Russell Baker

Russell Wayne Baker was an American journalist, narrator, writer of Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical commentary and self-critical prose, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Growing Up (1983). He was a columnist for The New York Times from 1962 to 1998, and hosted the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre from 1993 to 2004. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 stated: "Baker, thanks to his singular gift of treating serious, even tragic events and trends with gentle humor, has become an American institution." ^{Russell Baker, American critic and essayist (d. 2019)}

14 August 1925

Born on the same birth day (14 August): Christopher Gorham • Chucky Atkins • Darren Clarke • Giovanny Gallegos • John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford • Johnny Gargano • Larry Graham • Lina Wertmüller • Morten Olsen • Paul Dean (baseball) • René Goscinny • Wellington Mara

Born in the same month (August 1925): Alija Izetbegović • Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo • Bill Neilson • Brian Aldiss • Dale Bumpers • John Dexter • John McCormack (ice hockey) • Maurice Pialat • Mike Connors • Robert Mulligan • Rose Maddox • Ross McWhirter