John Forrest

Sir John Forrest was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890–1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister in federal politics.

22 August 1847

Born on the same birth day (22 August): Agatha Marie of Hanau • Aleksandr Mostovoi • Bede Jarrett • Dinos Dimopoulos • Frederick II, Elector of Saxony • Israel Broussard • Kelly Freas • Kristen Wiig • LaMelo Ball • Mel Hein • Nicolas Macrozonaris • Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. • Paul Gottlieb Nipkow • Rob Witschge • Ron Dante • Valery Alekseyev (anthropologist)

Born in the same month (August 1847): Andrew Greenwood • Bolesław Prus • Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo • Robert Comtesse • Sarah Frances Whiting