David Moorcroft

David Robert Moorcroft is a former middle-distance and long-distance runner from England, and former world record holder for 5,000 metres. His athletic career spanned the late-1970s and 1980s. He subsequently served as the Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1983 and promoted to an Officer (OBE) in 1999, in both cases for services to athletics. In March 2023, he was appointed a Deputy lieutenant of the West Midlands.

10 April 1953

Born on the same birth date (10 April 1953): Pamela Wallin

Born on the same birth day (10 April): Alexei Semenov (ice hockey) • Alfred Kubin • Ben Amos • Bernhard Gregory • Dolores Huerta • Eddie Hazel • Eugen d'Albert • Frances Perkins • Helen McElhone • Hugo Grotius • Jack Badcock • James V of Scotland • Kevin Berry • Kishori Amonkar • Max von Sydow • Metin Göktepe • Peter Hollingworth • Roger Gaillard (historian) • Shao Jiayi • Thanasi Kokkinakis • Tore Reginiussen • Tsuyoshi Domoto • William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen

Born in the same month (April 1953): Barry Sonnenfeld • Bill Drummond • Gary Cosier • Henry Fotheringham • Ian Swales • John Howard (singer-songwriter) • Keiko Han • Malika Oufkir • Pamela Wallin • Patrick Doyle • Rick Moranis • Robert Bertrand • Roberto Bolaño • Sebastian Faulks • Simcha Jacobovici