Ken Dryden

Kenneth Wayne Dryden is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender, politician, lawyer, businessman, and author. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011 and Minister of Social Development from 2004 to 2006. In 2017, the league counted him in history's 100 Greatest NHL Players. He received the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2020.

8 August 1947

Born on the same birth date (8 August 1947): Larry Wilcox

Born on the same birth day (8 August): Alexander Watson (diplomat) • Anthony Rizzo • Cornelis Vreeswijk • Gert Olesk • Hipólito Ruiz López • Josip Drmić • Jostein Gaarder • Lindsay Sloane • Roger Penrose

Born in the same month (August 1947): Anuška Ferligoj • Anwar Ibrahim • Barbara Bach • Bernie Carbo • Carol Moseley Braun • Fred Stanley (baseball) • Gavin Pfuhl • Ian Anderson • John Nathan-Turner • Joop van Daele • Liza Wang • Sofia Rotaru