Felix Baumgartner

Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper. He is widely known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon from the stratosphere on 14 October 2012 and landing in New Mexico, United States, as part of the Red Bull Stratos project. Doing so, he set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km (24 mi), reaching an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph), or Mach 1.25. He became the first person to break the sound barrier relative to the surface without vehicular power on his descent. He broke skydiving records for exit altitude, vertical freefall distance without a drogue parachute, and vertical speed without a drogue. Though he still holds the two latter records, the first was broken two years later, when on 24 October 2014, Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890 feet with a drogue.

20 April 1969

Born on the same birth date (20 April 1969): Will Hodgman

Born on the same birth day (20 April): Adolf Schärf • Alexander Zverev • Carmen Electra • Daniel Chester French • Dave Bancroft • Frances Ames • Jason Behrendorff • Jessica Lange • Leslie Phillips • Lionel Hampton • Manfred Kinder • N. Chandrababu Naidu • Napoleon III • Philippe Pinel • Richard Hillary • Sydney Chapman (economist) • Willi Hennig

Born in the same month (April 1969): Barnaby Kay • Ben Mendelsohn • Brad Ausmus • Bret Boone • Ekaterini Koffa • Jeromy Burnitz • Jon Olsen • Karren Brady • LeRon Ellis • Martyn LeNoble • Michael von Grünigen • Paul Rudd • Spencer Wells • Steve Glasson • Toby Stephens • Vebjørn Selbekk • Warren Defever