Ken Downing

Kenneth Henry Downing was an English racing driver. From a wealthy family, he began racing in the late 1940s, competing in his first event the Eastbourne Rally in a Healey. Initially racing a Brooke Special, he switched to a Connaught in 1951, winning 17 races throughout the year.

5 December 1917

Born on the same birth day (5 December): A. J. Pollock • Adam Thorpe • Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven • Antti Aarne • Bhumibol Adulyadej • Josh Smith • Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa • Ladislav Novák • Martin Van Buren • Robert Sobukwe • Xavier Garbajosa

Born in the same month (December 1917): Buddy Boudreaux • C.-H. Hermansson • David Bohm • Dean Hess • Ellis Clarke • Elyse Knox • Evelyn Knight (singer) • Irv Robbins • James Rainwater • June Taylor • Lincoln Verduga Loor • Nabi Bakhsh Baloch • Ossie Davis • Pete Cenarrusa • Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee • Sylvia Syms (singer) • T. Nadaraja • Thomas Hayward (tenor) • Tom Bradley (mayor)