Jack Straw

John Whitaker Straw is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001, and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn from 1979 to 2015.

3 August 1946

Born on the same birth date (3 August 1946): John York (musician) • Robert Ayling • Syreeta Wright

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Born in the same month (August 1946): Ann Coffey • Antonio Fargas • Ashford & Simpson • Bruce Coslet • Charlie Sanders • Erika Slezak • Hugh Baiocchi • James Howe • John York (musician) • Masoud Barzani • Peggy Lipton • Richard O. Covey • Rinus Gerritsen • Rollie Fingers • Susan Saint James • Terry Nutkins • Tom Walkinshaw • Zhou Ji (born 1946)