Konstantin Rokossovsky

Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky was a Soviet and Polish officer who became a Marshal of the Soviet Union, a Marshal of Poland, and served as Poland's Defence Minister from 1949 until his removal in 1956 during the Polish October. He became one of the most prominent Red Army commanders of World War II.

21 December 1896

Born on the same birth day (21 December): Albert Lee • Archibald Campbell Tait • Clara Tauson • Dave Kingman • Freddy Sanchez • Käte Fenchel • Matthieu Chedid • Rutina Wesley • Thomas C. McRae

Born in the same month (December 1896): Ann Nolan Clark • Anna Anderson • Betty Smith • Carl Ferdinand Cori • Carl Zuckmayer • Georgy Zhukov • Gerald Barry (British Army officer) • Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa • Ira Gershwin • Jimmy Doolittle • Louis Bromfield • Maurice De Waele • Torsten Bergström