James Clark Ross

Sir James Clark Ross was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edward Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843.

15 April 1800

Born on the same birth day (15 April): Brian Muir (sculptor) • Corrie ten Boom • Craig Zadan • Darius Regelskis • Emma Watson • Felix Pipes • Francesco Maria Brancaccio • Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine • Harry Edward • Henry James • Jeromy Burnitz • Josia Thugwane • Leander Dendoncker • Lee Kernaghan • Linda Bloodworth-Thomason • Nikita Khrushchev • Nikolay Semyonov • René Pleven • Robert Mills (physicist) • Robert Sibbald • Suleiman II of the Ottoman Empire • Tadeusz Kutrzeba • Thomas Hart Benton (painter) • Tim Corcoran (pitcher) • William Cullen

Born in the same month (April 1800): George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan • John Appold