August 13, 1945

1945Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden^[†]

Lars Engqvist is a Swedish politician. He served as chairman of the youth organization of the Swedish Social Democrats from 1972 to 1978, and then worked as a journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of Arbetet, a Malmö-based newspaper. In the early 1990s, he was the mayor of Malmö, and then president of the Swedish Film Institute before receiving his first government appointment in 1998.

1945Gary Gregor, American basketball player^[†]

Gary W. Gregor is an American former professional basketball player.

1945Robin Jackman, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2020)^[†]

Robin David Jackman was an English cricketer, who played in four Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team between 1974 and 1983. He was a seam bowler and useful tail-end batsman. During a first-class career lasting from 1966 to 1982, he took 1,402 wickets. He was a member of the Surrey side that won the County Championship in 1971, and also played for Western Province in South Africa in 1971–72, and for Rhodesia between 1972–73 and 1979–80.

1945Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (died 2016)^[†]

Dennis Howard Marks was a Welsh drug smuggler and author who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases.