Actor · Writer
Born Oct 15, 1908 · Iona Station, Ontario, Canada
Active 1970–2006 · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism, honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, honorary doctorate from University of Paris-II, Humanist of the Year, Lomonosov Gold Medal, Lysenko Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom
John Kenneth Galbraith OC (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual.