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 • Irving Babbitt • Istifan al-Duwayhi • John W. Snow • Oskar Anderson

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