Carl Stokes

Carl Burton Stokes was an American politician and diplomat of the Democratic Party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Elected on November 7, 1967, and taking office on January 1, 1968, he was one of the first black elected mayors of a major U.S. city.

21 June 1927

Born on the same birth day (21 June): Anthony Michell • Fernando Savater • Friedrich Curschmann • Gérard Pelletier • Jean Chacornac • Jim Douglas • Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy • Manu Chao • Margit Bara • Marjorie Margolies • Mark Kimmitt • Min (South Korean singer) • Nils Lofgren • Per Eklund • Ralph Craig • Reinhold Niebuhr • Rim'K • Wade Phillips

Born in the same month (June 1927): Bob Keeshan • Boots Randolph • Claudio Gilberto Froehlich • F. Sherwood Rowland • Frank McCabe (basketball) • Geoffrey Palmer (actor) • Henning Carlsen • Herbert Lichtenfeld • James B. Edwards • John Habgood • John W. O'Malley • Lin Yang-kang • Mario Lanfranchi • Paul Eddington • Paul Salamunovich • Pierre Perrault • Ross Andru • Wally Wood