Clare Francis
Clare Mary Francis MBE is a British novelist who in her first career as a yachtswoman has twice sailed across the Atlantic on her own. She was the first woman to captain a successful boat on the Whitbread Around the World race.
17 April 1946
Born on the same birth day (17 April): Arthur Lake (actor) • Augustus Edward Hough Love • Chuck Kobasew • Gilles Lamontagne • Joe Alaskey • Lachlan Maranta • Lagle Parek • Liz Phair • Richard Field (judge) • Romain Grosjean • Ronald H. Miller • Tony Boselli • Victor Lownes
Born in the same month (April 1946): Al Green • Alan Knott • Bill Plympton • Catfish Hunter • Colette Besson • Doug Christie (lawyer) • Johnnie Lewis • Katsuaki SatÅ • Marilyn Nelson • Phil Robertson