John Watkins (South African cricketer)

John Cecil Watkins was a South African cricketer who played in 15 Test matches for South Africa between 1949 and 1957. At the time of his death aged 98, Watkins was the oldest living Test cricketer and the last surviving member of the side that toured Australasia in 1952–53.

10 April 1923

Born on the same birth date (10 April 1923): Floyd Simmons • Jane Kean • Roger Gaillard (historian) • Sid Tickridge

Born on the same birth day (10 April): AJ Michalka • Aliko Dangote • Anna-Leena Härkönen • Asriel Günzig • Bunny Wailer • Clare Buckfield • Daisy Ridley • Delphine Seyrig • George Clawley • Gordon Buchanan • Guillaume Canet • Jim Burns • Masashi Sada • Mel Blount • Nicky Campbell • Peter Kopteff • Roger Gaillard (historian) • Shao Jiayi • Steve Bisciotti • Steve Gustafson • William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen • Yvan Loubier

Born in the same month (April 1923): Albert King • Artur Alliksaar • Avram Davidson • Dolph Briscoe • Edward Mulhare • Ernest Mandel • G. Spencer-Brown • Gianni Raimondi • Herb Thomas • Irvin Kershner • Johnny Paton • Kagamisato Kiyoji • Lindsay Anderson • Melissa Hayden (dancer) • Michael V. Gazzo • Nguyễn Văn Thiệu • Peter Vaughan • Robert DePugh • Roberto De Vicenzo • Solly Hemus • William Guarnere