1701) Eugenio Monti

Eugenio Monti (1928 – 2003). Italian bobsledder and alpine skier. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the bobsleigh, with ten World championship medals (of which nine gold) and 6 Olympic medals including two golds. He is known also for his acts of sportsmanship during the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, which made him the first athlete ever to receive the Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy.

He was the first non-German to win a gold in both the two-man and four-man events in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. After his victory, he received Italy's highest civilian honor – the Commendatore of the Italian Republic and then retired to labor in his skiing facilities in Cortina.

Struck by numerous hardships (separation from his wife, the departure of his daughter for the United States, the death of his son from an overdose), suffering from Parkinson's disease, on 30 November 2003 he shot himself in the head; transported to the hospital in Belluno, he died the next day.

- "It was in skiing that he first competed at national level, where he earned the nickname “Rosso Volante”, originally coined by sports journalist Gianni Brera. A reference to the colour of his hair and his bold, aggressive style on the slopes..." https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/news/from-the-track-to-the-screen-the-life-of-eugenio-monti-in-the-new-television-series-rosso-volante

- "«Rosso» per il colore dei capelli, «volante» perché nessuno come lui sa sfrecciare sulla neve... [Redhead for the colour of his hair, "flying" because no one knows how to speed through the snow like him.]" https://vocidicortina.it/a5159-Rosso-Volante-La-leggenda-di-Eugenio-Monti-e-del-suo-incredibile-bob#:~:text=%C2%ABRosso%C2%BB%20per%20il%20colore%20dei%20capelli%2C%20%C2%ABvolante%C2%BB,la%20leggenda%20che%20ha%20dato%20il%20nome

- "Appena due anni dopo veniva notato dal giornalista Gianni Brera che gli affibbiò il soprannome "Rosso Volante" (allusione ai colori dei capelli e alla grinta con cui fu sempre conosciuto). [Just two years later he was noticed by the journalist Gianni Brera who gave him the nickname "Flying Redhead" (an allusion to the colour of his hair and the determination for which he was always known).]"   https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_Monti

1700) Pierre Puiseux

 Pierre Henri Puiseux (1855 – 1928). French astronomer.

He created a photographic atlas of the Moon based on 6000 photographs taken by him and Maurice Loewy. In 1892 he was awarded the Valz Prize, and in 1896 was he awarded the Lalande Prize, both from the French Academy of Sciences, which he would later become a member of in 1912.

In 1900, Puiseux received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France (the French astronomical society). He became the Society's president from 1911 to 1913.

The crater Puiseux on the Moon is named after him.

- "His physical appearance was strange: a brush of red hair, dishevelled around the large forehead of a thinker, blue eyes extraordinarily sharp and brilliant..." https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Puiseux/

1699) Joseph Patrick McDonnell

Joseph Patrick McDonnell (1846 – 1906). Irish-American labor leader and journalist. He edited the New York Labor Standard, and was one of the founders of the International Labor Union.

He was born in Dublin, Ireland, into a middle-class family, and after secondary school went to Trinity College Dublin. He moved to London in 1868, where he gave lectures calling for the release of Irish political prisoners and for Irish independence. 

In 1871 McDonnell met Karl Marx, who proposed him as a member of the general council of the International Workingmen's Association (IWMA - often called the First International). In August 1871 he was made IWMA secretary for Ireland. In 1872 McDonnell sailed to New York City with his new bride, Mary McEvatt, to represent the IWA in America. From 1873 to 1878 McDonnell was very active in the socialist movement in New York, speaking at many venues.

In 1879 McDonnell was among the founders of the New Jersey Labor Congress, later renamed the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the State of New Jersey. From 1883 until 1897 McDonnell chaired the legislative committee of the New Jersey Federation of Organized Trades, which remained a relatively small body that was further weakened by the dispute between the Knights of Labor and the craft unions. Despite its weakness, the legislative committee drafted laws and lobbied for their passage by the New Jersey legislature, and often achieved at least partial success. The thrust of the laws was to eliminate abuses of labor, improve working conditions and help labor organize unions, cooperatives and building and loan associations. The Federation obtained ballot reforms, protection against eviction, public libraries and a compulsory education law. It was mainly due to McDonnell's efforts that Labor Day was declared a holiday by New Jersey, to first state to do so.

- "He described McDonnell as having "clean-cut small features, wonderful eyes and an abundance of red curly hair."  https://nyirishhistory.us/article/courage-for-any-venture-j-d-mcdonnell-fenian-editor-and-labor-leader/

- "... he grew into a man of slight build with red curly hair and a somewhat oval face."   https://www.dib.ie/biography/mcdonnell-joseph-patrick-a5647