Peter Turkson

Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson is a Ghanaian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church who has served as chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences since 2022. He was president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 2009 to 2017 and the inaugural prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development from 2017 to 2021.

11 October 1948

Born on the same birth date (11 October 1948): David Rendall

Born on the same birth day (11 October): Austin Currie • George Williams (philanthropist) • Jacob Preston (rugby league) • Jane Zhang • Jeff Larish • Jerome Robbins • Joel Bitonio • Keldon Johnson • Leicester Fainga'anuku • Lester Bowie • Michael J. Nelson • Nicola Bryant • Nicolás Jarry • Oleksandr Pomazun • Patty Murray • Roman Jakobson • Shin Tae-yong • Sig Ruman

Born in the same month (October 1948): Bruce Fleisher • Diane Ackerman • Frans de Waal • John Gray (English sportsman) • Johnny Ramone • Kate Jackson • Kevin Borich • Marcia Barrett • Patrick Simmons • Renato Corona • Siim Kallas • Steve Rucker (composer) • Trevor Brooking