Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She was a founder of the United States, and was both the first second lady and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women in American history who were both married to a U.S. president and the mother of a U.S. president.

22 November 1744

Born on the same birth day (22 November): Andrew Huxley • Apetor • Catherine Bishop (rower) • Chris Smalling • Dieumerci Mbokani • Emanuel Feuermann • Francis Willughby • Gabriel Torje • Jamie Lee Curtis • Johnny Tyldesley • Jørgen Juve • Kerem Gönlüm • Lawrence Gowan • Regina Halmich • Roy Thomas • Stel Pavlou • Terry Gilliam • Tim Beaumont