July 24, 1945

1945Frank Close, English physicist and academic^[†]

Francis Edwin Close is a particle physicist who is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.

1945Azim Premji, Indian businessman and philanthropist^[†]

Azim Hashim Premji is an Indian businessman and philanthropist, who was the chairman of Wipro Limited. Premji remains a non-executive member of the board and founder chairman. He is informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry. He was responsible for guiding Wipro through four decades of diversification and growth, to finally emerge as one of the global leaders in the software industry. In 2010, he was voted among the 20 most powerful men in the world by Asiaweek. He has twice been listed among the 100 most influential people by Time magazine, once in 2004 and more recently in 2011. For years, he has been regularly listed one among The 500 Most Influential Muslims. He also serves as the Chancellor of Azim Premji University, Bangalore. Premji was awarded Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, by the Government of India.

1945Hugh Ross, Canadian-American astrophysicist and astronomer^[†]

Hugh Norman Ross is a Canadian astrophysicist, Christian apologist, and old-Earth creationist.

1945Anthony Watts, English geologist, geophysicist, and academic^[†]

Anthony Brian Watts is a British marine geologist and geophysicist and Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics in the Department of Earth Sciences, at the University of Oxford.