Tony Rolt
Major Anthony Peter Roylance Rolt, MC & Bar, was a British racing driver, soldier and engineer. A war hero, Rolt maintained a long connection with the sport, albeit behind the scenes. The Ferguson 4WD project he was involved in paid off with spectacular results, and he was involved in other engineering projects.
16 October 1918
Born on the same birth date (16 October 1918): Abraham Nemeth • Louis Althusser
Born on the same birth day (16 October): Abraham Nemeth • Akira Machida • Alison Chitty • András Hadik • Bryce Harper • Carl Gunter Jr. • Francesco Libetta • Günter Grass • Halimah Nakaayi • Isaac Murphy • Jimmy Sinclair • Kang Kyung-ok • Kevin Brennan (politician) • Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa • Michael Laffy • Scott O'Hara • Serafino Ghizzoni • William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Born in the same month (October 1918): Bernard Gordon (writer) • Charles Evans (mountaineer) • Halfdan Hegtun • Ian Stevenson • Jerome Robbins • Louis Althusser • Luis Alberto Solari • Paul Rudolph (architect) • Ralph Wilson • Robert S. Strauss • Russell Kirk • Thelma Coyne Long