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Governor
A governor (from French gouverneur) is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed...
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Marie Bashir
Marie Roslyn, Lady Shehadie, AC, CVO, DStJ (born 1930), known as Marie Bashir, is the current Governor of New South Wales and Chancellor of the University of Sydney. She is the first female governor of New South Wales.
Marie Rosyln Bashir was born...
Date of birth:
- 1930 (age 79 years)
Michael Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis (Greek: Μάικλ Στάνλεϋ Δουκάκης) (born November 3, 1933) served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek immigrants of partly...
Date of birth:
- Nov 3, 1933 (age 76 years)
Huey Long
Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30, 1893 - September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, served as the Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a U.S. senator from 1932 to 1935. A Democrat, he was noted for his radical populist policies. Though a...
Date of birth:
- Aug 30, 1893
Date of death:
- Sep 10, 1935 (age 42 years)
Jeb Bush
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida. He is a prominent member of the Bush family: the younger brother of former President George W. Bush; the older brother of Neil Bush,...
Date of birth:
- Feb 11, 1953 (age 56 years)
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (/ˈkædɨlæk/) (1658-1730) was a French explorer and adventurer in New France, now an area of North America stretching from Eastern Canada in the north to Louisiana in the south. Rising from a modest...
Date of birth:
- Mar 5, 1658
Date of death:
- Oct 15, 1730 (age 72 years)
Anthony van Diemen
Anthony van Diemen (also Antonie, Antonio, Anton, Antonius) (Culemborg, 1593– Batavia, 19 April 1645), Dutch colonial governor, was born in Culemborg in the Netherlands, the son of Meeus Anthonisz van Diemen and Christina Hoevenaar. In 1616 he moved...
Date of birth:
- 1593
Date of death:
- Apr 19, 1645 (age 52 years)
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Jan Pieterszoon Coen (8 January 1587 – 21 September 1629) was an officer of Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early seventeenth century, holding two terms as its Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.
A national hero in the Netherlands, for...
Date of birth:
- Jan 8, 1587
Date of death:
- Sep 21, 1629 (age 42 years)
Willem Janszoon
Willem Janszoon (c. 1570–1630), Dutch navigator and colonial governor, is the first European known to have seen the coast of Australia. His name is sometimes abbreviated to Willem Jansz. (with or without the full stop). He was probably born in...
Date of birth:
- 1570
Date of death:
- 1630 (age 60 years)
Davis McCaughey
John Davis McCaughey, AC (12 July 1914 in Belfast, Ireland - 25 March 2005 Melbourne, Victoria) was an eminent bible scholar, church and university administrator, and was Governor of Victoria from 1986-1992.
McCaughey was ordained a Presbyterian...
Date of birth:
- Jul 12, 1914
Date of death:
- Mar 25, 2005 (age 90 years)
Leneen Forde
Mary Marguerite Leneen Forde AC (born 12 May 1935) is the Canadian-born chancellor of Griffith University, and was Governor of Queensland from 1992 until 1997. Leneen Forde was only the second woman to be appointed to the position of governor of an...
Date of birth:
- May 12, 1935 (age 74 years)
Alonso Fernández de Lugo
Javier Alonso Luis Fernández de Lugo (?-1525) was a Spanish military man, conquistador, city founder, and administrator. He conquered the islands of La Palma (1492-1493) and Tenerife (1494-1496) for the Castilian Crown; they were the last of the...
Date of death:
- 1525
James Rowland
Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland AC, KBE, DFC, AFC (1 November 1922 – 27 May 1999) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, serving as Chief of the Air Staff from March 1975 to March 1979. He was later appointed Governor of New...
Date of birth:
- Nov 1, 1922
Date of death:
- May 27, 1999 (age 76 years)
Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg
Prince Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg (1568 – October 18, 1634), was an Austrian statesman, a son of Seyfried von Eggenberg (died 1594) and great-grandson of Balthasar Eggenberger (died 1493).
Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg may only have been of simple...
