David Shepherd (umpire)

David Robert Shepherd was a first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Gloucestershire, and later became one of the cricket world's best-known umpires. He stood in 92 Test matches, the last of them in June 2005, the most for any English umpire. He also umpired 172 ODIs, including three consecutive World Cup finals in 1996, 1999 and 2003.

27 December 1940

Born on the same birth day (27 December): Alexandros Rizos Rangavis • Anne de Mortimer • Asaf Halet Çelebi • Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach • Cole Hamels • Dahntay Jones • Donald Nally • Emilie de Ravin • George Cayley • Gerina Dunwich • Gilles Simon • James Riddell (skier) • John I Albert • Lars Oftedal (born 1838) • Miles Aiken • Nikolay Kamensky • Ok Taec-yeon • Onni Palaste • Roberto Bettega • Sebastian Haffner • Terry Bozzio

Born in the same month (December 1940): Brant Alyea • Don Francisco (television host) • Hilary Spurling • Jeanie Lambe • Jeffrey R. Holland • Jerry Lawson (engineer) • Jorma Kaukonen • Lawrence Bergman • María Elena Velasco • Phil Ochs • Sharad Pawar