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): Anjali Devi • Anže Kopitar • Benoît Brunet • Betty Dodson • Danny Joe Brown • David Freiberg • Duke Kahanamoku • Francine Lalonde • Jared Harris • José Bosingwa • Jürgen Macho • Madsen Pirie • Max Beerbohm • Orlando Engelaar • Orson Scott Card • Philip Henry • Ronee Blakley • Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk • Thomas Rotherham

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