George Gervin

George Gervin, nicknamed "the Iceman", is an American former professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs, and Chicago Bulls. Gervin averaged at least 14 points per game in all 14 of his ABA and NBA seasons, and finished with an NBA career average of 26.2 points per game. Widely regarded as one of the greatest shooting guards in NBA history, in 1996 Gervin was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, and in 2021, Gervin was named as one of the 75 greatest players in NBA history.

27 April 1952

Born on the same birth date (27 April 1952): Ari Vatanen • Larry Elder

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Alain Caron (ice hockey) • Ann Peebles • Arielle Dombasle • August Koern • Bruno Beger • Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel • Cory Booker • Dinara Safina • Frank Catalanotto • Jason Whitlock • Joe Moakley • Ludwig Bemelmans • Roman Matsov • Sheena Easton • Terry Willesee • Theodor Kittelsen • Tommy Smith (saxophonist) • Vernon B. Romney • Wallace Carothers

Born in the same month (April 1952): Ari Vatanen • Avital Ronell • Bob McClure • Bruce Robertson (rugby union) • Cherie Lunghi • Chuck Leavell • David Urquhart (bishop) • Esther Roth-Shahamorov • Gregg Hansford • Jack Middelburg • Jacques Santini • John McColl (British Army officer) • John Robertson (Glasgow MP) • Louka Katseli • Michel Blanc • Mike Moore (American politician) • Ralph Winter (producer) • Steven Seagal • Vladislav Tretiak