James Rector

John "James" Alcorn Rector was an American athlete. He was the first Arkansas-born athlete to compete in the Olympic Games. While competing he was a University of Virginia student and went there to train with Pop Lannigan.

22 June 1884

Born on the same birth day (22 June): Cyndi Lauper • Cédric Mongongu • Erich Maria Remarque • Hubert Chesshyre • Randolph Hokanson • Richard Gurley Drew • Robert Ritter von Greim • Sayf al-Dawla • Sharon Maughan • Terttu Savola

Born in the same month (June 1884): Claude Auchinleck • Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler • Frank Waller (athlete) • Frederick Lorz • Gaston Bachelard • Georges Duhamel • Harry Langdon • Johannes Heinrich Schultz • John McCormack (tenor) • Leon Chwistek • Leone Sextus Tollemache • Ralph Benatzky • Édouard Daladier • Étienne Gilson