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Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and author (d. 2023)

Daniel Ellsberg was an American political activist, economist, and United States military analyst. While employed by the RAND Corporation, he precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other newspapers.

7 April 1931

Born on the same birth date (7 April 1931): Donald Barthelme

Born on the same birth day (7 April): Anthony Caruso (actor)Bill BellamyBrian J. DoyleChristian FuchsEcaterina AndronescuEmerson HyndmanFrancesco SelmiGerry CottleGuillaume DepardieuHans van HemertJeetendraJo ApplebyJohn Bernard FlannaganJosh HaderJoël RobuchonKim Kap-sooMarju LauristinOshik LeviPeter Zaremba (athlete)Richard GomezWalter WinchellWilliam Ellery ChanningZvika Hadar

Born in the same month (April 1931): Bridget RileyChris Pearson (politician)Dan GurneyDavid Shepherd (artist)Felix BerezinGeoffrey DaltonHéctor Olivera (film director)Jack ClementJack Le GoffJohn Barrett (tennis)John Eccles, 2nd Viscount EcclesJon StoneKeith HitchinsMichael Allenby, 3rd Viscount AllenbyVladimir Kuznetsov (javelin thrower)