Louie Gohmert

Louis Buller Gohmert Jr. is an American attorney, politician, and former judge who was the U.S. representative from Texas's 1st congressional district from 2005 to 2023. Gohmert is a Republican and was part of the Tea Party movement. In January 2015, he unsuccessfully challenged John Boehner for Speaker of the House of Representatives. In November 2021, he announced his candidacy in the 2022 Texas Attorney General election. He failed to advance to the Republican primary runoff, finishing fourth with 17% of the vote.

18 August 1953

Born on the same birth date (18 August 1953): Marvin Isley

Born on the same birth day (18 August): Adamson-Eric • Alain Robbe-Grillet • Antonio Salieri • Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball) • Godfrey Evans • Klára Dán von Neumann • Maria Anna of Spain

Born in the same month (August 1953): Alex Lifeson • Butch Patrick • Hulk Hogan • Ivan Stang • James Horner • Kathie Lee Gifford • Marcia Clark • Paul Ellering • Pavel Vinogradov • Peter Horton • Peter Wright (journalist) • Ron Hilditch • Wolfgang Hohlbein