Charles Gavan Duffy
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, KCMG, PC, was an Irish poet and journalist, Young Irelander and tenant-rights activist. After emigrating to Australia in 1856 he entered the politics of Victoria on a platform of land reform, and in 1871–1872 served as the colony's 8th Premier.
12 April 1816
Born on the same birth day (12 April): Armen Alchian • Christos Iakovou • Elspet Gray • Gustaf Cederström • John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham • Lucas Radebe • Marcel Granollers • Oliver Norwood • Robert Manzon • Robin Anderson (tennis) • Sarah Cracknell • Svetlana Lapina
Born in the same month (April 1816): Bogoslav Šulek • Charles-Denis Bourbaki • Charlotte Brontë • Thomas Hazlehurst (chapel builder)