Xavier Thaninayagam

Reverend Xavier S. Thani Nayagam was a Tamil scholar known for setting up the International Association for Tamil Research (IATR) and organising the first World Tamil Conference. He is praised as the "Roving Ambassador for Tamil". ^{Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic (d. 1980)}

2 August 1913

Born on the same birth day (2 August): Arthur Bliss • August 2 • Dave Balon • Dragan Vukmir • Eddie Fuller • Fulvio Melia • James Fallows • Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux • Jules A. Hoffmann • Laura Pigossi • Marianne Weber • Michael Hughes (footballer) • Michael Weiss (figure skater) • Palle Huld • Ruth Nelson (actress) • Simone Manuel • Takashi Iizuka • Tamás Molnár • Vali Myers • Varvara Gracheva • Will Tura

Born in the same month (August 1913): Bob Crosby • Charles Snead Houston • Jackie Mitchell • John Argyris • Lindsay Hassett • Mark Felt • Mel Tolkin • Richard Simmons (actor) • Robert Irving (conductor) • Roger Wolcott Sperry • Romain Maes • Wolfgang Paul