Daniel Ellsberg
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): Aaron Lohr • Adolf Dymsza • Almada Negreiros • Andrew Hampsten • Anna Bogomazova • Anthony Caruso (actor) • Charles Fourier • Dimitrij Rupel • Franco Di Santo • Gerry Cottle • Jane Priestman • Janis Ian • Jennifer Lynch • Jerry Brown • Johanna Allik • John Cooper (musician) • Randall Davidson • Simone Schilder • Tama Canning • Tetsuji Tamayama • Werner Schroeter
Born in the same month (April 1931): Bill Miles • Héctor Olivera (film director) • Jack Le Goff • John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria) • Jon Stone • Morgan Wootten • Paul Masnick • Ronald Hynd • William Bast