Erik Gundersen

Erik Gundersen is a former motorcycle speedway rider. Gundersen is one of the most successful speedway riders of all time, having won the Speedway World Champion on three occasions, the Long Track World Championship twice and the World Pairs Championship five times. He is also a seven-time World Team Cup winner with Denmark, and earned 91 international caps for the country.

8 October 1959

Born on the same birth date (8 October 1959): Carlos I. Noriega • Gavin Friday • Mike Morgan (baseball) • Nick Bakay • Peter Horrocks • Tommy Armour III

Born on the same birth day (8 October): Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer • Ali Benarbia • Bella Thorne • Bill Brown (footballer, born 1931) • C. J. Ramone • Collett E. Woolman • Frank Herbert • Henry Louis Le Chatelier • Huub Rothengatter • Jean-François Rewbell • Kari Korhonen • Koji Murofushi • Marcel Herrand • Mick O'Driscoll • Mike Morgan (baseball) • Neil Harvey • Pınar Selek • Ray Lewis (sprinter) • Reed Hastings • Simon Burke • Terry Balsamo • Thirunalloor Karunakaran

Born in the same month (October 1959): A. J. Pero • Allan Little • Brian P. Cleary • Craig Bellamy (rugby league) • Erkki-Sven Tüür • James Keelaghan • Jamie Salmon • Jean-Marc Fournier • Marc Shaiman • Mark Peel (historian) • Mike Morgan (baseball) • Paul Farmer • Todd Solondz