Robert S. Strauss

Robert Schwarz Strauss was an influential figure in American politics, diplomacy, and law whose service dated back to future President Lyndon Johnson's first congressional campaign in 1937. By the 1950s, he was associated in Texas politics with the faction of the Democratic Party that was led by Johnson and John Connally. He served as the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee between 1972 and 1977 and served under President Jimmy Carter as the U.S. Trade Representative and special envoy to the Middle East. He later served as the Ambassador to Russia under President George H.W. Bush. Strauss also served as the last United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union.

19 October 1918

Born on the same birth date (19 October 1918): Charles Evans (mountaineer) • Russell Kirk

Born on the same birth day (19 October): Charles E. Merrill • Danka Barteková • Ed Emberley • Gillian Jacobs • Jaap Eden • Jason Reitman • Joel Feinberg • John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside • LaSalle Ishii • Paul Hartley • Rakuto Tochihara • Rosny Smarth • Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar • Walter Munk

Born in the same month (October 1918): Augusta Dabney • Bernard Gordon (writer) • Bobby Troup • Diana Serra Cary • Doreen Tovey • E. Howard Hunt • Fred Bodsworth • Harry V. Jaffa • Ian Stevenson • James Daly (actor) • Jens Christian Skou • Konstantinos Mitsotakis • Lou Klein • Luis Alberto Solari • Martin Drewes • Mihkel Mathiesen • Molly Geertsema • Paul Rudolph (architect) • Russell Kirk • Teresa Wright • Thelma Coyne Long