Carol Moseley Braun

Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun, is an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. Prior to her Senate tenure, Moseley Braun was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 1988 and served as Cook County Recorder of Deeds from 1988 to 1992. She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 after defeating Senator Alan J. Dixon in a Democratic primary. Moseley Braun served one term in the Senate and was defeated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald in 1998.

16 August 1947

Born on the same birth date (16 August 1947): Katharine Hamnett

Born on the same birth day (16 August): Amos Alonzo Stagg • Andrew Rainsford Wetmore • Andy Milder • Angela Bassett • Arthur Achleitner • Barry Hay • Bernarr Macfadden • Désiré Mérchez • Franz Welser-Möst • Georgette Heyer • Jakob Rosanes • Julie Newmar • Menachem Begin • Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster • Pierre Méchain • Robert Culp • Vincenzo Coronelli • Wang Hao (racewalker)

Born in the same month (August 1947): Alan Lee (illustrator) • Anwar Ibrahim • Dave Dutton • Halil Berktay • Joe Manchin • John Spencer (rugby union, born 1947) • Luca Cordero di Montezemolo • Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician) • Roger De Vlaeminck