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): Antti Aarne • Argo Arbeiter • Don Touhig • Francesco Scarlatti • Francisco Javier Arana • Ilja Antonov • Justin Smoak • Kaetlyn Osmond • Ladislav Novák • Michel'le • Morgan J. Freeman • Nivek Ogre • Pablo Morales • Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer • Ross Barkley • Rudy Fernandez (triathlete) • Tina Charles (basketball)

Born in the same month (December 1917): Cahit Külebi • David Bohm • Elyse Knox • Heinrich Böll • June Taylor • Lincoln Verduga Loor • Marty Marion • Ossie Davis • Ramanand Sagar • Seymour Melman • Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee