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): Darren Woodson • Donnell Deeny • Godfrey Milton-Thompson • Jason Lee (actor) • Johann Heinrich Buttstett • Jon Kyl • Maggie Rogers • Paul Madden (diplomat) • Peter Schulz • Theo de Rooij • Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher • Yvette Williams

Born in the same month (April 1905): Al Bates • Arthur Lake (actor) • Elizabeth Huckaby • Erika Nõva • Eugène Bozza • Frits Philips • Gaston Eyskens • George H. Hitchings • J. William Fulbright • Jean Vigo • Pat Brown • Rae Johnstone • Robert Sink • Sergey Nikolsky • Sydney Halter