Aleksander Klumberg

Aleksander Klumberg was an Estonian decathlete. He competed in several events at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the decathlon in 1924. In 1922 he became the first official world record holder in the decathlon, albeit with a performance inferior to the Stockholm 1912 series of Jim Thorpe.

17 April 1899

Born on the same birth day (17 April): Andrea Marcato • Chris Barber • Cynthia Ozick • George Davis (art director) • Gerry McNeil • Jan Hammer • Julie Fagerholt • Marguerite Bourgeoys • Marta Eggerth • Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria • Mike Stroud (physician) • Nicolas Nabokov • William R. Day

Born in the same month (April 1899): Alan Arnett McLeod • Alfred Blalock • Alfred Mosher Butts • Bertil Ohlin • Cemal Tollu • Duke Ellington • George O'Brien (actor) • Gustavs Celmiņš • Harold Osborn • Hillel Oppenheimer • Mary Petty • Oscar Rabin • Osman Achmatowicz • Percy Lavon Julian • Randall Thompson • Robert Casadesus • Walter Lantz