Norman Granz

Norman Granz was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter. He founded the record labels Clef, Norgran, Down Home, Verve, and Pablo. Granz was acknowledged as "the most successful impresario in the history of jazz". He was also a champion of racial equality, insisting, for example, on integrating audiences at concerts he promoted.

6 August 1918

Born on the same birth day (6 August): Charles Fort • Daniel O'Connell • Daryl Somers • John Middleton Murry • Kevin Mitnick • Mark Hughes (rugby league, born 1954) • Rebecca Peterson • Robert Mitchum • Simon Doull • Yuki Kajiura

Born in the same month (August 1918): Albert Seedman • August 25 • Betty Oliphant • Billy Johnson (baseball) • Billy Reay • Brian Crozier • Giles Cooper (playwright) • Jimmy Rowles • Katherine Johnson • Mary McGrory • Richard Greene • Sidney Gottlieb • T. J. Jemison • Tom Drake