Teddy Kollek

Theodor "Teddy" Kollek was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983, and 1989. After reluctantly running for a seventh term in 1993 at the age of 82, he lost to Likud candidate and future Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert.

27 May 1911

Born on the same birth date (27 May 1911): Hubert Humphrey

Born on the same birth day (27 May): Aaron Brown (sprinter) • Amelia Bloomer • Antonio Rosario Mennonna • Benjamin Bathurst (Royal Navy officer) • Bora Paçun • Branko Oblak • Cornelius Vanderbilt • Danny Wuerffel • Dolores Hope • Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine • Gerald Ronson • Giuseppe Tornatore • Igor Morozov (footballer) • Jay Gould • John Sumner (director) • Lasse Schöne • Louis Durey • Mal Evans • Marcelino Bernal • Michael Buonauro • Pat Cash • Ramsey Lewis • Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman • Steven Brill (filmmaker) • Yoán Moncada

Born in the same month (May 1911): Andor Lilienthal • Annie M.G. Schmidt • Betty Nuthall • Big Joe Turner • Bob Crisp • Charles Biro • Fritz Hochwälder • Gardner Fox • Herta Oberheuser • Ishirō Honda • Lisa Fonssagrives • Lou Brouillard • Maurice Baquet • Max Frisch • Maxine Sullivan • Paul Augustin Mayer • Phil Silvers • Pritilata Waddedar • Thora Hird