Basil A. Paterson

Basil Alexander Paterson was an American labor lawyer and politician. He served in the New York State Senate from 1966 to 1971 and as secretary of state of New York under Governor Hugh Carey from 1979 to 1983. In 1970, Paterson was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New York on the Arthur Goldberg ticket. Paterson's son David served as governor from 2008 to 2011.

27 April 1926

Born on the same birth date (27 April 1926): Alan Reynolds (artist) • Tim LaHaye

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Ann Peebles • August Koern • Chiang Ching-kuo • Edward Whymper • Frank Abagnale • George Petty • Herm Edwards • Isobel Campbell • Kazuyoshi Funaki • Keenan Allen • Lars Bender • Lee Roy Jordan • Nina Ponomaryova • Pierre-Marc Bouchard • Roman Matsov • Semyon Varlamov • Stanisław Dziwisz • Theo Angelopoulos • Ulysses S. Grant • Xavier Worthy

Born in the same month (April 1926): Arthur Rowley • Charlotte Rae • Doug Insole • Frank Daniel • Gil Kane • Harper Lee • J. P. Donleavy • James Stirling (architect) • Joan Lorring • Junior Samples • Jürgen Moltmann • Patricia Castell • Rifaat el-Mahgoub • Roger Corman