Gennady Zyuganov

Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov is a Russian politician who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and served as Member of the State Duma since 1993. He is also the Chair of the Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP-CPSU) since 2001. Zyuganov ran for President of Russia four times, most controversially in 1996, when he lost in the second round to Boris Yeltsin per official results.

26 June 1944

Born on the same birth day (26 June): Antonio Rosati • Colin Wilson • Daoud Corm • Elijah Dukes • Ferdinand II of Naples • Gene Green (baseball) • Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia • Jason Schwartzman • Jean-Claude Turcotte • Jennette McCurdy • Max Biaggi • Princess Alexia of the Netherlands • Stuart Symington

Born in the same month (June 1944): Angela King (environmentalist) • Henri Richelet • Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon • Marvin Hamlisch • Patrick Sercu • Peter Asher • Randy Johnson (quarterback) • Ray Davies • Robert Charlebois • Robert D. Keppel • Seán Patrick O'Malley • Tony Scott • Ze'ev Friedman