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): Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi • Daniel Jones (composer) • Georges Laraque • Hugo Blick • Leigh Brackett • Mary Ellen Rudin • Nikola Vaptsarov • Nita Strauss • Stuart Davis (painter) • Tom Winsor

Born in the same month (December 1955): Anne Begg • Binali Yıldırım • Chamras Saewataporn • Dave Taylor (ice hockey) • David Breashears • Donald D. Hoffman • Galina Murašova • Karen Tumulty • Kazuyuki Sekiguchi • Lonnie Smith (baseball) • Martin Schulz • Milenko Zablaćanski • Miyuki Kawanaka • Scott Fischer • Stu Jackson • Tony Woodcock (footballer)