Arlen Specter

Arlen Specter was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he was the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania, having represented the state for 30 years.

12 February 1930

Born on the same birth date (12 February 1930): John Doyle (Tipperary hurler)

Born on the same birth day (12 February): Ajda Pekkan • Annette Crosbie • Chet Lemon • Christina Ricci • Cotton Mather • Dom DiMaggio • Frederick II of Legnica • Jacques Herbrand • Jean Eyeghé Ndong • Jimmy Conrad • John Doyle (Tipperary hurler) • Joseph Alioto • Kujō Yoritsune • Lochlyn Munro • Valentín Canalizo

Born in the same month (February 1930): Arthur E. Chase • E. L. Konigsburg • Ernst Fuchs (artist) • Leon Cooper • Mary Quant • Robert Wagner • Roger Craig (baseball) • Roy De Forest • Wendy Beckett