Bill Deedes

William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, was a British Conservative politician, army officer and journalist. He was the first person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph.

1 June 1913

Born on the same birth day (1 June): Alanis Morissette • Alexander V. Zakharov • Antonietta Di Martino • Christiane Vulpius • Edward Woodward • Elena Mukhina • Jean Lambert • Justine Henin • Larisa Lazutina • Maarten van Heemskerck • Michael McDowell (author) • Pat Boone • Perrin Beatty • Richard Goode • Sam Young (basketball) • Tony Snow

Born in the same month (June 1913): Barbara Pym • Benjamin Shapira • Earle Meadows • Elton Britt • Joe Morris (trade unionist) • Maurice Wilkes • Ralph Edwards • Risë Stevens • Sammy Cahn • William P. Rogers