Louis van Gaal

Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal is a Dutch former football player and manager who currently serves as an advisor for Ajax. At club level, he served as manager of Ajax, Barcelona, AZ Alkmaar, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, as well as having three spells in charge of the Netherlands national team. Van Gaal is one of the most decorated managers in the history of the game, having won 20 major honours in his managerial career. He is sometimes nicknamed the "Iron Tulip".

8 August 1951

Born on the same birth date (8 August 1951): Mamoru Oshii • Martin Brest • Mohamed Morsi • Phil Carlson • Randy Shilts

Born on the same birth day (8 August): Bill Voce • Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore • Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck • Dino De Laurentiis • Félix Auger-Aliassime • John Holmes (actor) • José Francisco Molina • Kate Langbroek • Maia Wojciechowska • Mark Wills • Michael Roe (racing driver) • Nelson A. Miles • Sabine Klaschka • Sarat Pujari • Terry Nation • Vladimír Darida

Born in the same month (August 1951): Bill Handel • Bill Whitaker (journalist) • Burgess Owens • Catherine Hicks • Chesley V. Morton • Colin McAdam (footballer) • Eric Goles • Gediminas Kirkilas • Gerd Bonk • Glenn Hughes (musician) • Jay North • Joe Lynn Turner • John Childs (cricketer) • John Deacon • Keiichi Suzuki • Per Westerberg • Slim Dunlap • Steve Hillage • Umaru Musa Yar'Adua