Joel Barnett

Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, was a Labour Party politician. As Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the late 1970s, he devised the Barnett Formula that allocates public spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

14 October 1923

Born on the same birth day (14 October): A. J. Pero • Chris Bangle • Dwayne Schintzius • Ferdinand VII • François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt • James II of England • Lillian Gish • Lori Petty • Reginald Doherty • Ryan Hall (runner) • Stacy Keibler • Trevor Goddard

Born in the same month (October 1923): Antonio Fontán • Baby Dalupan • Barney Kessel • Bert Trautmann • Bobby Thomson • Carl Djerassi • Charles McClendon • Charlton Heston • Denise Levertov • Faas Wilkes • Gloria Oden • Glynis Johns • Kailashpati Mishra • Lindsay Thompson • Murray Walker • Ned Rorem • Nicholas Parsons • Robin Day • Ruth Carter Stevenson • Stig Dagerman