Jesse Jackson

Jesse Louis Jackson is an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, Jackson maintained his status as a prominent civil rights leader throughout his political and theological career for over seven decades. He served from 1991 to 1997 as a shadow delegate and senator for the District of Columbia. Jackson is the father of former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. and current U.S. Representative Jonathan Jackson.

8 October 1941

Born on the same birth date (8 October 1941): Shane Stevens (author) • The Tornados

Born on the same birth day (8 October): Darrell Hammond • Eddie Rickenbacker • Galo Blanco • J. R. Ramirez • Jeremy Davies • John Clarke (Baptist minister) • Leeroy Thornhill • Lynne Stewart • Martin Henderson • Paul Hogan • R. Fraser Armstrong • The Tornados

Born in the same month (October 1941): Aleksandr Dulichenko • Anne Rice • Anneke Wills • Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1941) • Brian Lamb • Charles Keating (actor) • Chubby Checker • Dave Costa • Diana Hendry • Frank Stagg (Irish republican) • Karl Oppitzhauser • Lucious Jackson • Mel Counts • Merle Woo • Omali Yeshitela • Paul Tyler • Peter Coyote • René Metge • Robert Wilson (director) • Ron Meagher • Roy Masters (rugby league) • Shane Stevens (author) • Warren Ryan • William H. Dobelle