Famous Personalities Born In July - 24
Friday, 19 September 2025
1380 Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint was born on this day in history.
1660 Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718) was born on July - 24.
1686 Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on July - 24.
1720 On July - 24 birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik
1725 John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.
1738 Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on this day in history.
1757 On this day in history birth of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)
1759 On this day in history birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)
1783 On July - 24 birth of simon BolÃvar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule
1786 On July - 24 birth of joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (d. 1843)
1794 Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.
1796 On July - 24 birth of herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman
1796 On July - 24 birth of john Middleton Clayton, Delaware, (Sen-Del)/US Sec of State (1849-50)
1798 John Adams Dix, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 was born on this day in history.
1802 On July - 24 birth of alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author (3 Musketeers)
1802 Ira Aldridge, famous African was born on this day in history.
1803 Alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist) was born on this day in history.
1815 Antoine T D'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jan 3, 1810] was born on this day in history.
1817 Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905) was born on July - 24.
1818 On this day in history birth of felix Godefroid, composer
1821 On July - 24 birth of william Poole, American gang member (New York City's Bowery Boys) (d. 1855)
1826 Francisco S Lopez, [Tiran], president of Paraguay (1862-70) was born on July - 24.
1826 On this day in history birth of ivan Bloch, Polish military theorist and peace activist (d. 1902)
1827 Julius Adolph de Lagnel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912 was born on July - 24.
1832 On July - 24 birth of johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist
1841 Raimundo Madrazo y Garretta, painter was born on this day in history.
1842 On July - 24 birth of ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust)
1851 Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (d. 1935) was born on July - 24.
1856 Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (d. 1941) was born on July - 24.
1857 Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917) was born on July - 24.
1858 On this day in history birth of wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920)
1860 Alfons Mucha, Czech artist (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.
1862 On July - 24 birth of johan A de Sleeve, [Adwaita], philosopher/classical/poet (Brahman)
1864 On July - 24 birth of b[enjamin] Frank[lin] Wedekind, German writer (Lulu)