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Currently, Jim Ryan is 78 years, 1 months and 29 days old. Jim Ryan will celebrate 79rd birthday on a Friday 21st of February 2025. Below we countdown to Jim Ryan upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Jim Ryan |
Occupation | Politician |
Age | 78 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
Born | February 21, 1946 (Illinois) |
Birthday | February 21 |
Town/City | Illinois |
Nationality | Illinois |
Jim Ryanโs zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.
Jim Ryan was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
After serving two terms as Illinois Attorney General, Ryan launched two unsuccessful campaigns for Governor of Illinois, becoming the Republican nominee in the first (in 2002) and losing his party's nomination in the second (in 2010).
After earning a bachelor's degree in political science from Benedictine University, he graduated from the Chicago-Kent College of Law and subsequently worked for the DuPage County State Attorney Office.
He was criticized for his role in the unjust prosecution of two suspects in the infamous Jeanine Nicarico homicide case.
He and his wife Marie became parents to six children. His family life was marked by tragedy: his youngest daughter, Anne, died at age twelve from a brain tumor, and one of his sons, Patrick, committed suicide.
He lost the 2002 Illinois gubernatorial race to Democrat Rod Blagojevich.