Sammy Wilson (politician)

Samuel Wilson is a Northern Irish politician who was Chief Whip of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the House of Commons from 2019 to 2024. Wilson has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Antrim since 2005. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East from 1998 to 2003 and for East Antrim from 2003 until 2015. He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1986 to 1987 and again from 2000 to 2001, the first person from the DUP to hold the office. He has also served as Minister of Finance and Personnel and Minister of the Environment in the Northern Ireland Executive.

4 April 1953

Born on the same birth date (4 April 1953): Chen Yi (composer) • Henry Fotheringham • Robert Bertrand • Simcha Jacobovici

Born on the same birth day (4 April): Aki Kaurismäki • Andy McKee • Craig T. Nelson • Frank Luther Mott • Frank Truitt • George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe • Gil Hodges • Ignatius IV of Antioch • Jack Del Rio • Magnus Sveningsson • Peter Baltes • Phil Morris (actor)

Born in the same month (April 1953): Andrew Wiles • Arielle Dombasle • Bill Drummond • Brian Greenhoff • Chen Yi (composer) • Debralee Scott • Hal Ketchum • Henry Fotheringham • Jim Allister • John Howard (singer-songwriter) • Keiko Han • Merrill Osmond • Pamela Wallin • Roberto Bolaño • Ron Clements • Sandra Boynton • Santa Barraza • Sebastian Faulks • Simcha Jacobovici • Tanino Liberatore • Wakanohana Kanji II