Fanny Blankers-Koen

Francina Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen was a Dutch track and field athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She competed there as a 30-year-old mother of two, earning her the nickname "the Flying Housewife", and was the most successful athlete at the event.

26 April 1918

Born on the same birth day (26 April): Arno Allan Penzias • Avi Nimni • Frank Hahn • H. G. Carrillo • Jack Douglas (actor) • Jet Li • John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria) • Kane (wrestler) • Kosuke Fukudome • Melania Trump • Melvin Ingram • Michael Kergin • Michael Mathias Prechtl • Odysseas Vlachodimos • Richard Bradshaw (conductor) • Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer) • Ruut Tarmo • Sandra Schmitt • Sharon Carstairs • Tomoyuki Tanaka

Born in the same month (April 1918): Alfredo Ovando Candía • André Bazin • Astrid Varnay • Betty Ford • Clifton Hillegass • Gabriel Axel • Gérard de Vaucouleurs • Hans Billian • Hsuan Hua • Jørn Utzon • Louis Applebaum • Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918) • Mary Healy (entertainer) • Mickey Vernon • Shinobu Hashimoto • Spike Milligan • Tony Mottola • William Holden • William Jay Smith