Famous Personalities Born In February - 17
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
1444 On February - 17 birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
1490 Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) was born on this day in history.
1519 On February - 17 birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)
1581 On February - 17 birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)
1583 On February - 17 birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist
1646 On this day in history birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on February - 17.
1667 On February - 17 birth of georg Bronner, composer
1675 Johann Melchior Conradi, composer was born on February - 17.
1696 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer was born on this day in history.
1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer was born on February - 17.
1699 On this day in history birth of hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)
1718 On this day in history birth of matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)
1723 Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination was born on this day in history.
1740 On February - 17 birth of horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist
1747 Narciso Casanovas, composer was born on this day in history.
1752 Friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr) was born on February - 17.
1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer was born on this day in history.
1754 Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803) was born on February - 17.
1758 John Pinkerton, Scottish historian was born on February - 17.
1774 On February - 17 birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)
1781 On February - 17 birth of rené-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)
1796 Giovanni Pacini, composer was born on February - 17.
1796 On this day in history birth of philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)
1804 On this day in history birth of samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
1816 On February - 17 birth of friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer
1816 On February - 17 birth of haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864)
1820 Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons) was born on this day in history.
1820 Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898) was born on February - 17.
1821 On February - 17 birth of lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861)
1824 On February - 17 birth of william Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903
1831 Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer was born on February - 17.
1836 On this day in history birth of gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
1837 On this day in history birth of francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902