C. R. Swart

Charles Robberts Swart, nicknamed "Blackie", was a South African politician who served as the last governor-general of the Union of South Africa from 1959 to 1961 and the first state president of the Republic of South Africa from 1961 to 1967.

5 December 1894

Born on the same birth day (5 December): Afanasy Fet • Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs • Alvy Moore • Art Monk • Bhumibol Adulyadej • Christina Rossetti • Don Robertson (songwriter) • Francesco Geminiani • Fred Rutten • Gabriel Luna • Jacopo Sala • Jim Messina (musician) • Jimmy Dimmock • John Henry Leech • John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe • Justin Smoak • Józef Piłsudski • Kali Rocha • Ramón Ramírez (footballer)

Born in the same month (December 1894): Afrânio do Amaral • Alexander Nelke • Allie Vibert Douglas • Arthur Fiedler • Arthur Gilligan • December 29 • Deiva Zivarattinam • E. C. Segar • Edwin Linkomies • Ford Frick • Freddie Adkins • Georges Guynemer • Jack Thayer • James Thurber • Jean Toomer • Josef Imbach (athlete) • Patrick Flynn (athlete) • Robert Menzies • Warren William • Willem Schermerhorn