Viktor Chernomyrdin

Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union, after which he became first chairman of Gazprom energy company and the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of Russia (1992–1998) based on consecutive years. He was a key figure in Russian politics in the 1990s and a participant in the transition from a planned to a market economy. From 2001 to 2009, he was Russia's ambassador to Ukraine. After that, he was designated as a presidential adviser.

9 April 1938

Born on the same birth day (9 April): A. J. Ellis • Austin Peck • Carl Amery • David Gordon Green • Iain Duncan Smith • James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth • Kyle Peterson • Lil Nas X • Michel Parizeau • Paolo Tosti • Seve Ballesteros • Theobald Boehm • Théodore Monod

Born in the same month (April 1938): Alain Caron (ice hockey) • Alan Bond • Bernie Madoff • Betty Cuthbert • Earl Anthony • Eszter Tamási • Gani Fawehinmi • Gary Collins (actor) • Giorgos Sideris • Iris Johansen • Issey Miyake • Jeff Barry • John Larsson • Juraj Jakubisko • Kofi Annan • Larry Niven • Mal Colston • Nancy Holt • Natalya Kustinskaya • Roger Boisjoly • Roy Thinnes • Spencer Dryden • Steven Bach • Ton Schulten