John Michael Landy was an Australian middle-distance runner and state governor. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run and held the world records for the 1500-metre run and the mile race. He was also the 26th Governor of Victoria from 2001 to 2006. John Landy (Australia) set the men's mile world record of 3:58.0 in Turku on June 21, 1954. It stood 3.1 years, until Derek Ibbotson's 3:57.2 on July 19, 1957. Wiki link