Famous Personalities Born In July - 17
Thursday, 18 September 2025
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 July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer
1744 On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering
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 this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader
1775 August Harder, composer was born on this day in history.
1797 Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history birth of ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer
1827 On this day in history 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 July - 17.
1832 On this day in history 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 On July - 17 birth of francesco Fanciulli, composer
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 On this day in history birth of antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)
1875 On July - 17 birth of donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer
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 July - 17.
1876 On this day in history birth of vittorio Gnecchi, composer
1878 On this day in history birth of henri Zagwijn, composer
1883 On this day in history 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 On July - 17 birth of benjamin James Dale, composer
1888 Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) was born on July - 17.
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 this day in history.
1898 On July - 17 birth of berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget)