Maurice Wilks

Maurice Fernand Cary Wilks was an English automotive and aeronautical engineer, and by the time of his death in 1963, was the chairman of the Rover Company. He was the founder of the Land Rover marque and responsible for the inspiration and concept work that led to the development of the first Land Rover off-road utility vehicle.

19 August 1904

Born on the same birth day (19 August): Banharn Silpa-archa • C. Suntharalingam • Chris Mortimer • Darius Campbell Danesh • Dawn Steel • Jill St. John • Kevin Rans • Luis Martín • Malcolm Forbes • Nate Dogg • Nelly Vuksic • Paul Parry • Rose Heilbron • Sotiris Balafas

Born in the same month (August 1904): Achille Varzi • Alar Kotli • Count Basie • George Klein (inventor) • Helen Kane • Joe Hulme • Kenneth V. Thimann • Leopold Nowak • Mary Burchell • Max Factor Jr. • Norah Lofts • Ralph Bunche • Werner Forssmann