Ignacio Ramonet

Ignacio Ramonet Miguez is a Spanish academic, journalist and writer who has been based in Paris for much of his career. After becoming first known for writing on film and media, he became editor-in-chief of Le Monde diplomatique, serving from 1991 until March 2008. Under his leadership, LMD established editorial independence in 1996 from Le Monde, with which it had been affiliated since 1954.

5 May 1943

Born on the same birth date (5 May 1943): Michael Palin

Born on the same birth day (5 May): Craig David • Henri Konan Bédié • Henryk Sienkiewicz • Jim Kelly (martial artist) • Kurt Loder • Leon Czolgosz • Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor • Mayar Sherif • Sylvia Pankhurst • Yossi Benayoun

Born in the same month (May 1943): Albano Carrisi • Betty Williams • Gale Sayers • Georgi Asparuhov • Hilton Valentine • James Turrell • Jessi Colter • John Dalton (musician) • Leslie Uggams • Mary Wells • Michael Palin • Paul Bégin • Peter Carey (novelist) • Terry Crisp • Wieteke van Dort