Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Born into the Prussian noble family von Kleist, Kleist entered the Prussian Army in 1900 and commanded a cavalry squadron during World War I. Kleist joined the Reichswehr of inter-war Germany before being discharged in 1938.

8 August 1881

Born on the same birth day (8 August): Cécile Chaminade • Diego Markwell • Don Burrows • Dustin Hoffman • John Laws • Kane Williamson • Keith Carradine • Kirk Broadfoot • Mark Wills • Mustafa Balbay • Paul Dirac • Ricardo Londoño • Rudi Gernreich

Born in the same month (August 1881): Aleksander Aberg • Aleksander Hellat • Alexander Fleming • Alfred Wagenknecht • Bede Jarrett • Cecil B. DeMille • George Enescu • George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd • James Newland • Leo Carrillo • Louella Parsons • Otto Toeplitz • Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza