Paul Volcker

Paul Adolph Volcker Jr. was an American economist who served as the 12th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987. During his tenure as chairman, Volcker was widely credited with having ended the high levels of inflation seen in the United States throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, with measures known as the Volcker shock. He previously served as the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1975 to 1979.

5 September 1927

Born on the same birth day (5 September): Antonio Esposito (footballer, born 1990) • David Brabham • Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence • Justin Dentmon • Louis XIV • Mac Jones • Nap Lajoie • Yuna Kim

Born in the same month (September 1927): Carl Braun (basketball) • Chrysostomos I of Cyprus • Colette Bonheur • Eric Hill • Francis Matthews (actor) • George Blanda • Harlan Howard • Patrick O'Neal (actor) • Robert Cade • Tatyana Zaslavskaya • Wyatt Emory Cooper