Boris Kidrič

Boris Kidrič was a Slovene and Yugoslav politician and revolutionary who was one of the chief organizers of the Slovene Partisans, the Slovene resistance against occupation by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy after Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. He became the de facto leader of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People. As such, he had a crucial role in the anti-Fascist liberation struggle in Slovenia between 1941 and 1945. After World War II he was, together with Edvard Kardelj, a leading Slovenian politician in communist Yugoslavia.

10 April 1912

Born on the same birth day (10 April): Alex Pettyfer • Augustus II, Duke of Brunswick • Carole Goble • Claude Bolling • Dolores Huerta • Frank Barson • Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri • Jake Warren • John Watkins (South African cricketer) • Junior Samples • Narayan Rane • Peter Hollingworth • Rachel Corrie • Roberto Carlos • Rokusuke Ei • Steven Seagal • Tim Alexander • Warren DeMartini

Born in the same month (April 1912): Bill Roberts (athlete) • Frank Dilio • Glenn T. Seaborg • Jacques de Bourbon-Busset • Jehan Buhan • John Le Mesurier • John Levy (musician) • Kaneto Shindo • Kim Il Sung • Marta Eggerth • Odette Hallowes • Sonja Henie