Richard E. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr., an American naval officer, was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. He is also known for discovering Mount Sidley, the largest dormant volcano in Antarctica.
25 October 1888
Born on the same birth date (25 October 1888): Jan Palouš • Léon Tom • Nils Dardel
Born on the same birth day (25 October): Arthur Schmidt (general) • François Joseph Lefebvre • Glynis Barber • Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt • Rainer Strecker • Thomas Babington Macaulay • Zadie Smith • Zana Briski
Born in the same month (October 1888): Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard • Ernst Kretschmer • Henry A. Wallace • Katherine Mansfield • Konstantinos Tsiklitiras • Lucy Tayiah Eads • Léon Tom • Mary Fuller • Nikolai Bukharin • Nils Dardel • Oscar Mathisen • Paul Popenoe • Paul Vermoyal • Runar Schildt • S. S. Van Dine • Yukio Sakurauchi