Chuck Wepner

Charles "Chuck" Wepner is an American former professional boxer. He fell just nineteen seconds short of a full fifteen rounds against world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 championship fight. Wepner also scored notable wins over Randy Neumann and former world heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell. He was also the last man to fight former undisputed world heavyweight champion Sonny Liston.

26 February 1939

Born on the same birth day (26 February): Anders Chydenius • Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll • CL (rapper) • Camille Flammarion • Christopher Hope (novelist) • Colin Bell (footballer, born 1946) • Dante Ferretti • Fanny Cradock • Halina Konopacka • Jerome Harrison • Kertus Davis • Maz Jobrani • Shane Williams • William Frawley

Born in the same month (February 1939): Adrienne Clarkson • Blowfly (musician) • Dale T. Mortensen • Daniel C. Tsui • Ekaterina Maximova • Eugene Fama • Fritjof Capra • Gerry Goffin • Herbert Kohler Jr. • Jackie Burroughs • Jair Rodrigues • Jamal Nazrul Islam • Janet Suzman • Joe Sample • Lee Shaffer • Leon Kass • Mahala Andrews • Mary-Dell Chilton • Michael Cimino • Peter Revson • Ray Manzarek • Razzy Bailey • Stan Lundine • Tommy Tune