Léon Gambetta

Léon Gambetta was a French lawyer and republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government.

2 April 1838

Born on the same birth day (2 April): Delfo Cabrera • Francesco Maria Grimaldi • Hanno Pevkur • Jack Webb • Richard Portman • Sonny Throckmorton • William Donne (cricketer)

Born in the same month (April 1838): John Muir • Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran • Tobias Asser