William Lyne

Sir William John Lyne KCMG was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1899 to 1901, and later as a federal cabinet minister under Edmund Barton and Alfred Deakin. He is best known as the subject of the so called "Hopetoun Blunder", unexpectedly being asked to serve as the first Prime Minister of Australia but proving unable to form a government.

6 April 1844

Born on the same birth day (6 April): April 6 • Bison Dele • Dickey Simpkins • Eduardo Malapit • Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau • Heidi Mount • Ian Paisley • Igor Semshov • J. G. Parry-Thomas • John Sculley • Philipp Peter • Remi Nicole

Born in the same month (April 1844): Anatole France • Lewis Powell (conspirator)