Owen Arthur
Owen Seymour Arthur was a Barbadian politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 15 January 2008. He is the longest-serving Barbadian prime minister to date. He also served as Leader of the Opposition from 1 August 1993 to 6 September 1994 and from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013.
17 October 1949
Born on the same birth date (17 October 1949): Bill Hudson (singer)
Born on the same birth day (17 October): Akira Kushida • Alexander Gardner (photographer) • Brenda Asnicar • Eleftheria Arvanitaki • George Wendt • Gottfrid Svartholm • Herbert Howells • Hiroo Kanamori • Jerry Flannery • José María Álvarez del Manzano • Junichi Miyashita • Maria Dulęba • Paolo Campinoti • Robert Atkins (physician) • Toshihiro Matsushita
Born in the same month (October 1949): Aleksandr Rogozhkin • Armand Assante • Dave Lloyd (cyclist) • Joe Egan (musician) • Leon Rippy • Les Moonves • Lynn Dickey • Mark Hopkinson • Michael Gaughan (Irish republican) • Michael Gaughan (Irish republican) • Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Greece) • Prannoy Roy • Ralph Goodale • Yashiki Takajin