Paddy Ashdown

Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon,, better known as Paddy Ashdown, was a British politician and diplomat who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999. Internationally, he is recognised for his role as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006, following his vigorous lobbying for military action against Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

27 February 1941

Born on the same birth day (27 February): Alexandru Vaida-Voevod • Brandon Beemer • Derren Brown • Irving Fisher • Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł • Marian Anderson • Marino Marini (sculptor) • Pierre Duchesne • Raymond Berry • Vincent Fourcade • Yulii Khariton

Born in the same month (February 1941): Bo Svenson • Brian Holland • David Gross • David Puttnam • Dory Funk Jr. • Florinda Bolkan • Henson Cargill • Howard Phillips (activist) • Irma Thomas • Jagjit Singh • Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge • Jiří Raška • John Steel (drummer) • Julia McKenzie • Kaspar Villiger • Kim Jong Il • Lim Kit Siang • Michael Apted • Paul Tsongas • Ron Rangi • Sheila Kuehl • Sérgio Mendes • Terry Biddlecombe • Tom Rush