John Conteh

John Anthony Conteh, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980. He held the WBC light-heavyweight title from 1974 to 1977, and regionally the European, British and Commonwealth titles between 1973 and 1974. As an amateur, he represented England and won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. In 2017, Conteh was awarded an MBE for services to boxing at the Queen's Birthday Honours.

27 May 1951

Born on the same birth day (27 May): Anna Cervin • Antoine Daniel • Blake Ahearn • Branko Oblak • Edward S. Rogers Jr. • Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine • Girolamo Mei • Hans Lammers • Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria • Michael Altenburg • Paul Bettany • Pete Sears

Born in the same month (May 1951): Anatoly Karpov • Antonis Samaras • Bob Gale • Chris Frantz • Christian Lacroix • Dick Slater • Ed Stelmach • Frank Wilczek • Janet Soskice • Joey Ramone • John Glascock • Madeleine Taylor-Quinn • Ramón Calderón • Simon Hughes