Earle Page

Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page was an Australian politician and surgeon who served as the 11th prime minister of Australia from 7 to 26 April 1939, holding office in a caretaker capacity following the death of Joseph Lyons. He was the leader of the Country Party from 1921 to 1939, and was the most influential figure in its later years.

8 August 1880

Born on the same birth day (8 August): Abey Kuruvilla • Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield • Aldo Calderón van Dyke • Carl Fredrik Pechlin • Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore • Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham • Cornelis Vreeswijk • Doug Melvin • Emiliano Zapata • Emilie Flygare-Carlén • Jack Baldwin (chemist) • John Laws • Jon Turteltaub • Károly Reich • Meagan Good • Rosetta LeNoire • Shane Lee • Tatjana Maria • Willie Tonga • Yvie Burnett

Born in the same month (August 1880): Alexander Grin • Arthur Dove • Christy Mathewson • George Herriman • Gertrude Rush • Gorch Fock (author) • Guillaume Apollinaire • Hans Moser (actor) • Radclyffe Hall • Robert L. Thornton • Ruth Sawyer • Wilhelmina of the Netherlands