Jill Ker Conway

Jill Ker Conway was an Australian-American scholar and author. Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain, she also was Smith College's first woman president (1975–1985) and most recently served as a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2004 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project. She was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal.

9 October 1934

Born on the same birth date (9 October 1934): Abdullah Ibrahim

Born on the same birth day (9 October): Al Jourgensen • Danièle Delorme • Heinz Fischer • Paul Radisich • Peter Mansfield • Stephen Gionta • Tawfiq al-Hakim

Born in the same month (October 1934): Alan Elsdon • Albert Shiryaev • Caitro Soto • Glen Glenn (singer) • Hans-Joachim Roedelius • James "Sugar Boy" Crawford • Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas • N. Ramani • Peter Ashdown • Richard Meier • Rico Rodriguez (musician) • Sam Huff • Simon Nicholson • Willie Naulls • Yakubu Gowon