Famous Personalities Born In July - 17

1487  On this day in history 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  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.   

1763  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.   

1775  On July - 17 birth of august Harder, composer   

1797  Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.   

1817  On July - 17 birth of ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer   

1827  On July - 17 birth of frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)   

1830  On this day in history birth of eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)   

1831  Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861) was born on July - 17.   

1832  On July - 17 birth of johan August Soderman, composer   

1839  Friedrich Gernsheim, composer was born on July - 17.   

1839  On this day in history birth of ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)   

1853  Francesco Fanciulli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1859  Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party) was born on July - 17.   

1871  On this day in history birth of lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter   

1873  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) was born on this day in history.   

1875  Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1876  Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1876  Rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991) was born on July - 17.   

1876  Vittorio Gnecchi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1878  Henri Zagwijn, composer was born on July - 17.   

1883  On July - 17 birth of bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace)   

1883  On this day in history birth of mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon)   

1885  Benjamin James Dale, composer was born on this day in history.   

1888  On July - 17 birth of shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)   

1889  Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason) was born on this day in history.   

1894  On July - 17 birth of mary Clare, London England, actress (Evil Mind, Young & Innocent)   

1897  On this day in history birth of elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge   

1898  On July - 17 birth of berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget)   

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0521  Death of Magnus Felix Ennodius, bishop and Latin poet (b. 474) on July - 17.   

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on this day in history.   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.