Jeremy Heywood

Jeremy John Heywood, Baron Heywood of Whitehall, was a British civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary to David Cameron and Theresa May from 2012 to 2018 and Head of the Home Civil Service from 2014 to 2018. He served as the Principal Private Secretary to Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 1999 to 2003 and 2008 to 2010. He also served as Downing Street Chief of Staff and the first Downing Street Permanent Secretary. After he was diagnosed with lung cancer, he took a leave of absence from June 2018, and retired on health grounds on 24 October 2018, receiving a life peerage; he died a fortnight later on 4 November 2018.

31 December 1961

Born on the same birth date (31 December 1961): Nina Li Chi • Rick Aguilera

Born on the same birth day (31 December): Alycia Parks • Brent Barry • Bryan Hamilton • Cliff Richey • Mario Aerts • Michael McDonald (comedian) • Nemanja Nikolić (footballer, born 1987) • Roy Goodall • Shrilal Shukla • Tony Dorigo • Valerie Pearl

Born in the same month (December 1961): Andrew Lock • André Andersen • Angie Stone • Charlie Nicholas • LaChanze • Lalchand Rajput • Laura Flanders • Mansoor al-Jamri • Marco Pierre White • Scott Cohen (actor) • Sean Hannity • Shane Black • Íngrid Betancourt