Jessica Watson

Jessica Watson is an Australian sailor who was awarded the Order of Australia Medal after attempting a solo circumnavigation at the age of 16. Although her voyage did not meet the distance criterion of 21,600 nautical miles (40,000 km) for a circumnavigation, Watson was nevertheless named the 2011 Young Australian of the Year and awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2012 for "...service to sailing and to youth through the achievement of sailing solo and unassisted around the world [sic], and as a role model for young Australians". She currently resides in Melbourne. Netflix produced a film True Spirit (2023) about Watson's voyage.

18 May 1993

Born on the same birth date (18 May 1993): Stuart Percy

Born on the same birth day (18 May): Adwoa Aboah • Bertrand Russell • Emma Navarro • Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel • Gail Strickland • Leon Ashley • Margot Fonteyn • Meredith Willson • Michael Cretu • Michael Sandle • Omar Khayyam • Roger Joseph Boscovich • Russell Senior • Stanislaus Papczyński • Türker İnanoğlu

Born in the same month (May 1993): Bárbara Luz • Caroline Zhang • Gustavo Gómez • Huang Zitao • IU (singer) • Jake Zyrus • Jamie Porter • Jana Čepelová • Jimmy Vesey • Karol Mets • Maika Monroe • Miguel Sanó • Morgan Wallen • Owain Doull • Stuart Percy • Tones and I