Simon de la Loubère

Simon de la Loubère was a French diplomat to Siam (Thailand), writer, mathematician and poet. He is credited with bringing back a document which introduced Europe to Indian astronomy, the "Siamese method" of making magic squares, as well as one of the earliest description of parachutes.

21 April 1642

Born on the same birth day (21 April): Al Bumbry • Alexander Anderson (illustrator) • Alson Sherman • Arthur Rowley • Charles Grodin • Fredrik Bajer • Helen Prejean • Hervé Le Tellier • Jean-Baptiste Biot • Joe McCarthy (baseball manager) • John Muir • Ludwig Augustinsson • Michael Turner (comics) • Michel Rolle • Mikel Oyarzabal • Reg Fleming • Roger Doucet • Tim Jacobus • Toby Stephens

Born in the same month (April 1642): Suleiman II of the Ottoman Empire