Chris Patten

Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003. He is also one of the two living former governors of Hong Kong with David Wilson.

12 May 1944

Born on the same birth day (12 May): Abelardo L. Rodríguez • Alejandro Gorostiaga • Anton Korošec • Augustus II the Strong • Beryl Burton • Eleftheria Eleftheriou • Ellis Cunliffe Lister • Felipe Alou • Jim Furyk • Jonah Lomu • Justus von Liebig • Kim Fields • Leslie Charteris • Mary Reibey • Michael Ignatieff • Rhea Seehorn • Sam Nujoma • Tony Hancock • William Giauque

Born in the same month (May 1944): Bill Alter • Billy Vera • Bob Benmosche • Frank Oz • Gene Cornish • Gladys Knight • Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar • Ingrid Roscoe • Jan Kinder • Joe Cocker • John Flanagan (author) • Masanori Murakami • Meredith MacRae • Rita MacNeil