Raymond Barre
Raymond Octave Joseph Barre was a French right-wing politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three presidents. He later served as Prime Minister under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1976 until 1981. As a candidate for the presidency in 1988, he came in third and was eliminated in the first round. He was born in Saint-Denis, on the French island of Réunion, and then still a colony.
12 April 1924
Born on the same birth date (12 April 1924): Curtis Turner • Peter Safar
Born on the same birth day (12 April): Alicia Coppola • Alvin Sargent • Benoît de Maillet • Brad Brach • Emperor En'yū • Kaitlyn Weaver • Lorenzo White • Lyman Hall • Olga Kotlyarova • Ryan Kisor
Born in the same month (April 1924): Anthony Farrar-Hockley • Arthur Shaw (footballer, born 1924) • Bob Christie (racing driver) • Bobby Rosengarden • Brendan Byrne • Browning Ross • Guy Rocher • Igor Borisov • Ingemar Johansson (racewalker) • Kenneth Noland • Madanjeet Singh • Marlon Brando • Shorty Rogers • Stanley Donen