Wat Misaka

Wataru Misaka was an American professional basketball player. A 5-foot-7-inch (1.70 m) point guard of Japanese descent, he broke a color barrier in professional basketball by being the first non-white player and the first player of Asian descent to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), known then as the Basketball Association of America (BAA).

21 December 1923

Born on the same birth day (21 December): András Schiff • Edward Schreyer • Frank Fenner • Frank Zappa • Giuseppina Leone • Govinda (actor) • Jane Fonda • Jean Bouin • Khris Davis • Krishnamachari Srikkanth • Luke Brooks • Michelle Hurd • Nic Maddinson • Ray Romano • Seichō Matsumoto • Sewall Wright • Steve Montador • Tom Payne (actor) • Tom Sturridge

Born in the same month (December 1923): Betsy Blair • Charles Keating • Eagle Keys • Edwin Bramall • Ernst Florian Winter • George Patton IV • Larry Doby • Maria Callas • Menahem Pressler • Moyra Fraser • Prakash Vir Shastri