Omar Bongo

Omar Bongo Ondimba was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon for almost 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009. Bongo was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon's first President Léon M'ba in the 1960s, before being elected vice-president in his own right in 1966. In 1967, he succeeded M'ba to become the country's second president, upon the latter's death.

30 December 1935

Born on the same birth date (30 December 1935): Jack Riley (actor) • Sandy Koufax

Born on the same birth day (30 December): Ali Al-Habsi • Chandler Burr • Dita Indah Sari • Domenico Criscito • Elmira Minita Gordon • Hideki Tojo • James Burrows • John Milne • Matt Ulrich • Vladimir Bukovsky

Born in the same month (December 1935): Armando Manzanero • Eddie Bernice Johnson • Elmer Vasko • Esther Phillips • Jack Riley (actor) • Jacques Pépin • Jeanne Hopkins Lucas • Johnny Kidd (singer) • Lorenzo Bandini • Paulo Rocha (film director) • Pranab Mukherjee • Sola Sierra • Tony Taylor (baseball) • Türkan Saylan