John Whittingdale

Sir John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale is a British Conservative politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon since 1992. He served as Culture Secretary from 2015 to 2016. Whittingdale was most recently Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries and Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure from May to December 2023, during the maternity leave of Julia Lopez.

16 October 1959

Born on the same birth date (16 October 1959): Brian Harper • Erkki-Sven Tüür • Gary Kemp • Jamie Salmon • Kevin Brennan (politician) • Philip Maini • Tessa Munt

Born on the same birth day (16 October): Alison Chitty • Ernst Kuzorra • Fred Turner (musician) • Jamie Salmon • Jay Beagle • John Grant (British politician) • Kevin Brennan (politician) • Kuroda Kiyotaka • Károly Horváth • Leon Sullivan • León Klimovsky • Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean • Paddy Finucane • Paul Hamilton (politician) • Roy McDonough • Valery Klimov (violinist) • William P. Fessenden • William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk

Born in the same month (October 1959): Allan Little • Anna Escobedo Cabral • Boris Nemtsov • Brazo de Oro (wrestler) • Dylan Baker • Emeril Lagasse • Gavin Friday • Hitonari Tsuji • Jesse Barfield • Kevin Sheedy (Irish footballer) • Kirsty MacColl • Mark Peel (historian) • Michelle Lujan Grisham • Mike Gartner • Nick Bakay • Roberto Navarro (journalist) • Ron Drummond • Todd Solondz