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): Alec Guinness • Andreas Anastasopoulos • Avi Benedi • Bill Malinchak • Edmundo (footballer) • Giacomo Casanova • Hans Rosenthal • Maria Sibylla Merian • Miralem Pjanić • Nóra Barta • Richard Collinge • Serge Gainsbourg • Sonny Throckmorton • Sue Townsend

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