John Clarke (Baptist minister)

John Clarke was a physician, Baptist minister, co-founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, author of its influential charter, and a leading advocate of religious freedom in America.

8 October 1609

Born on the same birth day (8 October): Billy Conn • CL Smooth • Collett E. Woolman • Fred Cash • Jan Marijnissen • Jon Stevens • Karina Bacchi • Kevyn Adams • Michael Dudikoff • Ozias Leduc • R. L. Stine • Shannon C. Stimson

Born in the same month (October 1609): Ernest Günther I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg • Gerrard Winstanley • Paul Fleming (poet) • Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland • William Sprague (1609–1675)