Elias Ashmole
Elias Ashmole was an English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the royalist side during the English Civil War, and at the restoration of Charles II he was rewarded with several lucrative offices.
23 May 1617
Born on the same birth day (23 May): Ambrose Burnside • Bryan Herta • Carl Linnaeus • Denis Compton • Douglas Fairbanks • Friedrich Achleitner • Lorenzo Sawyer • Mitch Albom • Theofanis Gekas • Trinidad Cardona
Born in the same month (May 1617): Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege