Kevin Granata

Kevin P. Granata was an American professor in multiple departments including the Departments of Engineering, Science and Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Granata held an additional academic appointment as a professor in the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and was an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. During the Virginia Tech shooting, he shepherded students into his office in order to safeguard them. He was then killed by Seung-Hui Cho after he went to investigate and intervene.

29 December 1961

Born on the same birth day (29 December): Bill Aucoin • Brian A. Hopkins • Donald D. Hoffman • Dylan Minnette • Ed Flanders • Eric Berry • Inga Swenson • Leonhard Lapin • Mike Pesca • Nancy J. Currie-Gregg • Shawn Hatosy • Thomas Joannes Stieltjes • Tom Bradley (mayor)

Born in the same month (December 1961): André Andersen • Angie Stone • Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter) • Brian Orser • Conceição Lima • David Anthony Higgins • Freddie Spencer • Gary Zimmerman • Ilham Aliyev • Lalchand Rajput • Lorna Tolentino • Macky Sall • Matthew Waterhouse • Ralf Dujmovits • Safra Catz