Richard Carmona

Richard Henry Carmona is an American physician, nurse, police officer, public health administrator, and politician. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the seventeenth Surgeon General of the United States. Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002, Carmona left office at the end of July 2006 upon the expiration of his term. After leaving office, Carmona was highly critical of the Bush administration for suppressing scientific findings which conflicted with the administration's ideological agenda.

22 November 1949

Born on the same birth day (22 November): Alan Stern • Elias (wrestler) • Emil Beyer • Joan Gamper • Lawrence Gowan • Peter Townsend (RAF officer) • Valeriya Gansvind • Ville Valo • Wayne Larkins

Born in the same month (November 1949): Ahmad Rashad • Ann Reinking • Ariel Henry • Don Saleski • Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington • Garo Aida • Herman Rarebell • Ismail Petra of Kelantan • Jeff Dowd • Jerry Lawler • Jimmie Spheeris • Larry Holmes • Lois McMaster Bujold • Mari Alkatiri • Matthew Festing • Michael D. Griffin • Ron Lapointe • Shane Bourne • Stephen Bruton • Ulf Lundell