Sam Manekshaw

Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, also known as Sam Bahadur, was the chief of the army staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. His active military career spanned four decades, beginning with service in World War II.

3 April 1914

Born on the same birth date (3 April 1914): Ray Getliffe

Born on the same birth day (3 April): Hikaru Saeki • Jane Goodall • Karim Ansarifard • Mark Skaife • Piet de Jong

Born in the same month (April 1914): Alec Guinness • Angelo Savoldi • Armen Alchian • B. R. Chopra • Charles Beetham • David Goodall (botanist) • Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou • George Davis (art director) • James Rouse • John Hodiak • Justin Wilson (chef) • Michael Wittmann • Michel Mohrt • Orhan Veli Kanık • Ralph Flanagan • Robert Stanfield