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): Andy Bell (singer) • Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon • Fish (singer) • Francis Graham-Smith • Gérard de Vaucouleurs • Jacob Nicol • Jonathan Bailey • Martin Koolhoven • Nikolaos Roussen • Taylor Walker (footballer)

Born in the same month (April 1905): Al Bates • Arthur Lake (actor) • Elizabeth Huckaby • Erwin Keller • Eugène Bozza • George H. Hitchings • J. William Fulbright • John Kuck • Paul Hasluck • Robert Choquette • Robert Sink