Eddie Eagan
Edward Patrick Francis Eagan was an American boxer and bobsledder who is notable as being the only person to win a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in different disciplines. Eagan won his summer gold in boxing and his winter gold in four-man bobsled. Finally, Eagan is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games.
26 April 1897
Born on the same birth date (26 April 1897): Douglas Sirk
Born on the same birth day (26 April): Esek Hopkins • Eva Aschoff • Ilias Tsirimokos • Jay DeMarcus • Jeanne Sauvé • John Grierson • Kiko (footballer, born 1972) • Koo Stark • Marie de' Medici • Natrone Means • Paul Verner • Peter Zumthor • Roxana Saberi
Born in the same month (April 1897): Ardito Desio • Benjamin Lee Whorf • Douglas Sirk • Edouard Wyss-Dunant • Hans Schuberth • Humberto Mauro • Joe Kirkwood Sr. • John B. Gambling • Lester B. Pearson • Manuel Ávila Camacho • Nisargadatta Maharaj • Odd Lindbäck-Larsen • Peter de Noronha • Pierre Fresnay • Prafulla Chandra Sen • Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos