David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter
David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG KStJ, styled Lord Burghley before 1956 and also known as David Burghley, was an English athlete, sports official, peer, and Conservative Party politician. He won the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
9 February 1905
Born on the same birth day (9 February): Clement Meadmore • Felix Dahn • Futabayama Sadaji • Johann Baptist von Spix • Judith Light • Tatsuro Hirooka • Wataru Endō
Born in the same month (February 1905): Ayn Rand • Chick Webb • Franchot Tone • Harold Arlen • Henrietta Barnett (WRAF officer) • Hylda Baker • Jan Werich • Paul Ariste • Perry Miller • Rózsa Péter • Ulf von Euler • Walter A. Brown • Władysław Gomułka