George Heriot

George Heriot was a Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist. He is chiefly remembered today as the founder of George Heriot's School, a large independent school in Edinburgh; his name has also been given to Heriot-Watt University, as well as several streets in the same city.

4 June 1563

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Born in the same month (June 1563): Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury