Famous Personalities Born In August - 07
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1282 Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316) was born on August - 07.
1533 On August - 07 birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)
1560 Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.
1574 Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on August - 07.
1598 Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on this day in history.
1726 James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.
1742 On August - 07 birth of nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General
1746 On this day in history birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian
1751 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V was born on this day in history.
1779 On this day in history birth of carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography
1779 On August - 07 birth of louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)
1783 John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery) was born on this day in history.
1783 Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.
1818 Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist was born on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history birth of faustina Hasse Hodges, composer
1826 On August - 07 birth of carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi)
1829 On this day in history birth of thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1833 Powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark) was born on August - 07.
1836 Evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920 was born on August - 07.
1844 Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (d. 1911) was born on this day in history.
1860 On this day in history birth of alan Leo, British astrologer (d. 1917)
1862 Victoria of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.
1867 Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist was born on August - 07.
1868 Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) was born on August - 07.
1868 Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician (d. 1931) was born on August - 07.
1870 19 kittens, born to Tarawood Antigone (4 still born) was born on August - 07.
1870 On this day in history birth of jozef Brems, Flemish apostole (vicar of Denmark)
1872 On this day in history birth of andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31)
1876 Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) was born on August - 07.
1877 Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949) was born on August - 07.
1879 On August - 07 birth of j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)
1880 On August - 07 birth of ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones)
1883 J Ringelnatz, writer was born on this day in history.
1885 On August - 07 birth of billie Burke, Washington DC, actress (Glinda-Wizard of Oz)