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): A.K. Golam Jilani • Corey Dillon • Dmitry Gorkov • Dorothea von Schlegel • Doug Davidson • Eliza Taylor • Eric Hosmer • Esther McVey • Frank Piasecki • George Tsontakis • Johan Galtung • Moses Montefiore • Rob Leslie-Carter • Stephen Resnick • Tereza Martincová
Born in the same month (October 1948): Dan Gable • Diane Ackerman • Duke Robillard • Gerry Robinson • Hema Malini • John Engler • October 25 • Phil Bennett • Richard Alston (choreographer)