Famous Birthdays In July - 17
Monday, 18 March 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 July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)
1702 Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.
1744 On this day in history 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 July - 17.
1763 On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader
1775 August Harder, composer was born on July - 17.
1797 On July - 17 birth of hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856)
1817 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer was born on this day in history.
1827 On July - 17 birth of frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)
1830 Eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of friedrich Gernsheim, composer
1839 On this day in history birth of ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)
1853 On July - 17 birth of francesco Fanciulli, composer
1859 On this day in history 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 On July - 17 birth of antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)
1875 Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer was born on July - 17.
1876 Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat was born on this day in history.
1876 On this day in history 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 Henri Zagwijn, composer was born on July - 17.
1883 Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace) was born on July - 17.
1883 On July - 17 birth of mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon)
1885 On this day in history birth of benjamin James Dale, composer
1888 Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) was born on this day in history.
1889 On July - 17 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 On July - 17 birth of elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge
1898 Berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget) was born on July - 17.