Famous Birthdays In July - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1487 On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah
1487 On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)
1674 Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.
1702 Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.
1744 On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering
1745 On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)
1763 Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.
1763 On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader
1775 August Harder, composer was born on this day in history.
1797 Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856) was born on July - 17.
1817 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer was born on July - 17.
1827 On this day in history birth of frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)
1830 On this day in history birth of eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)
1831 On this day in history birth of xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861)
1832 Johan August Soderman, composer was born on this day in history.
1839 Friedrich Gernsheim, composer was born on July - 17.
1839 Ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916) was born on July - 17.
1853 Francesco Fanciulli, composer was born on July - 17.
1859 On July - 17 birth of luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)
1871 On July - 17 birth of lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter
1873 Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) was born on July - 17.
1875 Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer was born on this day in history.
1876 Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat was born on this day in history.
1876 On July - 17 birth of rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991)
1876 Vittorio Gnecchi, composer was born on this day in history.
1878 On July - 17 birth of henri Zagwijn, composer
1883 On this day in history birth of bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace)
1883 Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon) was born on this day in history.
1885 On this day in history birth of benjamin James Dale, composer
1888 On July - 17 birth of shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)
1889 On July - 17 birth of erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)
1894 Mary Clare, London England, actress (Evil Mind, Young & Innocent) was born on this day in history.
1897 Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge was born on this day in history.
1898 Berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget) was born on July - 17.