Roland Burris

Roland Wallace Burris is an American retired Democratic politician and attorney who served as Attorney General of Illinois from 1991 to 1995. In January 2009, he was appointed a United States Senator, succeeding Barack Obama, who resigned to become president of the United States. Burris held this position until November 2010, retiring from front-line politics shortly after.

3 August 1937

Born on the same birth date (3 August 1937): Duncan Sharpe • Steven Berkoff

Born on the same birth day (3 August): Aljon Mariano • Charlie Shavers • Eddie Jefferson • Franz König • Haakon VII • James Komack • Jerry G. Bishop • John Landis • Jonas Savimbi • Karlie Kloss • Linda Howard • Louis Chiron • Mathieu Kassovitz • Mike Gminski • Troy Glaus • Yasin Avcı (footballer, born 1984)

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