Joseph Cook
Sir Joseph Cook was an Australian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of Australia, from 1913 to 1914. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party, having previously been leader of the Anti-Socialist Party from 1908 to 1909. His victory at the 1913 election marked the first time that a centre-right party had won an outright majority at an Australian federal election.
7 December 1860
Born on the same birth day (7 December): Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi • Andres Kasekamp • Colin Hendry • Georges Laraque • Nathan Adrian • Nikola Vaptsarov • Vladimir Akopian • İbrahim Kutluay
Born in the same month (December 1860): Abner Powell • Amanda McKittrick Ros • Charles Studd • Edward MacDowell • Joseph S. Cullinan • Lucien Guitry • Niels Ryberg Finsen