Paul Popham

Paul Graham Popham was an American gay rights activist who was a founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis and served as its president from 1981 until 1985. He also helped found and was chairman of the AIDS Action Council, a lobbying organization in Washington. He was the basis for the character of Bruce Niles in Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, which was one of the first plays to address the HIV/AIDS crisis. ^{Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (d. 1987)}

6 October 1941

Born on the same birth day (6 October): Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier • Dan Christensen • Marie de Gournay • Mark Schwarzer • Marshall Rosenberg • Roshon Fegan • Tony Dungy • Wes Durston

Born in the same month (October 1941): Art Shamsky • Brian Lamb • Charlie Landsborough • Dave Weill • Helen Reddy • Igor Smirnov (politician) • Mel Counts • Ron Meagher • The Tornados • Theodor W. Hänsch