Famous Birthdays In July - 17
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1487 Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.
1487 Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.
1674 On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)
1702 Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.
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 July - 17.
1763 On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education
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 Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856) was born on July - 17.
1817 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer was born on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history birth of frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)
1830 Eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator) was born on July - 17.
1831 Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861) was born on July - 17.
1832 On July - 17 birth of johan August Soderman, composer
1839 On this day in history birth of friedrich Gernsheim, composer
1839 Ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916) was born on July - 17.
1853 Francesco Fanciulli, composer was born on this day in history.
1859 On July - 17 birth of luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)
1871 Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter was born on July - 17.
1873 Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) was born on July - 17.
1875 On this day in history birth of donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer
1876 On July - 17 birth of maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat
1876 On July - 17 birth of rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991)
1876 On July - 17 birth of vittorio Gnecchi, composer
1878 On July - 17 birth of henri Zagwijn, composer
1883 Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace) was born on this day in history.
1883 On July - 17 birth of mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon)
1885 Benjamin James Dale, composer was born on July - 17.
1888 Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) was born on this day in history.
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 Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge was born on July - 17.
1898 Berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget) was born on this day in history.