Oct 3 Entonius Walaeus, Dutch Calvinist theologist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1639) Oct 6 Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater, born in Cowdray House, Sussex, England (d. 1624) Oct 7 William Laud, English Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45), born in Reading, Berkshire, England (d. 1645) Oct 11 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman and lawyer, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1655) 1572 Famous Birthdays by Year 1574