James Weddell

James Weddell was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S—a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle—and into a region of the Southern Ocean that later became known as the Weddell Sea.

24 August 1787

Born on the same birth day (24 August): A. S. Byatt • Boyd Dunlop Morehead • Danny Joe Brown • Earl Derr Biggers • Ferdinand I of Romania • Jackie Brenston • Jean Rhys • Joe Regalbuto • John Bush (singer) • John Green • Keith Savage (rugby union) • Marion Bloem • Richard Cushing • Tugay Kerimoğlu • Vahur Afanasjev • Éric Bernard

Born in the same month (August 1787): Eliza Lee Cabot Follen