Elisabeth Murdoch (philanthropist)

Dame Elisabeth Joy Murdoch, Lady Murdoch, also known as Elisabeth, Lady Murdoch, was an Australian philanthropist and matriarch of the Murdoch family. She was the wife of Australian newspaper publisher Sir Keith Murdoch and the mother of international media proprietor Rupert Murdoch. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1963 for her charity work in Australia and overseas.

8 February 1909

Born on the same birth day (8 February): Anderson .Paak • Andrew Hoy • Charles-Jean-François Hénault • Daniele Barbaro • Elizabeth Bishop • Freddie Blassie • Gas Lipstick • Henry Walter Bates • Leighton Vander Esch • Nicolas Vouilloz • Ted Koppel • Terry Melcher • Zac Guildford

Born in the same month (February 1909): André Cayatte • Carmen Miranda • Fanny Cradock • Frank Albertson • Heather Angel (actress) • Hugh Beaumont • Hélder Câmara • Max Baer (boxer) • Miep Gies • Min Thu Wun • Sigmund Rascher • Simone Weil • Wallace Stegner