Captain Tom Moore
Captain Sir Thomas Moore, more popularly known as Captain Tom, was a British Army officer and fundraiser. He made international headlines in April 2020 when he raised money for charity in the run-up to his 100th birthday during the COVID-19 pandemic. He served in India and the Burma campaign during the Second World War, and later became an instructor in armoured warfare. After the war, he worked as managing director of a concrete company and was an avid motorcycle racer.
30 April 1920
Born on the same birth date (30 April 1920): Duncan Hamilton (racing driver) • Gerda Lerner
Born on the same birth day (30 April): Casimir III the Great • F. E. McWilliam • Merrill Osmond • Nicolas Hulot • Orso Mario Corbino • Walter Simon (philanthropist) • Władysław Witwicki • Yui Hiwatashi
Born in the same month (April 1920): Ananda Dassanayake • Arthur Hailey • Claude Cheysson • Duncan Hamilton (racing driver) • Edward Blishen • Edwin Morgan (poet) • Emilio Colombo • Frances Ames • Gerald Bouey • Guido Cantelli • Harold Shapero • Jack Stokes (director) • John F. Wiley • Julien Ries • Liam Cosgrave • Richard von Weizsäcker • Roberto Calvi • Stan Freeman • William Royer