Kenny Roberts

Kenneth Leroy Roberts is an American former professional motorcycle racer and racing team owner. In 1978, he became the first American to win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship. He was also a two-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship. Roberts is one of only four riders in American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) racing history to win the AMA Grand Slam, representing Grand National wins at a mile, half-mile, short-track, TT Steeplechase and road race events.

31 December 1951

Born on the same birth day (31 December): Cheryl Womack • Embrace (English band) • Emperor Go-Yōzei • Gabby Douglas • Giannis Dalianidis • Isma'il Pasha of Egypt • Jennifer Higdon • John Frost (British Army officer) • Kelvin Herrera • Luke Schenscher • Luís Carreira • Mihály Fekete • Paul O'Neill (racing driver) • Pope Callixtus III • Steve Bruce • The Rocket Summer • Valerie Pearl

Born in the same month (December 1951): Alan Rouse • Karla Bonoff • Lasse Bengtsson • Mike Flanagan (baseball) • Nick Kent • Nick Rose (runner) • Richard Desmond • Tony Isabella • Willem de Blécourt