Kweisi Mfume

Kweisi Mfume is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district, first serving from 1987 to 1996 and again since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, Mfume first left his seat to become the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a position he held from 1996 to 2004. In 2006, he ran for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Paul Sarbanes, losing the Democratic primary to the eventual winner, Ben Cardin. Mfume returned to his former House seat in 2020 after it was left vacant by the death of Elijah Cummings.

24 October 1948

Born on the same birth date (24 October 1948): Phil Bennett

Born on the same birth day (24 October): BD Wong • David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville • Dorothea von Schlegel • Margie Masters • Marie Foster • Melvin Purvis • Mike Rounds • Murray Golden • Oliver Jackson-Cohen • Pat Williams (American football) • Petar Stipetić • Willie Mabon

Born in the same month (October 1948): Alison Chitty • Claude Jade • Cub Koda • Dan Gable • Debbie Macomber • Diane Ackerman • Franco Gasparri • George Wendt • Gerry Adams • Hans Köchler • Iain Hewitson • Jackson Browne • John Gray (English sportsman) • Kate Jackson • Margot Kidder • Mike Hendrick • Norman Ornstein • Persis Khambatta • Peter Combe • Richard Alston (choreographer) • Telma Hopkins