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): Bob Kennedy • Daler Mehndi • Denis Leary • Elizabeth Beisel • Ernest MacMillan • Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg • Inge Dekker • James Jones (bishop) • Jean Bolland • Klára Dán von Neumann • Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon • Mahboob Ali Khan • Nettie Palmer • Parker McKenna Posey • Rafael Pineda Ponce • Robert Redford • Roberto Clemente • Rosalynn Carter • Tom Prichard • Värner Lootsmann

Born in the same month (August 1953): Alex Lifeson • Anne Fadiman • Butch Patrick • Carol Thatcher • Herta Müller • Ivan Stang • Joan Smith • Leroy Burgess • Mike Jackson (Texas politician) • Nigel Mansell • Wijda Mazereeuw