Sybil Ludington

Sybil Ludington was an alleged heroine of the American Revolutionary War, though modern accounts dispute this. On April 26, 1777, at age 16, Ludington, the daughter of a colonel in the Colonial militia, Henry Ludington, is said to have made an all-night horseback ride 40 miles (64 km) to rally militia forces in neighboring towns after the burning of Danbury, Connecticut, by British forces.

5 April 1761

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Adrienne Lecouvreur • Cristian Săpunaru • Franziska van Almsick • Freddie Fox (actor) • Friedrich Sigmund Merkel • Giulio della Rovere • Henry Havelock • Jan Smeets • Jean-Louis Tauran • Jonathan Rossini • Kelly Pavlik • Mal Colston • Pierre Lhomme • Virendra Sharma

Born in the same month (April 1761): Marie Harel • William Joseph Chaminade