David Kelly (weapons expert)

David Christopher Kelly was a Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare (BW). A former head of the Defence Microbiology Division working at Porton Down, Kelly was part of a joint US-UK team that inspected civilian biotechnology facilities in Russia in the early 1990s and concluded they were running a covert and illegal BW programme. He was appointed to the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) in 1991 as one of its chief weapons inspectors in Iraq and led ten of the organisation's missions between May 1991 and December 1998. He also worked with UNSCOM's successor, the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and led several of their missions into Iraq. During his time with UNMOVIC he was key in uncovering the anthrax production programme at the Salman Pak facility, and a BW programme run at Al Hakum.

14 May 1944

Born on the same birth date (14 May 1944): Gene Cornish • George Lucas

Born on the same birth day (14 May): Arthur Rostron • Bronte Campbell • Dan Auerbach • Dick Howser • Ethel Johnson (wrestler) • Gene Cornish • George Lucas • George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney • Greg Davies • Gul Khan Nasir • John Charles Fields • Olly Murs • Rick Vaive • Tony Siragusa • Walter Rehberg • Yochanan Vollach

Born in the same month (May 1944): Armistead Maupin • Chris Patten • Dietrich Mateschitz • Faith Brown • Gladys Knight • Ingrid Roscoe • Joe Cocker • Keith Fletcher • Mary Robinson • Masanori Murakami • Pierre Bachelet