Richard Hillary

Flight Lieutenant Richard Hope Hillary was an Anglo-Australian Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War. He wrote the book The Last Enemy about his experiences during the Battle of Britain.

20 April 1919

Born on the same birth day (20 April): Bud Cullen • Georg Michael Telemann • Holland Smith • Joseph Wolpe • K. Alex Müller • Kai Siegbahn • Katarína Kolníková • Louka Katseli • Luke Kuechly • Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby • Mimis Fotopoulos • Nasiba Zeynalova • Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland • Rita Dionne-Marsolais • Steve Spurrier • Sydney Chapman (economist) • Vannesa Rosales • William Bedloe

Born in the same month (April 1919): Alberto Breccia • Billy Vaughn • Chavela Vargas • Delfo Cabrera • Edoardo Mangiarotti • Glafcos Clerides • Gérard Oury • Howard Keel • István Anhalt • John Houbolt • Madalyn Murray O'Hair • Merce Cunningham • Raymond Carr • Roger Lemelin • Roland Gaucher • Shamshad Begum