Famous Personalities Born In July - 17
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
1487 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1674 On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)
1702 Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.
1744 Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.
1745 On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)
1763 On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education
1763 On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader
1775 August Harder, composer was born on July - 17.
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 this day in history birth of friedrich Gernsheim, composer
1839 On July - 17 birth of ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)
1853 Francesco Fanciulli, composer was born on this day in history.
1859 On July - 17 birth of luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)
1871 Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter was born on this day in history.
1873 On this day in history birth of antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)
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 July - 17.
1876 On this day in history birth of rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991)
1876 On July - 17 birth of vittorio Gnecchi, composer
1878 Henri Zagwijn, composer was born on July - 17.
1883 On July - 17 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 Benjamin James Dale, composer was born on July - 17.
1888 On this day in history birth of shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)
1889 Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason) was born on July - 17.
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 On July - 17 birth of berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget)