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): Bernard Malamud • Bill Wennington • Carol Burnett • Daesung • Ernst Udet • Geoff Blum • Jessica Lynch • John Grierson • Michele Ferrero • Rahul Verma • Richard Bradshaw (conductor) • Rudolf Hess • Ruut Tarmo

Born in the same month (April 1918): Bobby Doerr • Eddy Christiani • George Allen (American football coach) • Glendon Swarthout • Gérard de Vaucouleurs • Mary Healy (entertainer) • Maurice Druon • Mickey Vernon • Richard Wainwright (politician) • Sten Rudholm