Les Elgart

Lester Elliott Elgart was an American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter.

3 August 1917

Born on the same birth day (3 August): Clifford D. Simak • Doug Overton • Elisha Otis • Gary Peters (footballer) • John T. Scopes • Lindsey Hilsum • Michael Chapman (bassoonist) • Stefan Wyszyński

Born in the same month (August 1917): Barbara Cooney • Denis Healey • Ebba Haslund • Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia • Jack Kirby • Jack Lynch • Matt Christopher • Robert Mitchum • Roque Cordero • Terry Sanford • Wah Chang