Suleiman the Magnificent

Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in Western Europe and Suleiman the Lawgiver in his Ottoman realm, was the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 until his death in 1566. Under his administration, the Ottoman Empire ruled over at least 25 million people.

6 November 1494

Born on the same birth day (6 November): Aliona Bolsova • Carlo Aurelio Widmann • Charles Dow • Day'Ron Sharpe • Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March • Frank Carson • Frank Hanisch • François Englert • George Young (rock musician) • Ida Lou Anderson • Karin Månsdotter • Katie Leclerc • Lu Chao-Hsuan • Luke Jackson (basketball, born 1981) • Mack Jones • Maria Shriver • Pierson Fodé

Born in the same month (November 1494): Hans Sachs • Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen