Helmut Rahn
Helmut Rahn, known as Der Boss, was a German footballer who played as a forward. He became a legend for having scored the winning goal in the final of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Rahn, along with the German team, were decorated by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1972.
16 August 1929
Born on the same birth date (16 August 1929): Bill Evans • Fritz Von Erich
Born on the same birth day (16 August): Amos Alonzo Stagg • Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland • Arthur Achleitner • Bernarr Macfadden • Carol Moseley Braun • David Anderson (British Columbia politician) • Didier Cuche • Douglas Kirkland • Iván Hurtado • Jonatan Johansson (footballer) • Minoru Genda • Rumer Willis • Timothy Hutton • Trevor McDonald • William Keepers Maxwell Jr. • Zé Eduardo (footballer, born 1991)
Born in the same month (August 1929): Abdi İpekçi • Betty Dodson • Buck Owens • Don Matheson • Francis Gary Powers • Guy de Lussigny • Hafizullah Amin • Herman Badillo • Kevin Heffernan (Gaelic footballer) • Larisa Bogoraz • Mike Elliott (saxophonist) • Reuben Kamanga • Thom Gunn • Ulrich Wegener • Vellore G. Ramabhadran