John Watkins (Australian politician)

John Arthur Watkins is a former Deputy Premier of New South Wales, serving between 2005 until his resignation from Parliament in 2008. Watkins was the Chief Executive Officer of Alzheimer's Australia (NSW) from 2008 – 2017 when it merged into Dementia Australia; the Chairman of Calvary healthcare from 2011 – 2019; and the eighth Chancellor of the University of New England, serving between 2013 and 2014. ^{John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales}

7 December 1955

Born on the same birth day (7 December): Abi Harrison • Damien Rice • Duncan McNaughton • Eckhard Märzke • Hamilton Fish III • Imad Mughniyeh • Leopold Kronecker • Max Zaslofsky • Mickey Thompson • Tommy Nelson (actor) • Vladimir Akopian

Born in the same month (December 1955): Brad Murphey • Gene Grossman • Kazuyuki Sekiguchi • Lonnie Smith (baseball) • Miyuki Kawanaka • Otis Birdsong • Philip Hammond • Prince Lorenz of Belgium • Ray Kelvin