Terry Sanford

James Terry Sanford was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford served as the 65th Governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965, was a two-time U.S. presidential candidate in the 1970s, and served as a U.S. senator from 1986 to 1993. He was a strong proponent of public education and introduced several reforms and new programs in North Carolina's schools and institutions of higher education as the state's governor. From 1970 to 1985, Sanford served as the president of Duke University.

20 August 1917

Born on the same birth day (20 August): Anne Evans (soprano) • Atholl McKinnon • Bernard Tancred • Enyelbert Soto • Hamza Abdullah • Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon • Jim Calder (rugby union) • John Emburey • Keith Froome • Ric Menello • Santeri Kinnunen • Sneaky Pete Kleinow • Vedran Janjetović • Youssouf Hersi

Born in the same month (August 1917): Barbara Cooney • Caspar Weinberger • Denis Healey • Ebba Haslund • Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia • Isabel Sanford • Jack Kirby • Jack Lynch • John Fitch (racing driver) • John Lee Hooker • Leonid Hurwicz • Les Elgart • Matt Christopher • Mel Ferrer • Oliver Crawford • Peanuts Lowrey • Robert Mitchum • Roque Cordero • Sid Gordon • Wah Chang • Óscar Romero