Thomas Lynch Jr.

Thomas Lynch Jr. was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of South Carolina and a Founding Father of the United States. His father Thomas Lynch was a member of the Continental Congress and had signed the 1774 Continental Association. When he had to step down because of illness, Thomas Lynch Jr. was selected to fill his post.

5 August 1749

Born on the same birth day (5 August): Aaqib Javed • Airto Moreira • Angry Anderson • Christopher Chessun • Conrad Aiken • David Gill (football executive) • David Hungate • Erik Guay • Gavi (footballer) • Genelia D'Souza • Guillaume Du Fay • Ikuto Hidaka • James Anderson (lawyer) • Jamie Houston • José García Villa • Laurent Ciman • Marine Le Pen • Oskar Merikanto • Pete Burns • Rudolf Schottlaender • Ryan Bertrand • The Dave Clark Five • Tom Hafey

Born in the same month (August 1749): Johann Wolfgang von Goethe