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): Fernando Pisani • Giovanni Battista Borra • Gyula Zsengellér • Jay Hill (politician) • Joan Manuel Serrat • Mark Lapidus • Piotr Morawski

Born in the same month (December 1940): David Gates • Gerry Cheevers • Hilary Spurling • James Burrows • Lawrence Bergman • Luis Francisco Cuéllar • Mamnoon Hussain • Mike Denness