Arthur Lee (diplomat)

Arthur Lee was an American physician, diplomat and abolitionist who was born in the British colony of Virginia. He helped negotiate and signed the 1778 Treaty of Alliance with France, along with Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane, which allied France and the United States in fighting the war.

20 December 1740

Born on the same birth day (20 December): Anita Ward • Audrey Totter • Cecil Cooper • Harry F. Byrd Jr. • Jan Čaloun • Ksenia Makarova • Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan • Ruhana Kuddus • Suzuka Nakamoto • Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff