Donald Dewar

Donald Campbell Dewar was a Scottish statesman and politician who served as the inaugural first minister of Scotland and leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2000. He previously served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1997 to 1999. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Anniesland from 1978 to 2000. Dewar was also Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the equivalent seat from 1999 to 2000.

21 August 1937

Born on the same birth date (21 August 1937): Gustavo Noboa • Robert Stone (novelist)

Born on the same birth day (21 August): Alizée • Basil Poledouris • Charb • Gerardo Barbero • Mohammed VI of Morocco • Paul Menard • Peter Weir • Radish Tordia

Born in the same month (August 1937): Alice Coltrane • Andrei Konchalovsky • Baden Powell (guitarist) • Barbara Windsor • Billy Cannon • Bobby Parker (guitarist) • Cornelis Vreeswijk • Don Wilson (cricketer) • Dustin Hoffman • Herb Brooks • James Florio • Robert Stone (novelist) • Susan Sheehan • Virginia Euwer Wolff • Walter Dean Myers