Jean-Marc Boivin

Jean-Marc Boivin was a French mountaineer, extreme skier, hang glider and paraglider pilot, speleologist, BASE jumper, film maker and author. The holder of several altitude records for hang gliding and paragliding, the creator of numerous first ascents and first ski descents in the Alps, a member of the team that broke the record for a sub-glacial dive and the first person to paraglide from the summit of Mount Everest, Boivin was a pioneer of extreme sports. He died from injuries incurred after BASE jumping off Angel Falls in Venezuela, the highest waterfall in the world.

6 April 1951

Born on the same birth date (6 April 1951): Bert Blyleven • Pascal Rogé

Born on the same birth day (6 April): Aaron Curry (American football) • André Weinfeld • Barry Levinson • Claire Morissette • Don Prudhomme • Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau • Herb Thomas • Lee Scott (politician) • Levon Shant • Maria of Portugal, Marchioness of Tortosa • Ng Ser Miang • Shaylee Mansfield • Tom C. Korologos • William Bate Hardy

Born in the same month (April 1951): Bruce Gary • Börje Salming • Dale Earnhardt • Heloise (columnist) • Ioan Mihai Cochinescu • John Hannah (American football) • John L. Phillips • Jon Stanhope • Julian Lloyd Webber • Luther Vandross • Max Weinberg • Milija Aleksic • Pascal Rogé • Tim Congdon