Adolph Kiefer
Adolph Gustav Kiefer was an American competition swimmer, Olympic competitor, the last surviving gold medalist of the 1936 Summer Olympics and former world record-holder. He was the first man in the world to swim the 100-yard backstroke in under one minute. Kiefer was also an inventor of new products related to aquatics competition.
27 June 1918
Born on the same birth day (27 June): Aiden Blizzard • Bob Appleyard • Christopher O'Neill • Frank Mills • George Hamilton (Northern Ireland police officer) • Grace Lee Boggs • Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton • Jacques Berthier • Joseph P. Allen • Jörg Bergen • Kate Carew • Kelly Ayotte • Lewis Namier • Louis XII • Neil Hawke • Tommy Kono • Wayne Terwilliger • William Pepperrell
Born in the same month (June 1918): Ajahn Chah • Alf Francis • Eddie Lopat • Francis W. Nye • François Tombalbaye • Gene La Rocque • George Edward Hughes • George Lynch (racing driver) • Helmut Lent • J. Clyde Mitchell • James Joll • John D. Roberts • Kathryn Tucker Windham • Robert Preston (actor) • Robert Roosa • Ruth Aarons • Ruth Atkinson