Tom Ridge

Thomas Joseph Ridge is an American politician and author who served in the George W. Bush administration as the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security from 2001 to 2003 and as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005. He was the first person to hold either office. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and as the 43rd governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001.

26 August 1945

Born on the same birth day (26 August): Colin Kazim-Richards • Eric Davies • Federigo Zuccari • Geraldine Ferraro • Herbert Booth • Jack Hirshleifer • Jacques Brinkman • Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle • Lars Stindl • Michael Cockerell • Om Prakash Munjal • Patrick Williams (basketball)

Born in the same month (August 1945): Alan Page • Alex Jesaulenko • Barbara Delinsky • Bob Welch (musician) • Bunker Roy • Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington • Douglas Osheroff • Douglas R. Campbell • Gary Loizzo • Hannah Louise Shearer • Itzhak Perlman • Jerry DaVanon • Lars Engqvist • Molly Duncan • Nigel Terry • Patty McCormack • Rachel Pollack • Ron Mael • Roy Gardner (businessman) • Russell Brookes