Tjerk Hiddes de Vries
Tjerk Hiddes de Vries was a naval hero and Dutch admiral from the seventeenth century. The French, who could not pronounce his name, called him Kiƫrkides. His name was also given as Tsjerk, Tierck or Tjerck.
6 August 1622
Born on the same birth day (6 August): Alexander Fleming • Allan Holdsworth • Charles Ingram • Maria Sophia of Neuburg • MickaĆ«l Delage • Roch La Salle
Born in the same month (August 1622): Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein