Shailendra (lyricist)

Shailendra was a popular Indian Hindi-Urdu Poet, lyricist and film producer. Noted for his association with the filmmaker Raj Kapoor, singer Mukesh, and the composers Shankar–Jaikishan, he wrote lyrics for several successful Hindi film songs in the 1950s and the 1960s.

30 August 1916

Born on the same birth day (30 August): Andrew Onderdonk • Arnold Green (politician) • David Maslanka • Dimitris Sgouros • Emily Ruete • Germán Legarreta • Jack Swigert • Johanna Braddy • Michael Grant Terry • Regina Resnik • Sue MacGregor • Trevor Jackson (performer)

Born in the same month (August 1916): C. Wright Mills • Daniel Schorr • Dennis Poore • Frank and John Craighead • Frederick Chapman Robbins • Gordon Bashford • Hélène Baillargeon • Jack Vance • Martha Raye • Moses Majekodunmi • Neagu Djuvara • Paul Felix Schmidt • Peter Viereck • Shakeel Badayuni