Anna Maria van Schurman

Anna Maria van Schurman was a Dutch painter, engraver, poet, classical scholar, philosopher, and feminist writer who is best known for her exceptional learning and her defence of female education. She was a highly educated woman, who excelled in art, music, and literature, and became a polyglot proficient in fourteen languages, including Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, and Ethiopic, as well as various contemporary European languages. She was the first woman to unofficially study at a Dutch university.

5 November 1607

Born on the same birth day (5 November): Baruto Kaito • Bubba Watson • Charles Dupuy • Diane Pearson • Gil Hill • Leah Culver • Michael Sorridimi • Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville • Tilda Swinton • Trey Lyles • Vincenzo D'Amico • Virat Kohli • W. Allen Wallis • William Byron, 5th Baron Byron • Wim Bleijenberg

Born in the same month (November 1607): Georg Philipp Harsdörffer • John Harvard (clergyman) • Madeleine de Scudéry