Tony Benn

Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, known between 1960 and 1963 as The 2nd Viscount Stansgate, was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South East and Chesterfield for 47 of the 51 years between 1950 and 2001. He later served as President of the Stop the War Coalition from 2001 to 2014.

3 April 1925

Born on the same birth day (3 April): Albert Walsh • Ben Mendelsohn • Chanel Harris-Tavita • George Derby • Jaya Prada • Jennifer Paterson • John III of Egmont • John Smit • Lee Williams (actor) • Mitch Woods • Per Borten • Philippe Desranleau • Sergio Sánchez (footballer, born 1986) • Tomáš Baťa

Born in the same month (April 1925): Abel Muzorewa • Angelo Poffo • Anthony Mason (judge) • Art Kane • Chaturanan Mishra • Franco Leccese • George MacDonald Fraser • Gerard Cafesjian • John Swinton of Kimmerghame • John Thorn (headmaster) • Pierre Nihant