Nina Ponomaryova

Nina Apollonovna Ponomaryova was a Russian discus thrower and the first Soviet Olympic champion.

27 April 1929

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Casey Kasem • Cecil Day-Lewis • Frank Abagnale • George Petty • Jason Whitlock • Judy Carne • Lim Bo Seng • Marc-Antoine Parseval • Mihkel Lüdig • Pik Botha • Samuel Morse • Sandy Dennis • Stanisław Dziwisz • Terry Willesee • Tommy Smith (saxophonist) • William W. Snow

Born in the same month (April 1929): André Previn • Ed Townsend • Fazlur Rahman Khan • Fred Hollows • Inez Andrews • Ivar Giaever • Jeremy Thorpe • Joe Gallo • Joi Lansing • Jonathan Haze • Mahmoud Mollaghasemi • Mike Hawthorn • Nigel Hawthorne • Peter Sculthorpe • Ralph Slatyer