Stephanus Van Cortlandt

Stephanus van Cortlandt was the first native-born mayor of New York City, a position which he held from 1677 to 1678 and from 1686 to 1688. He was the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and was on the governor's executive council from 1691 to 1700. He was the first resident of Sagtikos Manor in West Bay Shore on Long Island, which was built around 1697. A number of his descendants married English military leaders and Loyalists active in the American Revolution, and their descendants became prominent members of English society.

7 May 1643

Born on the same birth day (7 May): Ashlyn Krueger • Cameron Young • Daria Kasatkina • Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino • Ishirō Honda • Jacques Viger (mayor) • Jan Peter Balkenende • Jean Lapierre • John Bannon • Johnny Unitas • Józef Poniatowski • Kathleen McKane Godfree • Katie Douglas (basketball) • Michael Hopkins (architect) • MrBeast • Norman Whiteside • Pandurang Vaman Kane • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • Stephen Badlam • Tony O'Reilly • Willem Elsschot