Roger Salengro

Roger Henri Charles Salengro was a French politician. He achieved fame as Minister of the Interior during the Popular Front government in 1936. He committed suicide a few months after taking office, after being hounded by a calumny campaign orchestrated by extreme right-wing newspapers.

30 May 1890

Born on the same birth day (30 May): Ahmad Elrich • Anders Michanek • Bob Yari • Caroline Swift • Fernando Lugo • Gale Sayers • Georg von Peuerbach • Hannes Alfvén • Hubertus van Mook • Jagmohan Dalmiya • Jonathan Fox (swimmer) • Pro Hart • Sham Kwok Fai

Born in the same month (May 1890): Alfred Jodl • Christopher Morley • Clelia Lollini • E. E. Smith • Edith Grace White • Eveline Adelheid von Maydell • Franklin Carmichael • Helge Løvland • Herbert Marshall • Ho Chi Minh • Katherine Anne Porter • Willie Applegarth