Diana Nyad
Diana Nyad is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan in record time, and in 1979 when she swam from Bimini, The Bahamas, to Juno Beach, Florida.
22 August 1949
Born on the same birth date (22 August 1949): Joop Donkervoort
Born on the same birth day (22 August): Alexander Bogdanov • Ari Stidham • Beenie Man • Bob Flanigan (singer) • Bryn Davies (musician) • Cooper Connolly • David Dellinger • Edward Szczepanik • Frederick II, Elector of Saxony • Georges de Scudéry • Gerald Carr (astronaut) • Jack Dunphy • James Hillier • Leni Riefenstahl • Marius Bezykornovas • Melville Elijah Stone • Randy Wolf • Raymonde de Laroche • Richard Armitage (actor) • Stephen Ireland • Stevie Ray • Tori Amos • Ulrich Wegener • Willis R. Whitney
Born in the same month (August 1949): Alex Naumik • Allahshukur Pashazadeh • Bill Spooner • Bob Backlund • Bobby Clarke • John Savage (actor) • Leah Jamieson • Nigel Griggs • Panagiotis Chinofotis • Paul Pasqualoni • Shelley Long • Stephen McKinley Henderson • Stephen Paulus • Svetislav Pešić