Stetson Kennedy

William Stetson Kennedy was an American author, folklorist and human rights activist. One of the pioneer folklore collectors during the first half of the 20th century, he is remembered for having infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s, exposing its secrets to authorities and the outside world. His actions led to the 1947 revocation by the state of Georgia of the Klan's national corporate charter. Kennedy wrote or co-wrote ten books.

5 October 1916

Born on the same birth day (5 October): Alexander Keith (politician) • Bernard Bolzano • Bil Keane • Ernst Pittschau • Eugene B. Fluckey • Josie Bissett • Laura Davies • Maria Maddalena Martinengo • Mark Geragos • Remington Kellogg • Scott Weinger • Vince Grella • Yashiki Takajin

Born in the same month (October 1916): Alice Childress • Boyd Wagner • Carl Johan Bernadotte • Chiang Wei-kuo • Emil Gilels • George Sidney • Jean Dausset • Leon Day • Lock Martin • Pearl Hackney • Vitaly Ginzburg