John Gilbert Winant

John Gilbert Winant OM was an American diplomat and politician with the Republican party after a brief career as a teacher in Concord, New Hampshire. John Winant held positions in New Hampshire, national, and international politics. He was the 60th governor of New Hampshire from 1925 to 1927 and 1931 to 1935. Winant also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom during most of World War II. Depressed by career disappointments, a failed marriage and heavy debt, he killed himself in 1947.

23 February 1889

Born on the same birth date (23 February 1889): Cyril Delevanti • Musidora • Victor Fleming

Born on the same birth day (23 February): Alessandro Sturba • Andrew Wiggins • Anton Mosimann • Casemiro • D'Angelo Russell • Emily Blunt • Erich Kästner • Guy C. Wiggins • Jia Perkins • Johnny Carey • José Joaquín de Herrera • Lee Shaffer • Marco Scandella • Mayer Amschel Rothschild • Ola Svensson • Pope Paul II • Steve Stricker

Born in the same month (February 1889): Artur Adson • Bhante Dharmawara • Carl Theodor Dreyer • Cevdet Sunay • Cyril Delevanti • Ernest Tyldesley • Harry Nyquist • Hulusi Behçet • Jean de Lattre de Tassigny • Larry Semon • Leontine Sagan • Musidora • Olave Baden-Powell • Patsy Hendren • R. G. Collingwood • Recep Peker • Risto Ryti • Victor Fleming