Bill Shoemaker

William Lee Shoemaker was an American jockey, considered one of the greatest. For 29 years he held the world record for the most professional jockey victories.

19 August 1931

Born on the same birth day (19 August): C. I. Scofield • Chihiro Yonekura • Dorothy Burr Thompson • Ion N. Petrovici • Jack Canfield • Mike Conway • Richard Ingrams

Born in the same month (August 1931): Chalmers Johnson • Frederic Raphael • Hamilton O. Smith • Hans van Mierlo • James Freeman Gilbert • Joe Cunningham (baseball) • Naren Tamhane • Pierre DuMaine • Regis Philbin • Richard F. Heck • Rolf Just Nilsen • Sri Chinmoy • Stelios Kazantzidis • Tito Capobianco • Tom Hafey • Tom Laughlin • Tony Wrigley • Trevor Goddard (cricketer) • William Goldman