Aneurin Bevan

Aneurin "Nye" Bevan PC was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government in which he spearheaded the creation of the British National Health Service. He is also known for his wider contribution to the founding of the British welfare state. He was first elected as MP for Ebbw Vale in 1929, and used his Parliamentary platform to make a number of influential criticisms of Winston Churchill and his government during the Second World War. Before entering Parliament, Bevan was involved in miners' union politics and was a leading figure in the 1926 general strike. Bevan is widely regarded as one of the most influential left-wing politicians in British history.

15 November 1897

Born on the same birth date (15 November 1897): Sacheverell Sitwell

Born on the same birth day (15 November): August Krogh • Bill Melendez • Christoph von Graffenried, 1st Baron of Bernberg • Clyde McPhatter • Curtis LeMay • Josemi • Lily Aldridge • Pascal Lissouba • Roger Donaldson • Teodoro Casiño • Ulf Pilgaard • Virginie Ledoyen • Văn Cao

Born in the same month (November 1897): Choudhry Rahmat Ali • Dolly Stark (umpire) • Dorothy Day • Dorothy Shepherd-Barron • Frank Fay (comedian) • Germaine Krull • Gertrude Olmstead • Harvey Hendrick • Herman J. Mankiewicz • Jack O'Connor (English cricketer) • Karl Gebhardt • Karl Marx (composer) • Lucky Luciano • Mollie Steimer • Nirad C. Chaudhuri • Patrick Blackett • Quentin Roosevelt • Ronald George Wreyford Norrish • Sacheverell Sitwell