Jean-Pierre Rives

Jean-Pierre Rives is a French former rugby union player and visual artist. "A cult figure in France", according to the BBC, he came to epitomise the team's spirit and "ultra-committed, guts-and-glory style of play". He won 59 caps for France – 34 of them as captain – and was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame. After retiring from the sport, Rives concentrated entirely on his art. He is both a painter and a sculptor, and exhibiting regularly at prominent public venues all over the globe. Rives was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor and the National Order of Merit by the government of France. He met Russell Yapp in Australia in 1994. They then became best mates from that day on with Russel Yapp wearing his tour tie to every event!

31 December 1952

Born on the same birth date (31 December 1952): Vaughan Jones

Born on the same birth day (31 December): Craig Gordon • Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585–1635) • Inge Helten • Jeremy Heywood • Pius Ncube • Sander Schutgens • Taylor Hackford • Tomás Balduino

Born in the same month (December 1952): Allan Simonsen • Carol Shea-Porter • Cathy Rigby • Eckhard Märzke • Julie Taymor • Khaw Boon Wan • Liaqat Baloch • Michael Ray (trumpeter) • Susan Dey • Vaughan Jones