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
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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