George Nēpia

George Nēpia was a New Zealand Māori rugby union and rugby league player. He is remembered as an exceptional full-back and one of the most famous Māori rugby players. He was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. In 2004 he was selected as number 65 by the panel of the New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers television show. Nēpia was featured in a set of postage stamps from the New Zealand post office in 1990. Historian Philippa Mein Smith described him as "New Zealand rugby's first superstar".

25 April 1905

Born on the same birth day (25 April): Anja Pärson • Conrad IV of Germany • Constantinos Christoforou • Fred McLeod (golfer) • Gary Cosier • Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner • Johnny Craig • Paul Wassif • Paulo Vanzolini • Peter McParland • Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery • Satou Sabally

Born in the same month (April 1905): Al Bates • Arthur Lake (actor) • Attila József • Elizabeth Huckaby • Erika Nõva • Eugène Bozza • Frits Philips • Gaston Eyskens • George H. Hitchings • Jean Pierre-Bloch • Jean Vigo • Joachim Büchner • John Kuck • Pat Brown • Robert Choquette • Robert Sink