James Stockdale

James Bond "Jim" Stockdale was a United States Navy vice admiral and aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, during which he was a prisoner of war for over seven years.

23 December 1923

Born on the same birth date (23 December 1923): Günther Schifter • Onofre Marimón

Born on the same birth day (23 December): Alge Crumpler • Andres Alver • Brian Teacher • Carol Ann Duffy • Duncan Hallas • Guy Beaulne • Harry Judd • Helmut Schmidt • Jari Mäenpää • Jeffrey Schlupp • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier • Karine Polwart • Mallory Hagan • Mikhael Gromov (mathematician) • Paul Hornung • Robert Kahn (computer scientist) • Samuel Smiles • Severo Bonini • T. J. Oshie • Tara Palmer-Tomkinson • Thomas Bourgin • Tim Hardin • William Armstrong (Virginia politician)

Born in the same month (December 1923): Bob Barker • Dewey Martin (actor) • Eagle Keys • Gordon Jackson (actor) • Louis Lane • Onofre Marimón • Uziel Gal • William C. Schneider