Famous Personalities Born In July - 24
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1380 Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint was born on July - 24.
1660 On July - 24 birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)
1686 Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on July - 24.
1720 Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik was born on July - 24.
1725 On this day in history birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)
1738 Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on July - 24.
1757 Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) was born on July - 24.
1759 On July - 24 birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)
1783 Simon BolÃvar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule was born on this day in history.
1786 On July - 24 birth of joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (d. 1843)
1794 On July - 24 birth of johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist (d. 1865)
1796 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of john Adams Dix, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1802 On July - 24 birth of alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author (3 Musketeers)
1802 On this day in history birth of ira Aldridge, famous African
1803 Alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist) was born on July - 24.
1815 Antoine T D'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jan 3, 1810] was born on July - 24.
1817 Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905) was born on July - 24.
1818 On July - 24 birth of felix Godefroid, composer
1821 On this day in history birth of william Poole, American gang member (New York City's Bowery Boys) (d. 1855)
1826 On this day in history birth of francisco S Lopez, [Tiran], president of Paraguay (1862-70)
1826 Ivan Bloch, Polish military theorist and peace activist (d. 1902) was born on July - 24.
1827 On July - 24 birth of julius Adolph de Lagnel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912
1832 On July - 24 birth of johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist
1841 On this day in history birth of raimundo Madrazo y Garretta, painter
1842 Ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust) was born on this day in history.
1851 On July - 24 birth of friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (d. 1935)
1856 Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.
1857 Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917) was born on this day in history.
1858 Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920) was born on July - 24.
1860 On this day in history birth of alfons Mucha, Czech artist (d. 1939)
1862 On this day in history birth of johan A de Sleeve, [Adwaita], philosopher/classical/poet (Brahman)
1864 B[enjamin] Frank[lin] Wedekind, German writer (Lulu) was born on this day in history.