Famous Personalities Born In July - 17

1487  On July - 17 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  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  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 July - 17 birth of eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)   

1831  On this day in history birth of xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861)   

1832  On July - 17 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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history birth of rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991)   

1876  Vittorio Gnecchi, composer was born on July - 17.   

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

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

1883  Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 July - 17.   

1894  On this day in history birth of mary Clare, London England, actress (Evil Mind, Young & Innocent)   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies