Thomas Cranmer was an English theologian who was a leader of the English Reformation and served as Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He is honoured as a martyr in the Church of England.
Biography from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thomas Cranmer in our timeline
Also born on July 2
- Patrice Lumumba1925 · Congolese politician and independence leader
- Margot Robbie1990 · Australian actress and producer
- Lindsay Lohan1986 · American actress and singer
- Larry David1947 · American comedian, writer and actor
- Ashley Tisdale1985 · American actress and singer
- Imelda Marcos1929 · First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
- Hermann Hesse1877 · German writer
- Olav V1903 · King of Norway from 1957 to 1991
Also born in 1489
- Margaret Tudor1489 · Queen of Scotland from 1503 to 1513
- Charles, Duke of Vendôme1489 · 16th-century French prince and governor
- Antoine, Duke of Lorraine1489 · Duke of Lorraine and Bar from 1508 to 1544
- Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours1489 · French nobleman and famed military commander
- Charles II of Savoy1489 · Duke of Savoy from 1490 to 1496
- Henry V of Brunswick-Lüneburg1489 · Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel
- Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck1489 · German statesman