Kerry Packer
Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer was an Australian media tycoon, and was considered one of Australia's most powerful media proprietors of the twentieth century. The Packer family company owned a controlling interest in both the Nine Network and the publishing company Australian Consolidated Press, which were later merged to form Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL). Outside Australia, Packer was best known for founding World Series Cricket. At the time of his death, he was the richest and one of the most influential men in Australia. In 2004, Business Review Weekly magazine estimated Packer's net worth at A$6.5 billion.
17 December 1937
Born on the same birth date (17 December 1937): Art Neville • Brian Hayes (broadcaster) • Calvin Waller • John Kennedy Toole
Born on the same birth day (17 December): Aubrey Faulkner • Chelsea Manning • Craig Sutherland • Erik Christensen • Eugene (wrestler) • Graham Rogers (actor) • Julian Bennett (footballer) • Liisa Ehrberg • Lore Berger • Maria I of Portugal • Mikky Ekko • Łukasz Broź
Born in the same month (December 1937): Bobby Allison • Charlotte Lamb • Gordon Crosse • James MacArthur • Jane Fonda • Jim Marshall (defensive end) • John Hartford • John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney • Joyce Bulifant • Manohar Joshi • Morgan Llywelyn • Muriel Costa-Greenspon • Nancy Ryles • Paul Stookey • Ratan Tata • Stan Boardman