Walter Lord

John Walter Lord Jr. was an American author, lawyer, copywriter and popular historian best known for his 1955 account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, A Night to Remember.

8 October 1917

Born on the same birth date (8 October 1917): Billy Conn • Danny Murtaugh • Rodney Robert Porter

Born on the same birth day (8 October): Abhishek Nayar • Angus T. Jones • Ardal O'Hanlon • CL Smooth • Gavin Friday • Grayson Allen • Ivonne Reyes • Jon Ekerold • Kevyn Adams • Kirk Alyn • Paul Lennon • Pierre De Geyter • Robert "Kool" Bell • Rona Barrett • Steve Coll • The Tornados • Ursula von der Leyen • Zvonimir Boban • Álvaro Magaña

Born in the same month (October 1917): Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • Augustine Harris • Jean-Pierre Melville • Joan Fontaine • Martin Donnelly (sportsman) • Maurice Trintignant • Oliver Tambo • Paul Tanner • Rodney Robert Porter • Violeta Parra • William H. McNeill