Mary Robinson

Mary Therese Winifred Robinson is an Irish politician who served as the seventh president of Ireland, holding the office from December 1990 to September 1997. She was the country's first female president. Robinson had previously served as a senator in Seanad Éireann from 1969 to 1989, and as a councillor on Dublin Corporation from 1979 to 1983. Although she had been briefly affiliated with the Labour Party during her time as a senator, she became the first independent candidate to win the presidency and the first not to have had the support of Fianna Fáil. Following her time as president, Robinson became the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002.

21 May 1944

Born on the same birth date (21 May 1944): Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar • Janet Dailey • Marcie Blane

Born on the same birth day (21 May): Charles-Léon Hammes • Emily Robins • František Chvostek • George LeMieux • Giuseppe Mercalli • Isa Guha • Kano (British musician) • Marcel Breuer • Muffy Calder • Old Style and New Style dates • Richard Hatch (actor) • Stan Lynch • Tom Daley • Vincent Crane

Born in the same month (May 1944): Alain Souchon • Albert Hammond • Bill Alter • Bo Larsson • Boudewijn de Groot • Charlie Harper (singer) • Chris Patten • David Kelly (weapons expert) • Dietrich Mateschitz • Faith Brown • Frank Oz • George Lucas • Jesse Winchester • Keith Fletcher • Marcie Blane • Masanori Murakami • Meredith MacRae • Patti LaBelle • Pierre Bachelet • Roger Rees • Rudy Giuliani • Sam Posey