William Hudson (engineer)

Sir William Hudson was a New Zealand-born engineer who headed construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme for hydroelectricity and irrigation in Australia from 1949 to 1967, when he reluctantly retired at 71. The scheme was completed in 1974, under budget and before time.

27 April 1896

Born on the same birth date (27 April 1896): Rogers Hornsby • Wallace Carothers

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Charles Blount (deist) • Charles Emmanuel III • Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel • Jacques de Bourbon-Busset • John Kuck • Keenan Allen • Lee Roy Jordan • Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr. • Rogers Hornsby • Taylor Chorney • Warren Wood

Born in the same month (April 1896): Einar Lundborg • Fred Haney • Hans List • Johnny Golden • Léo-Paul Desrosiers • Na Hye-sŏk • Nikolay Semyonov • Reverend Gary Davis • Robert E. Sherwood • Robert Henry Best • Rogers Hornsby • Ruut Tarmo • Tristan Tzara • Wop May • Árpád Weisz