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): Ace Frehley • Alan Reynolds (artist) • Betty Mae Tiger Jumper • Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel • Coretta Scott King • Cristian Romero (Argentine footballer) • Cuba Gooding Sr. • Derek Chinnery • François Béroalde de Verville • George Gervin • Helmut Marko • Herbert Spencer • Lim Bo Seng • Sébastien Lareau • William W. Snow

Born in the same month (April 1929): April 10 • Bob Denard • Ed Townsend • Fazlur Rahman Khan • Gerry Anderson • Gérald Beaudoin • Humbert Allen Astredo • James Last • Michael Atiyah • Mike Hawthorn • Milan Kundera • Nigel Hawthorne • Paule Marshall • Robert Wade-Gery • Roy Hamilton • Walter Kempowski