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  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

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

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

1775  August Harder, composer was born on July - 17.   

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  Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet) was born on July - 17.   

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  On July - 17 birth of friedrich Gernsheim, composer   

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

1853  Francesco Fanciulli, composer was born on July - 17.   

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  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 this day in history 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  Henri Zagwijn, composer was born on July - 17.   

1883  Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace) was born on this day in history.   

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

1885  On July - 17 birth of benjamin James Dale, composer   

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  Mary Clare, London England, actress (Evil Mind, Young & Innocent) was born on this day in history.   

1897  Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge was born on this day in history.   

1898  Berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget) was born on this day in history.   

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0521  On July - 17 death of magnus Felix Ennodius, bishop and Latin poet (b. 474)   

0656  On July - 17 death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.   

1025  On this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.