Michael Killanin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-07-30 (85 years old)

Deathday

1999-04-25

Place of Birth

London, England, U.K.

Michael Killanin

Biography

Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, MBE, TD was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, and the sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He succeeded his uncle as Baron Killanin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1927, when he was 12, which allowed him to sit in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster as Lord Killanin upon turning 21.

Acting

1981

O Sport, You Are Peace!

as self - Chairman of the International Olympic Committee

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