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): Bernard Levin • Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington • Chris Mortimer • George Enescu • Governor of Michigan • Hazari Prasad Dwivedi • Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland • Jill St. John • Jimmy Watson (ice hockey) • Lachlan Lewis • Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality • Nick Driebergen • Ring Lardner Jr. • Roy Rogers (basketball) • Terry Hoeppner • Tipper Gore

Born in the same month (August 1904): Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia • Charles "Buddy" Rogers • Christopher Isherwood • Count Basie • George Klein (inventor) • Helen Kane • Henry Iba • Idel Jakobson • Joe Tate (footballer) • Leho Laurine • Margaret Tafoya • Mary Cain (editor) • Max Factor Jr. • Minoru Genda • Norah Lofts • Wendell Meredith Stanley • Witold Gombrowicz