John Hospers

John Hospers was an American philosopher and political activist. Hospers was interested in Objectivism, and was once a friend of the philosopher Ayn Rand, though she later broke with him. In 1972, Hospers became the first presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, and was the only minor party candidate to receive an electoral vote in that year's U.S. presidential election.

9 June 1918

Born on the same birth day (9 June): Carl Nielsen • David Koepp • Eric Wynalda • Henry Hallett Dale • Jaan Mölder • Jim McDonald (halfback) • Jim Nolan (basketball) • Michael J. Fox • Michele Rua • Paul Hutchison (English cricketer) • Robert Indermaur • Robert Klark Graham • Thomas Benson (American football) • Yannick Agnel

Born in the same month (June 1918): Alf Francis • Ben Johnson (actor) • C. J. Eliezer • Cicely Saunders • Dee Molenaar • Eddie Lopat • Edwin G. Krebs • François Tombalbaye • Georgia Louise Harris Brown • Helmut Lent • J. Clyde Mitchell • Jerome Karle • Kathryn Tucker Windham • Leo Rosner • Lili St. Cyr • Mildred Ladner Thompson • Percy Rodriguez • Ruth Aarons • William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw • Yeoh Ghim Seng • Zoltán Sztáray