Désiré Mérchez

Désiré Alfred Mérchez was a male French swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was born in Lille and died in Nice. ^{Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)}

16 August 1882

Born on the same birth day (16 August): Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland • Arthur Rose Eldred • Billy Joe Shaver • Carol Moseley Braun • Cristin Milioti • David Anderson (British Columbia politician) • Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen • Helmut Rahn • Ismaïl Aissati • Jean de La Bruyère • Liane Haid • Menachem Begin • Ryan Longwell • Vladimir Sukhomlinov • Zé Eduardo (footballer, born 1991)

Born in the same month (August 1882): Albert Bloch • Anne Acheson • Gisela Richter • James Franck • Ladislas Starevich • Marion Bauer • Raymonde de Laroche • Red Ames • Sam Hardy (footballer) • Seán T. O'Kelly • Volin