Thomas Hooker - in 1636 left Massachusetts to found a colony in Hartford, Connecticut. Only 7 years after Puritans first arrived in America I think.
Christina Adolphus - monarch of Sweden in 1600s, considered to be one of the most "cosmopolitan and intellectually nimble monarchs in European History" by Russell Shorto.
Peter Minuet - The man who bought Manhattan for $24 (see previous post). One of the early governors of New Amsterdam, and one of the more able. Was unfairly dismissed from his post and sent back to Amsterdam. Returned sometime later to found a Swedish colony on Dutch territory.
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