Ben Nelson

Earl Benjamin Nelson is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 37th governor of Nebraska from 1991 to 1999 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 2001 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and as of 2024, is the last Democrat to hold and/or win any statewide elected office in Nebraska.

17 May 1941

Born on the same birth date (17 May 1941): David Cope

Born on the same birth day (17 May): Ariën van Weesenbeek • Bartholomew Roberts • Caroline of Brunswick • Charlie Gubb • Dorothy Richardson • Engelbert II of Nassau • Guido Pella • Howard Hampton • Jamil Azzaoui • Jason Bernard • Passenger (singer) • Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness

Born in the same month (May 1941): Bob Dylan • David Cope • Dorothy Hyman • Gino Brito • Jody Conradt • John Strasberg • Uta Frith