William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw

William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary from 1979 to 1983 and as de facto Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1988. He was Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1991.

28 June 1918

Born on the same birth day (28 June): Al Downing (baseball) • Albert of Brandenburg • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker • Esther Forbes • Giovanni Paolo Lascaris • Giovanni della Casa • Kathy Bates • Lalla Ward • Pat Morita • Roland Melanson • Roy Gilchrist

Born in the same month (June 1918): Ajahn Chah • Alf Francis • Barry Morse • Dee Molenaar • François Tombalbaye • Gene La Rocque • George Lynch (racing driver) • Helmut Lent • Jerome Karle • John Hospers • Josephine Webb • Mildred Ladner Thompson • Robert Roosa • Ruth Atkinson • Samuel Z. Arkoff