Erik Nielsen

Erik Hersholt Nielsen was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the longtime Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Yukon, and was Leader of the Opposition and the third deputy prime minister. He was the elder brother of actor Leslie Nielsen. ^{Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)}

24 February 1924

Born on the same birth date (24 February 1924): Hal Herring

Born on the same birth day (24 February): Arcangela Tarabotti • Eddie Murray • Emilio Rivera • James Farentino • Johan Christian Dahl • John Burgoyne • John Vernon • Joseph Banks • Kent Haruf • Kim Kyu-jong • Kurt Tank • Lydia Becker • Manon Rhéaume • Mike Lowell • Pete Duel • Rupert Holmes

Born in the same month (February 1924): Al Rosen • Allan MacLeod Cormack • Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924) • Bud Poile • Budge Patty • Carlos Humberto Romero • David Beattie • David Bronstein • Dorothy Blum • E. P. Thompson • Hal Herring • Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber • Juan Ponce Enrile • Lee Marvin • Margaret Truman • Mark Bucci • Max Ferguson • Noboru Takeshita • Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma • Richard Hooker (author) • Robert A. Roe • Robert Drew • Robert Mugabe • Thelma Estrin