John Oldham (poet)

John Oldham was an English satirical poet and translator. John Dryden, England's first Poet Laureate, was one of his admirers and upon his death wrote an elegy "To the Memory of Mr. Oldham".

9 August 1653

Born on the same birth day (9 August): Barbara Mason • Beverlee McKinsey • Bill Skarsgård • Brad Gilbert • Chris Cuomo • Denis Atkinson • Eddie Futch • George Armstrong (footballer) • Jay Leggett • Joop den Uyl • Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein • Kento Ono • Linn Ullmann • Luca Filippi • Michael Kingma • Mikaël Silvestre • Raphaël Poirée • Reynaldo Hahn • Rinus Gerritsen • Rod Brind'Amour • Stuart McInally

Born in the same month (August 1653): Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle