Harold Abrahams

Harold Maurice Abrahams was an English track and field athlete. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.

15 December 1899

Born on the same birth day (15 December): A. P. Carter • Alan Freed • Billy Shaw • Florence Jepperson Madsen • Gamal al-Banna • Genny Lim • Heather Booth • Jesse Lingard • Niels Ryberg Finsen • Oleksandr Zinchenko (footballer) • Pehr Evind Svinhufvud • Ralph Ineson • Ronnie Radke • Ruhi Sarıalp • Thomas Herrion • Valentin Varennikov

Born in the same month (December 1899): Charlie Spencer • Howard Kinsey • Humphrey Bogart • John Barbirolli • John Qualen • Julio de Caro • Martyn Lloyd-Jones • Noël Coward • Peter Wessel Zapffe • Ray Morehart • Silvestre Revueltas