Valeriy Brumel

Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel was a Russian high jumper. The 1964 Olympic champion and multiple world record holder, he is regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the high jump. His international career was ended by a motorcycle crash in 1965.

14 May 1942

Born on the same birth date (14 May 1942): Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green • Byron Dorgan • Tony Pérez

Born on the same birth day (14 May): Anna Laurens Dawes • Brent Harvey • Charles Beyer • Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor • Earle Combs • Francesco Rasi • François Steyn • Fraser Nelson • George Lucas • Hans Joachim von Zieten • Herbert W. Franke • Marcel Junod • Marco Zanuso • Martine McCutcheon • Muhammad Ayub Khan • Nicki Sørensen • Pernille Blume • Richard Deacon (actor) • Rick Vaive • Robert F. Christy • Robert Zemeckis • Sam Perrett • Tom Cochrane • Yochanan Vollach

Born in the same month (May 1942): Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green • Ariel Dorfman • Barbara Parkins • Carole Stone • David Penry-Davey • Jacques Rogge • Jean Corston, Baroness Corston • John Ashcroft • Lee Baca • Lois Johnson • Raymond Chrétien • Richard Oakes (activist) • Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman • Terry Neill • Tony Pérez • Věra Čáslavská