Wendell Willkie

Wendell Lewis Willkie was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for president. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist: although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor, he favored greater U.S. involvement in World War II to support Britain and other Allies. His Democratic opponent, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940 election with about 55% of the popular vote and took the electoral college vote by a wide margin.

18 February 1892

Born on the same birth day (18 February): Andy Moog • Carrie Ann Baade • Claude Ake • Didi Gregorius • Dr. Dre • Emanuel Granberg • Francesco Redi • Ike Barinholtz • Isaac Casaubon • Jean M. Auel • Jillian Michaels • Maarten Gerritszoon Vries • Nathan Aké • Phyllis Calvert • Regina Spektor

Born in the same month (February 1892): Agnes Smedley • Alan Hale Sr. • Augusta Savage • E. J. Pratt • Harry Stack Sullivan • James Forrestal • Juan Negrín • Kathleen Harrison • Maximilian Fretter-Pico • Peggy Wood • Radola Gajda • Robert H. Jackson • Tochigiyama Moriya • William Demarest