William Penn (Royal Navy officer)

Sir William Penn was an English admiral and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1670. He was the father of William Penn, founder of the colonial Province of Pennsylvania, which is now the US state of Pennsylvania.

23 April 1621

Born on the same birth day (23 April): Alexandra Kosteniuk • Alysia Montaño • Andrew Gee (rugby league) • Carlos Dengler • Eric Yarrow • George of Poděbrady • Halldór Laxness • Johann Stumpf (writer) • Lenka Wienerová • Louis Muhlstock • Max Planck • Michael Copps • Paul Vaughan (rugby league) • Pierre Labrie • Robert Fayrfax • Ronald Neame • Steve Clark • Sven Kramer • Vilna Gaon

Born in the same month (April 1621): Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery