Josy Barthel

Joseph ("Josy") Barthel was a Luxembourgish athlete. He was the surprise winner of the Men's 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the only athlete representing Luxembourg to have won a gold medal at the Olympics. Besides athletics, Barthel also led successful careers in both chemistry and politics. ^{Josy Barthel, Luxembourgian runner and politician, Luxembourgian Minister for Energy (d. 1992)}

24 April 1927

Born on the same birth day (24 April): Cedric the Entertainer • Doris Burn • Franco Leccese • Frédéric Niemeyer • Gabriel Figueroa • Maarja Nummert • Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed • Phil Robertson • Rein Taaramäe • Richard Holbrooke • Steve Roach (rugby league) • Varun Dhawan • Yuko Nakanishi

Born in the same month (April 1927): Ahmed Arif • Alan MacDiarmid • Amos Milburn • Anne McLaren • Bo Callaway • Coretta Scott King • Corín Tellado • Harry Gallatin • Jack Douglas (actor) • Joe Orlando • Kenneth Tynan • Margot Honecker • Marshall Warren Nirenberg • Maurice Ronet • Rolf Schult • Thomas Hemsley • Walter Bahr