Frank Wise

Frank Joseph Scott Wise AO was a Labor Party politician who was the 16th Premier of Western Australia. He took office on 31 July 1945 in the closing stages of the Second World War, following the resignation of his predecessor due to ill health. He lost the following election two years later to the Liberal Party after Labor had held office for fourteen years previously.

30 May 1897

Born on the same birth day (30 May): Anders Michanek • Beatriz Haddad Maia • Bob Evans (restaurateur) • Colm Meaney • Eddie Griffin (basketball) • Ivor Richard • Kevin Eastman • Maurice Tate

Born in the same month (May 1897): Alan Kippax • Diego Abad de Santillán • Dink Templeton • Ed Ricketts • Erich Wolfgang Korngold • Frank Capra • Frank Luke • Gene Tunney • Jimmie Guthrie • Malcolm Nokes • Odd Hassel • Paul Alverdes • Robert E. Gross (businessman) • Robert Neumann (writer) • Sidney Bechet • William Joseph Browne