Joseph Justus Scaliger

Joseph Justus Scaliger was a Franco-Italian Calvinist religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and Ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and Ancient Egyptian history. He spent the last sixteen years of his life in the Netherlands.

5 August 1540

Born on the same birth day (5 August): Athula Samarasekera • Christopher Chessun • Claude Autant-Lara • Conrad Aiken • Eddie Ojeda • Erika Slezak • Gavi (footballer) • Ingmar De Vos • James Scott Skinner • Jason Culina • Karl Johan Åström • Kendo Kashin • Leonardo Leo • Maik Franz • Marians Pahars • Matthew Caws • Oswaldo Cruz • Rick Mahler • Roy Benavidez • Wendell Berry

Born in the same month (August 1540): Lady Katherine Grey