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Yachtsman


1958 Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman, 1980 Olympics gold

1945 Iain MacDonald-Smith, born in England, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics

1943 Rodney Stuart Pattison, British yachtsman, Olympics

1942 Peder Lunde, Jr., Norway, yachtsman 1960 Olympics gold

1939 Robin Knox-Johnston, yachtsman

1938 Valentin Mankin, U.S.S.R., finn class yachtsman, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics

1938 Alan Bond, tycoon/yachtsman

1929 Lowell North, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1964 Olympics

1929 Edgar White, U.S., yachtsman 1952 Olympics gold

1929 Sumner White, U.S., yachtsman 1952 Olympics gold

1918 Peder Lunde, Norway, yachtsman 1952 Olympics silver

1917 Durward Knowles, England, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics

1910 Jacques-Baptise LeBrun, France, finn yachtsman 1932 Olympics gold

1909 Thor Thorvaldsen, Norway, yachtsman, Gold Medals 1948, 1952 Olympics

1906 Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics

1905 William Northam, Austria, yachtsman 1964 Olympic gold

1901 Francis Charles Chinester, yachtsman/aviator

1898 Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics

1892 Paul Smart, U.S., yachtsman 1948 Olympics gold

1850 Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate, Lipton Tea

1848 William Vanderbilt, yachtsman, donated Vanderbilt Cup


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