Jerry Brown

Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected Secretary of State of California in 1970; Brown later served as Mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and Attorney General of California from 2007 to 2011. He was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap between his second and third terms. Upon completing his fourth term in office, Brown became the fourth longest-serving governor in U.S. history, serving 16 years and 5 days in office.

7 April 1938

Born on the same birth date (7 April 1938): Iris Johansen • Spencer Dryden

Born on the same birth day (7 April): Alexander Karpovtsev • Allen Dulles • Christian Fuchs • Christopher Darden • Cornelia Frances • Francis Ford Coppola • Gino Severini • Hodding Carter III • Jace Alexander • Julia Phillips • Kelli Young • Nick Herbert • Nickel Ashmeade • Roger Vergé • Rozalie Hirs • Teddy Riner

Born in the same month (April 1938): Al Weis • Alain Caron (ice hockey) • Ben Barnes (Texas politician) • Bernie Madoff • Betty Cuthbert • Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician) • Jeff Barry • John Hamm • Juraj Jakubisko • Kerry Wendell Thornley • Klaus Lehnertz • Kofi Annan • Larry Niven • Madge Sinclair • Manfred Kinder • Nancy Holt • Natalya Kustinskaya • Paul Daniels • Ralph Willis • Spencer Dryden • Ton Schulten • Viktor Chernomyrdin