Ken Miles

Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles was an English sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his motorsport career in the U.S. and with American teams on the international scene. He is an inductee to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. As an automotive engineer, he is known for developing the Ford GT40 along with driver and designer Carroll Shelby, which won at Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969. His and Shelby's efforts at Le Mans were dramatized in the 2019 Oscar-winning film Ford v Ferrari.

1 November 1918

Born on the same birth day (1 November): Ahmed Muhtar Pasha • Carlos Páez Vilaró • Clarence E. Miller • Glen Murray (ice hockey) • John Taylor (Mormon) • Marcel Ophuls • Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria • Salvatore Adamo • Sholem Asch • Spencer Perceval • Steve Hutchinson (American football) • Susanna Clarke • Toma Enache

Born in the same month (November 1918): Art Carney • Bob Feller • Choi Hong-hi • Claiborne Pell • Claude Barma • George Grant (philosopher) • Heinrich Ratjen • Hermann Zapf • Kazuo Sakamaki • Maria Teresa de Noronha • Nobel Prize in Chemistry • Patricio Aylwin • Paul Aussaresses • Russell B. Long • Stubby Kaye • Tasker Watkins • İlhan Berk