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): Al Bates • Con Walsh • Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill • Doris Burn • Eamon Gilmore • Eric Snow • Franco Leccese • Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua • Hugh Dowding • Lou Thesz • Marc-Adélard Tremblay • Ramiro II of Aragon • Sue Grafton • Susanna Bokoyni

Born in the same month (April 1927): Albert Uderzo • Anne McLaren • Coretta Scott King • Dorothy Manley • Gerry Mulligan • Granny Hamner • Joe Moakley • K. Alex Müller • Laurel Aitken • Leonid Shcherbakov • Margot Honecker • Marshall Warren Nirenberg • Norma Candal • Ollie Mitchell • Phil Hill • Pope Benedict XVI • Rolf Schult • Thanin Kraivichien • Tilly Armstrong • Walter Bahr