David Boren

David Lyle Boren is a retired American lawyer and politician from Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as 21st governor of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1979 and three terms in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1994. A conservative Democrat, to date, he is the last in his party to have served as U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. He was the 13th and second-longest serving president of the University of Oklahoma from 1994 to 2018. He was the longest serving chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. On September 20, 2017, Boren officially announced his retirement as president of the University of Oklahoma, effective June 30, 2018.

21 April 1941

Born on the same birth day (21 April): Efrem Zimbalist • Francesco Maidalchini • Gerald Early • Ira Louvin • Ivan Combe • Jack Evans (ice hockey) • Norman Parkinson • Peter Kosminsky • Souleymane Cissé (film director) • Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan • Tim Jacobus

Born in the same month (April 1941): Don Prudhomme • Dr. Demento • Fethullah Gülen • Hannah Gordon • James Di Pasquale • Jan and Dean • Jean-Marc Reiser • John Madejski • Kay Adams (singer) • Lagle Parek • Lucien Aimar • Michael Moriarty • Paul Theroux • Phil Austin • Ryan O'Neal • Shirley Stelfox • Sonny Throckmorton