Victor Lownes

Victor Aubrey Lownes III was an executive for HMH Publishing Company Inc., later known as Playboy Enterprises, from 1955 through the early 1980s. Soon after he met Hugh Hefner in 1954, Hefner founded Playboy magazine, and Lownes eventually joined his publishing company, serving as vice president. Lownes was a close confidant of Hefner and gained a reputation for dating Playboy Playmates. ^{Victor Lownes, American businessman (d. 2017)}

17 April 1928

Born on the same birth date (17 April 1928): Cynthia Ozick • Fabien Roy • Heinz Putzl

Born on the same birth day (17 April): Alanna Goldie • Alexander Cartwright • Billy Fury • Brad Boyes • Chris Thompson (runner) • Chuck Menville • Doug Lewis (politician) • Edouard Wyss-Dunant • Eric Brewer (ice hockey) • Gilles Lamontagne • Lela Rochon • Lindsay Hartley • Paraskevi Papachristou • Rooney Mara • Señor Wences • Taksin • Todd Lickliter • Tyron Woodley

Born in the same month (April 1928): Azlan Shah of Perak • Cynthia Ozick • David Robinson (horticulturist) • Earl Lloyd • Edwin Pope • Ethel Kennedy • Fabien Roy • Gianni Marzotto • Heinz Putzl • Hugh Hood • James Garner • Johnny Gavin (footballer) • Joseph Bernardin • Karl Josef Becker • Night Train Lane • Orlando Sirola • Otto Piene • Robert Byrne (chess player) • Yves Klein