Date of birth:
- 1568
Date of death:
- Oct 18, 1634 (age 66 years)
David de Kretser
David Morritz de Kretser, AC (born 27 April 1939) is an Australian medical researcher, and the Governor of Victoria. He succeeded John Landy as the 27th Governor of Victoria on 7 April 2006. The Victorian Premier at the time, Steve Bracks announced...
Date of birth:
- Apr 27, 1939 (age 70 years)
Alan Mansfield
Sir Alan James Mansfield KCMG, KCVO (1902 - 17 July 1980) was Governor of Queensland, Australia between 1966 and 1972.
Sir Alan Mansfield was born in Brisbane in 1902 and educated in Sydney. The Mansfield family had land in Gumdale. Mansfield lived...
Date of birth:
- 1902
Date of death:
- Jul 17, 1980 (age 78 years)
Joseph Desha
Joseph Desha (December 9, 1768 – October 11, 1842) was a U.S. Representative and the ninth governor of Kentucky. Desha was the first Kentucky governor not to have served in the Revolutionary War. He did, however, serve under William Henry Harrison...
Date of birth:
- Dec 9, 1768
Date of death:
- Oct 11, 1842 (age 73 years)
James Plimsoll
Sir James Plimsoll AC, CBE, KStJ (25 April 1917 – 8 May 1987) was an Australian diplomat and Governor of Tasmania.
Plimsoll was born 25 April 1917 in Sydney and educated at Sydney Boys' High School (1929-33). He graduated with a Bachelor of...
Date of birth:
- Apr 25, 1917
Date of death:
- May 8, 1987 (age 70 years)
William Ellery Sweet
William Ellery Sweet (January 27, 1869-May 9, 1942) was the 23rd Governor of Colorado from 1923-1925.
William was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 27, 1869 to Channing and Emeroy Sweet. His family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1872 when...
Date of birth:
- Jan 27, 1869
Date of death:
- May 9, 1942 (age 73 years)
Hernando Arias de Saavedra
Hernando Arias de Saavedra (September 10, 1561 – 1634), commonly known as Hernandarias, was a soldier and politician of criollo ancestry. He was the first American-born person to become a governor of a European colony in the Americas.
Hernandarias...
Date of birth:
- Sep 10, 1561
Date of death:
- 1634 (age 72 years)
Julius Caldeen Gunter
Julius Caldeen Gunter (October 31, 1858–October 26, 1940) was the 21st Governor of Colorado from January 9, 1917 until his term ended on January 14, 1919.
He was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and earned a LL.D Degree when he graduated from the...
Date of birth:
- Oct 31, 1858
Date of death:
- Oct 26, 1940 (age 82 years)
Dadasaheb Chintamani Pavate
Dadasaheb Chintmani Pavate, M.A (Cantab) (1899–1978) was a Cambridge Mathematical Tripos wrangler. He was the vice-chancellor of the Karnatak university Dharwar, and the Governor of Punjab.
Pavate was born in Mamdapur a small village next to Gokak...
Date of birth:
- Aug 2, 1899
Date of death:
- Jan 17, 1978 (age 78 years)
Penelope Wensley
Penelope "Penny" Anne Wensley, AO (born 18 October 1946) is the Governor of Queensland and a former Australian diplomat.
Born in Toowomba, she was educated at the University of Queensland where she graduated with a first class honours degree in...
Date of birth:
- Oct 18, 1946 (age 63 years)
Inalchuq
Inalchuq or Inalchuk (died 1219) was governor of Otrar in the Khwarezmian Empire in the early 13th century, known mainly for helping to provoke the successful invasion of Khwarezmia by Genghis Khan.
Inalchuq was an uncle of Sultan Muhammad II of...
Date of death:
- 1219
Johannes de Graeff
Johannes de Graeff (* 1729, Sint Eustatius; † 1813), also called Johannis de Graaff, was a Dutch Governor of Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles during the difficult time of the American Revolutionary War.
De Graeff was...
Date of birth:
- 1729
Date of death:
- 1813 (age 84 years)
