Famous Personalities Born In July - 17
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1487 Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.
1487 On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)
1674 On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)
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 July - 17.
1763 Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.
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 July - 17.
1817 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer was born on this day in history.
1827 Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1832 Johan August Soderman, composer was born on July - 17.
1839 On this day in history birth of friedrich Gernsheim, composer
1839 On this day in history birth of ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)
1853 On this day in history birth of francesco Fanciulli, composer
1859 On this day in history birth of luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)
1871 Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter was born on this day in history.
1873 Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) was born on July - 17.
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 Rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991) was born on July - 17.
1876 On July - 17 birth of vittorio Gnecchi, composer
1878 On this day in history birth of henri Zagwijn, composer
1883 On July - 17 birth of bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace)
1883 Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon) was born on July - 17.
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 On this day in history birth of erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)
1894 Mary Clare, London England, actress (Evil Mind, Young & Innocent) was born on July - 17.
1897 On July - 17 birth of elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge
1898 On July - 17 birth of berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget)