Famous Personalities Born In July - 05
Friday, 11 July 2025
1321 On July - 05 birth of joan of The Tower, Queen consort of Scotland (d. 1362)
1546 On July - 05 birth of johann Steuerlein, composer
1586 Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.
1653 On this day in history birth of thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
1654 On July - 05 birth of antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer
1675 Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials was born on this day in history.
1717 Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786) was born on July - 05.
1718 Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794) was born on July - 05.
1729 Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet was born on this day in history.
1755 Sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage) was born on this day in history.
1764 Janos Lavotta, composer was born on July - 05.
1775 On this day in history birth of william Crotch, composer
1781 On this day in history birth of stamford Raffles, founder (Singapore)
1793 Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer was born on this day in history.
1794 Sylvester Graham, developed graham cracker was born on this day in history.
1801 On July - 05 birth of david Glasgow Farragut, Tenn, Vice Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1870
1805 Robert Fitz Roy, British naval officer and scientist (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.
1810 Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter (Barnum & Bailey) was born on July - 05.
1820 William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist (d. 1872) was born on July - 05.
1828 On this day in history birth of paul J C Gabriel, painter/water colors painter/etcher
1829 On July - 05 birth of ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910)
1841 On this day in history birth of william C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904)
1843 On this day in history birth of mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian
1847 Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer was born on July - 05.
1852 On July - 05 birth of stefano Gobatti, composer
1853 Cecil John Rhodes, South Africa, politician/diamond merchant was born on this day in history.
1857 On July - 05 birth of clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist
1858 On July - 05 birth of maria J "Marie" Bakker, Dutch actress
1860 On July - 05 birth of robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
1867 On July - 05 birth of andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer (study of tree rings)
1868 William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren) was born on this day in history.
1872 Edouard Herriot, French politician (d. 1957) was born on this day in history.
1874 On this day in history birth of gerhard von Keussler, composer
1874 On this day in history birth of eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (d. 1967)