikolaus von Schönberg • Rabeh Al-Hussaini • Rob Minkoff • Sadi Carnot (statesman) • Ted à Beckett • Tom Richardson (cricketer) • Torgny T:son Segerstedt

Born in the same month (August 1916): Alfonso A. Ossorio • Bill Lee (singer) • C. Wright Mills • Danny Litwhiler • Dom Mintoff • Fiorenzo Angelini • Frank and John Craighead • Frederick Chapman Robbins • Iggy Katona • Ioan Dicezare • José Manuel Moreno • Kermit Love • Luther Davis • Moura Lympany • Peter Viereck • Richard Hofstadter • Shakeel Badayuni • Van Johnson