Pehr Evind Svinhufvud

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad was the third president of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was at that time an autonomous state under the Russian Empire’s rule, Svinhufvud played a major role in the movement for Finnish independence. He was the one who presented the Declaration of Independence to the Parliament.

15 December 1861

Born on the same birth date (15 December 1861): Charles Duryea

Born on the same birth day (15 December): Camilla Luddington • Daiamami Genki • Eric Young (wrestler) • George O. Gore II • John Meurig Thomas • Stuart Townsend

Born in the same month (December 1861): Antonio de La Gándara • Aristide Maillol • Edgar P. Rucker • Francis Buzzacott • Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry • Georges Méliès • Hannes Hafstein • Henri Mathias Berthelot • Hélène Smith • Italo Svevo • Ivana Kobilca • Konstantin Korovin • Lionel Monckton • Madan Mohan Malaviya