Famous Birthdays In July - 17
Thursday, 08 June 2023
1487 On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah
1487 On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)
1674 Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.
1702 On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer
1744 Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.
1745 Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.
1763 Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.
1763 On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader
1775 On this day in history birth of august Harder, composer
1797 On July - 17 birth of hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856)
1817 On this day in history birth of ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer
1827 On July - 17 birth of frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)
1830 On July - 17 birth of eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)
1831 Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history birth of johan August Soderman, composer
1839 On this day in history birth of friedrich Gernsheim, composer
1839 On July - 17 birth of ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)
1853 On July - 17 birth of francesco Fanciulli, composer
1859 On this day in history birth of luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)
1871 On July - 17 birth of lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter
1873 On July - 17 birth of antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)
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 July - 17.
1876 Rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991) was born on this day in history.
1876 On this day in history birth of vittorio Gnecchi, composer
1878 Henri Zagwijn, composer was born on this day in history.
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 July - 17.
1888 On this day in history birth of shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)
1889 On July - 17 birth of erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)
1894 Mary Clare, London England, actress (Evil Mind, Young & Innocent) was born on this day in history.
1897 On this day in history birth of elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge
1898 Berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget) was born on July - 17.