John Sherman Cooper

John Sherman Cooper was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat from the United States. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elected to two full terms in 1960 and 1966, representing Kentucky. He also served as U.S. Ambassador to India from 1955 to 1956 and U.S. Ambassador to East Germany from 1974 to 1976. He was the first Republican to be popularly elected to more than one term as a senator from Kentucky and, in both 1960 and 1966, he set records for the largest victory margin for a Kentucky senatorial candidate from either party.

23 August 1901

Born on the same birth date (23 August 1901): Guy Bush

Born on the same birth day (23 August): Barbara Eden • Betty Robinson • Carl Hagelin • Eric Tai • Jean Darling • Kim Matula • Martin Grainger • Ogden L. Mills • Queen Noor of Jordan • Sam Cook (cricketer, born 1921) • William Ernest Henley

Born in the same month (August 1901): Arnulfo Arias • Aurèle Joliat • Clarence Passailaigue • Claude Autant-Lara • Dutch Schultz • Eleanor Dark • Ernest Lawrence • Jimmy Rushing • John C. Stennis • Maxwell D. Taylor • Pancho Villa (boxer) • Preston Foster • Roy Wilkins • Stefan Wyszyński