John Montgomery Ward

John Montgomery Ward, known as Monte Ward, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop, second baseman, third baseman, manager, executive, union organizer, owner and author. Ward, of English descent, was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania and grew up in Renovo, Pennsylvania. He led the formation of the first professional sports players union and a new baseball league, the Players' League.

3 March 1860

Born on the same birth day (3 March): Alexander Semin • Fatima Whitbread • Madeleine de Verchères • Margaret Bonds • Ron Chernow • Sarah Poewe

Born in the same month (March 1860): André Prévost (tennis) • Eric Stenbock • Frank Frost Abbott • Horatio Bottomley • Hugo Wolf • Susanna M. Salter • William Benham (zoologist) • William Jennings Bryan