Thomas More

Sir Thomas More, venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state.

7 February 1478

Born on the same birth day (7 February): Alessandro Fontanarosa • Anita Tsoy • Azar Bigdeli • Bernard James • Buster Crabbe • February 7 • Hattie Jacques • Henry Fuseli • Hugo Sperrle • Jeremy Meeks • Lincoln D. Faurer • Nicanor Abelardo • Robert Smigel • Russell Drysdale • Rémi Gaillard • Sergi Roberto • Steven Stamkos • Terry Marsh (boxer) • Thomas Gregson • Tom Glynn-Carney

Born in the same month (February 1478): Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham