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): DJ Spinderella • Derwin James • Esther Earl • Gary Peters (footballer) • Jay North • Jenny Tinmouth • John Erman • Lisa Ann Walter • Mark Reynolds (baseball) • Masahiro Sakurai • Michael Arthur (physician) • Nadia Ali (singer) • Ryan Carter • Steven Millhauser • Yang Shangkun

Born in the same month (August 1937): Anatoly Sobchak • Billy Cannon • Bobby Parker (guitarist) • Charlie Haden • Cornelis Vreeswijk • David Anderson (British Columbia politician) • David Bedford • David Behrman • Gustavo Noboa • Moshood Abiola • Richard Ingrams • Sheila Cassidy • Sky Saxon • Steven Berkoff • Virginia Euwer Wolff