Christine Keeler

Christine Margaret Keeler was an English model and showgirl. Her meeting at a dance club with society osteopath Stephen Ward drew her into fashionable circles. At the height of the Cold War, she became sexually involved with a married Cabinet minister, John Profumo, as well as with a Soviet naval attaché, Yevgeny Ivanov. A shooting incident involving a third lover caused the press to investigate her, revealing that her affairs could be threatening national security. In the House of Commons, Profumo denied any improper conduct but later admitted that he had lied.

22 February 1942

Born on the same birth day (22 February): August Bebel • Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933) • Bronwyn Oliver • Chris Dudley • Constance Stokes • Dave Spitz • Ernie K-Doe • Hamer Bouazza • Juninho Paulista • Józef Kremer • Kazuhiro Sasaki • Kyle MacLachlan • Miou-Miou • Pirjo Honkasalo • Renato Dulbecco • Ted Kennedy • Texas Johnny Brown • Tommy Aaron • Tony Macedo

Born in the same month (February 1942): Andrew Robinson (actor) • Bibi Besch • Carole King • Charlie Coles • Gareth Hunt • Michael Bloomberg • Paul Krause • Terry Melcher • Tommy Roberts (designer)