John Haynes (governor)

John Haynes, also sometimes spelled Haines, was a colonial magistrate and one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony. He served one term as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was the first governor of Connecticut, ultimately serving eight separate terms. Although Colonial Connecticut prohibited Governors from serving consecutive terms at the time, "John Haynes was so popular with the colonists that he served alternately as governor and often as deputy governor from 1639 to his death in 1653."

1 May 1594

Born on the same birth day (1 May): Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington • Horst Schumann • John Woo • Laura Betti • Marco da Gagliano • Martin O'Donnell • Oliver Bierhoff • Shahar Pe'er • William Nylander

Born in the same month (May 1594): Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim • Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg