Karl Taylor Compton

Karl Taylor Compton was a prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948.

14 September 1887

Born on the same birth day (14 September): Alex Clare • Angus Ogilvy • Denis Betts • Diadumenian • Edu Manzano • Eric Bentley • Gardner Dickinson • Hicham El Guerrouj • John Heyer • John Tembo • Julia Platt • Kevin O'Hare • Michel Butor • Nikolai Bugaev • Petar Filipović • Pete Agnew • Robin Singh (cricketer) • Terence Donovan (photographer)

Born in the same month (September 1887): Alf Landon • Antonio Moreno • Barnes Wallis • Bhaurao Patil • Blaise Cendrars • Carlos Dávila • Edith Sitwell • Govind Ballabh Pant • Leopold Ružička • Lil Dagover • Lovie Austin • Lynne Overman • Nadia Boulanger • Roy William Neill