Beryl Markham

Beryl Markham was a Kenyan aviator born in England, adventurer, racehorse trainer and author. She was the first person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic from Britain to North America. She wrote about her adventures in her memoir, West with the Night.

26 October 1902

Born on the same birth date (26 October 1902): Henrietta Hill Swope • Jack Sharkey

Born on the same birth day (26 October): Charlie Landsborough • Daniel Elena • Emil Sayfutdinov • Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko • Florence Kasumba • Gerald Malloy • György Pauk • Jack Sharkey • Jim Butcher • John Horgan (academic) • Jonathan Williams (racing driver) • Kafoumba Coulibaly • Kevin Sullivan (wrestler) • Marco Ruben • Napoleon Hill • Schoolboy Q • Thorvald Stauning

Born in the same month (October 1902): Abraham Wald • Arna Bontemps • Arthur Justice • Carlo Gnocchi • Eddie Lang • Eddy Hamel • Elsa Lanchester • Freddie Young • Henrietta Hill Swope • Henry Steele Commager • Jayaprakash Narayan • Julia Lee (musician) • Karl Leichter • Larry Fine • Learco Guerra • Leopold Figl • Luther H. Evans • Miriam Hopkins • Ray Kroc • Robert Eberan von Eberhorst