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): Ashikaga Yoshiaki • Bhumibol Adulyadej • David Manning • Jeroen Krabbé • Jim Plunkett • Krystian Zimerman • Morgan Brittany • Morgan J. Freeman • Moshe Katsav • Paul Painlevé • Rose Wilder Lane • Sajid Javid • Tina Charles (basketball)

Born in the same month (December 1917): Buddy Boudreaux • C.-H. Hermansson • David Bohm • Dean Hess • Ellis Clarke • Gene Rayburn • Ian Johnson (cricketer) • Irv Robbins • Kenneth Dike • Ossie Davis • Pete Cenarrusa • Seymour Melman • Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee • Sylvia Syms (singer) • T. Nadaraja • Tom Bradley (mayor)