Pope Francis
Pope Francis is the Pope and head of the Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century papacy of the Syrian Pope Gregory III.
17 December 1936
Born on the same birth date (17 December 1936): Tommy Steele
Born on the same birth day (17 December): Chase Utley • Chris Matthews • Dave Dee • Ernie Hudson • Jasmine Armfield • Kujō Yoritsugu • Paul Smith (footballer, born 1979) • Paul Tracy • Ray Noble • Shoma Uno • Simo Häyhä • Vanessa Zima
Born in the same month (December 1936): Bill Ashton (jazz musician) • Frederic Forrest • Howard Smith (director) • Héctor Elizondo • Igor Rodionov • Ivan Lawrence • Joe D'Amato • John Giorno • Malcolm Kirk • Michael Z. Hobson • Taku Yamasaki • Tommy Steele • Willie Wood