Dick Durbin

Richard Joseph Durbin is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin is in his fifth Senate term and has served as the Senate Democratic whip since 2005 and as the Senate majority whip since 2021. He chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, and led the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination hearings.

21 November 1944

Born on the same birth date (21 November 1944): Earl Monroe • Harold Ramis

Born on the same birth day (21 November): Buck Ram • Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni • Daniel Bradshaw • Isabel May • Joseph Campanella • Ken Griffey Jr. • Konishiki Yasokichi I • Marjan Rožanc • Rain Phoenix • Stanley Jackson (cricketer) • Victoria, Princess Royal • William Beaumont

Born in the same month (November 1944): Askar Akayev • Bev Bevan • Bonnie Bramlett • Booker T. Jones • Ibrahim Gambari • James Toback • Jim Boeheim • Ken Houston • Lorne Michaels • Mike Katz • Rem Koolhaas • Timmy Thomas