Philippe Petit

Philippe Petit is a French highwire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized highwire walks between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, as well as between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on the morning of 7 August 1974.

13 August 1949

Born on the same birth date (13 August 1949): Bobby Clarke • Jim Brunzell • Willy Rey

Born on the same birth day (13 August): Chuck Gilmur • Dan Fogelberg • David Feherty • Don Ho • Eugenio Lopez III • Felix Wankel • George Shearing • Jane Carr • Jean Borotra • John Tidmarsh • Kevin Tighe • Koji Kondo • Lars Engqvist • Rohinton Fali Nariman • Shoaib Akhtar • Suzanne Muldowney • Tom Prince (baseball)

Born in the same month (August 1949): Ann Murray • Bettina Arndt • Darnell Hillman • Diana Nyad • Gene Simmons • Hugh David Politzer • Ian Charleson • James Fallows • Joe Regalbuto • Julian Fellowes • Leon Redbone • Nigel Griggs • Nikolas Asimos • Panagiotis Chinofotis • Phil Lynott • Ricardo Londoño • Rick Springfield • Shelley Long • Terry Burnham • Willy Rey