Famous Birthdays In July - 17
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
1487 On July - 17 birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah
1487 Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.
1674 On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)
1702 On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer
1744 On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering
1745 Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.
1763 Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.
1763 John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.
1775 On this day in history birth of august Harder, composer
1797 On this day in history birth of hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856)
1817 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer was born on this day in history.
1827 Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet) was born on this day in history.
1830 Eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator) was born on July - 17.
1831 Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.
1832 Johan August Soderman, composer was born on July - 17.
1839 On July - 17 birth of friedrich Gernsheim, composer
1839 On this day in history birth of ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)
1853 Francesco Fanciulli, composer was born on July - 17.
1859 Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party) was born on this day in history.
1871 On this day in history birth of lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter
1873 On this day in history birth of antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)
1875 On this day in history birth of donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer
1876 Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat was born on this day in history.
1876 Rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991) was born on July - 17.
1876 On July - 17 birth of vittorio Gnecchi, composer
1878 Henri Zagwijn, composer was born on July - 17.
1883 Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace) was born on this day in history.
1883 Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon) was born on July - 17.
1885 Benjamin James Dale, composer was born on this day in history.
1888 Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) was born on July - 17.
1889 On this day in history birth of erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)
1894 On this day in history birth of mary Clare, London England, actress (Evil Mind, Young & Innocent)
1897 Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge was born on July - 17.
1898 On this day in history birth of berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget)