Helen Coonan

Helen Lloyd Coonan is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1996 to 2011, representing the Liberal Party. She was a minister in the Howard government, serving as Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer from 2001 to 2004 and then as Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts from 2004 to 2007.

29 October 1947

Born on the same birth date (29 October 1947): Richard Dreyfuss

Born on the same birth day (29 October): Chelan Simmons • Chris Baio • Chris Verene • Damian Chapa • David Allen (cricketer) • George Abbot (bishop) • James Boswell • Jesse Barfield • Louise Granberg • Mary Bucholtz • Michael Carter (nose tackle) • Necmettin Erbakan • Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix • Robbie van Leeuwen • Toby Smith • Tove Lo • Vonetta Flowers

Born in the same month (October 1947): Ben Cauley • Dalveer Bhandari • Deidre Hall • Frank Shorter • Herman Van Rompuy • Ian Ashley • John Perry Barlow • Kazimierz Deyna • Lucas Papademos • Martin Turner • Nikolai Volkoff • Richard Dreyfuss • Robert Post (law professor) • Stephen Collins • Terry A. Anderson