Colin Powell

Colin Luther Powell was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who was the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005. He was the first Black secretary of state. He was the 15th United States national security advisor from 1987 to 1989, and the 12th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993.

5 April 1937

Born on the same birth date (5 April 1937): Andrzej Schinzel • Arie Selinger • Joseph Lelyveld • Juan Lezcano

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Albert Champion (cyclist) • Asteris Koutoulas • Frank Gorshin • Félix de Muelenaere • Género Zeefuik • Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington • János Martonyi • Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

Born in the same month (April 1937): Antonio Carluccio • Bella Akhmadulina • Ben Zinn • Elinor Donahue • Gert Potgieter (athlete) • Jack Nicholson • Jill Gascoine • Juan Lezcano • Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood