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): Akiyama Saneyuki • Alvin Sargent • Brian McFadden • Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford • Giovanny Espinoza • Ida Pollock • Lakshman Kadirgamar • Mahmoud Younis • Muhammad al-Jawad • Peter Safar
Born in the same month (April 1816): Bogoslav Šulek • Charles-Denis Bourbaki • Charlotte Brontë • Thomas Hazlehurst (chapel builder)