Owen Paterson

Owen William Paterson is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2010 to 2012 and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2012 to 2014 under Prime Minister David Cameron. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Shropshire from 1997 until his resignation in 2021. Paterson was also the President of the Northern Ireland Conservatives.

24 June 1956

Born on the same birth day (24 June): Claude Bourbonnais • Floris V, Count of Holland • Jean Metzinger • John Hughes (archbishop) • Marcel Mule • Martin Lewis Perl • Mercedes Lackey • Mike Wieringo • Nuno Álvares Pereira • Phil Hughes (baseball) • Preki • Yuri Kasparyan

Born in the same month (June 1956): Berit Aunli • George Burley • Joe Montana • John Hockenberry • Jonathan Potter • Joyce Sidman • Patricia Cornwell • Patrick Besson • Volker Beck (athlete)