Famous Personalities Born In July - 05
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1321 On this day in history 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 July - 05 birth of thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
1654 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer was born on this day in history.
1675 On this day in history birth of mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials
1717 Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.
1718 Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.
1729 Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet was born on this day in history.
1755 On this day in history birth of sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage)
1764 On July - 05 birth of janos Lavotta, composer
1775 On this day in history birth of william Crotch, composer
1781 On July - 05 birth of stamford Raffles, founder (Singapore)
1793 Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer was born on July - 05.
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 On this day in history birth of robert Fitz Roy, British naval officer and scientist (d. 1865)
1810 Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter (Barnum & Bailey) was born on July - 05.
1820 On this day in history birth of william John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist (d. 1872)
1828 On this day in history birth of paul J C Gabriel, painter/water colors painter/etcher
1829 On this day in history birth of ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910)
1841 William C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.
1843 Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian was born on July - 05.
1847 On July - 05 birth of agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer
1852 Stefano Gobatti, composer was born on this day in history.
1853 Cecil John Rhodes, South Africa, politician/diamond merchant was born on July - 05.
1857 On July - 05 birth of clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist
1858 Maria J "Marie" Bakker, Dutch actress was born on this day in history.
1860 On July - 05 birth of robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
1867 Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer (study of tree rings) was born on July - 05.
1868 On July - 05 birth of william H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren)
1872 Edouard Herriot, French politician (d. 1957) was born on this day in history.
1874 Gerhard von Keussler, composer was born on July - 05.
1874 On this day in history birth of eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (d. 1967)