Jess Willard

Jess Myron Willard was an American world heavyweight boxing champion billed as the Pottawatomie Giant. He won the world heavyweight title in 1915 by knocking out Jack Johnson.

29 December 1881

Born on the same birth day (29 December): Bernard Cribbins • Christian Kracht • David Boon • Derek Ryan (ice hockey) • Earl Gregg Swem • Georg Hermann Struve • Harri Säteri • Henry VI, Burgrave of Plauen • Johannes Zollikofer • Jude Law • Marianne Faithfull • Morton Estrin • Rajesh Khanna • Ramanand Sagar • Roman Vlad • Ryan Shore • Saverio Cassar • Wayne Huizenga • Willem de Blécourt

Born in the same month (December 1881): Albert Gleizes • Aubrey Faulkner • Branch Rickey • Charles Wakefield Cadman • Erwin von Witzleben • Katherine MacDonald • Louise Thuliez • Max Pechstein • René Cresté • Tuomas Bryggari