John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of Barack Obama. A member of the Forbes family and of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1985 to 2013 and later served as the first U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate from 2021 to 2024. Kerry was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2004 election, losing to then-incumbent president George W. Bush.

11 December 1943

Born on the same birth day (11 December): Elena Garro • Emmanuelle Charpentier • Gary Dourdan • Gavin Hill • Gerd Arntz • James Sullivan (city manager) • Julio de Caro • Lillian Cahn • Manuel Cardoso (composer) • Marie Windsor • Mario Been • Paul Medhurst • Rider Strong • Webster Paulson

Born in the same month (December 1943): Albert Lee • Bernard C. Parks • Bobby Keys • Emmett Tyrrell • Eve Pollard • Harry Shearer • J. Philippe Rushton • Joan Ruddock • Joseph Franklin Ada • Keith West • Kenny Moore (runner) • Larry Martin • Mary Woronov • Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five) • Paul Wolfowitz • Stefan Janos (physicist) • Susan Isaacs • Tommy McAvoy • Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior