Gregory Blaxland

Gregory Blaxland was an English pioneer farmer and explorer in Australia, noted especially for initiating and co-leading the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains by European settlers.

17 June 1778

Born on the same birth day (17 June): Ajahn Chah • Art Bell • Beryl Reid • Derek Ibbotson • Heinz Guderian • Michael Gross (swimmer) • William Carr (rower)

Born in the same month (June 1778): Beau Brummell • Jean Baptiste Gay, 1st Viscount of Martignac