John Ross (Royal Navy officer)

Sir John Ross was a Scottish Royal Navy officer and polar explorer. He was the uncle of Sir James Clark Ross, who explored the Arctic with him, and later led expeditions to Antarctica.

24 June 1777

Born on the same birth day (24 June): Alfons Rebane • Brigitte Fontaine • Carolyn S. Shoemaker • Claude Bourbonnais • Dan Byles • Erika Andreeva • Gloria Christian • Hope Sandoval • Jan Karski • Jean Metzinger • John Postgate (microbiologist) • Rebecca Cooke • Robert Downey Sr. • Ruth Randall Edström • Theodore Beza • Yong Nyuk Lin

Born in the same month (June 1777): David Daniel Davis • Jean-Jacques Lartigue • Robert Clark (New York politician)