John McDermott (golfer)

John J. McDermott Jr. was the first U.S.-born golfer to win the U.S. Open, in 1911 and 1912, and he remains the youngest player to win the event, at age 19, as well as the second youngest to win any of golf's four major tournaments after Young Tom Morris. He was the first player to break par over 72 holes in a significant event, which he did at the 1912 U.S. Open. He was one of the world's top players between 1910 and 1914.

12 August 1891

Born on the same birth date (12 August 1891): C. E. M. Joad

Born on the same birth day (12 August): Alexandros Tzorvas • Edward Pinkowski • Franck Moutsinga • Jonathan Coachman • Khris Middleton • Panagiotis Chinofotis • Rebecca Gayheart • William Goldman

Born in the same month (August 1891): Acharya Chatursen Shastri • Benno Schotz • C. E. M. Joad • Edgar Zilsel • Emiliano Mercado del Toro • Henry Bachtold • Jacques Lipchitz • Marquis James • Minna Craucher • Roy Agnew • Stancho Belkovski • Viktor Zhirmunsky • William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim