Thomas C. Kinkaid

Thomas Cassin Kinkaid was an admiral in the United States Navy, known for his service during World War II. He built a reputation as a "fighting admiral" in the aircraft carrier battles of 1942 and commanded the Allied forces in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. He was Commander Allied Naval Forces and the Seventh Fleet under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific Area, where he conducted numerous amphibious operations, and commanded an Allied fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of World War II and the last naval battle between battleships in history.

3 April 1888

Born on the same birth day (3 April): Andy Robinson • Arlette Cousture • Clairette Oddera • Eddie Murphy • Edward Everett Hale • George of Trebizond • Helmut Kohl • Jane Goodall • Kodi Nikorima • Louis Applebaum • Nilesh Kulkarni • Philippe Desranleau • Tommy Haas • Yoshibayama Junnosuke

Born in the same month (April 1888): Dan Ahearn • Dennis Chávez • Florence La Badie • Georges Vanier • Gerhard Ritter • Hans Richter (artist) • Herms Niel • Maximilian Kronberger • Michael Heidelberger • Neville Cardus • Pe Maung Tin • Tris Speaker • Walter Tull • Zdzisław Żygulski (literary historian)