José López Rega

José López Rega was an Argentine politician who served as Minister of Social Welfare from 1973 to 1975, first under Juan Perón and continuing under Isabel Perón, Juan Perón's third wife and presidential successor. Lopez Rega exercised an allegedly Rasputin-like power and influence over Isabel Perón during her presidency, and used both this and his unique access to become the de facto political boss of Argentina. His orthodox peronist and far-right politics and interest in the occult earned him the nickname El Brujo. Rega had one daughter, Norma Beatriz, who went on to become the spouse of President Raúl Lastiri.

17 October 1916

Born on the same birth day (17 October): Doris Humphrey • Giacomo Mari • Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia • Joseph Bowie • Maria Dulęba • Milica Brozović • Omar Azziman • Paul Haenlein • Rubén Ramírez (footballer, born 1982) • Segundo de Chomón • Theodor Eicke

Born in the same month (October 1916): Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar • Al Killian • Alice Childress • Boyd Wagner • Carl Johan Bernadotte • François Mitterrand • George Sidney • George Turner (writer) • Helge Larsson • James Herriot • Ken Wood (manufacturer) • Leon Day • Minoru Yasui • Pearl Hackney • Stetson Kennedy