Garret FitzGerald

Garret Desmond FitzGerald was an Irish Fine Gael politician, public intellectual, economist and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach, serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He served as Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987 and was twice Leader of the Opposition between 1977 and 1982; he was previously Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1977. FitzGerald served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1969 to 1992 and was a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 1965 to 1969.

9 February 1926

Born on the same birth day (9 February): Ali-Shir Nava'i • C. P. Krishnan Nair • Carol Wood • Chris Gardner • Ezechiele Ramin • Gloria Trevi • Gordon Strachan • Irina Slutskaya • J. M. Coetzee • Johannes Meursius • Matt Gogel • Michael B. Jordan • Zhang Ziyi

Born in the same month (February 1926): Bob Richards • Dave Sands • Doris Belack • Gyula Grosics • Henry Molaison • Joe Garagiola • John Schlesinger • Leslie Nielsen • María de la Purísima Salvat Romero • Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda • Verne Gagne • Vivian Maier