Pingali Venkayya

Pingali Venkayya was an Indian freedom fighter. He was the designer of the flag on which the initial Indian National Flag was based. He was also a lecturer, author, geologist, educationalist, agriculturist, and a polyglot.

2 August 1876

Born on the same birth day (2 August): Adolf Friedrich von Schack • Albert Bloch • Alex Jesaulenko • Apollonia Kotero • Berimbau • Bertalan Farkas • Bertha Lutz • Carroll O'Connor • Dennis Prager • Donnie Munro • Giampaolo Pazzini • Helen Morgan (singer) • Ioannis Varvitsiotis • Isabel Allende • Istifan al-Duwayhi • John McCormack (ice hockey) • Leopold Gmelin • Louis Pauwels • Oskar Anderson • Sammy McIlroy • Simone Manuel • Wah Chang • Xavier Thaninayagam

Born in the same month (August 1876): Alexander I of Serbia • Charles F. Kettering • Giovanni Giuriati • Ivan Bilibin • John Scaddan • Kim Ku • Mary Ritter Beard • Mary Roberts Rinehart • Mata Hari • Stylianos Gonatas • Varghese Payyappilly