Famous Personalities Born In March - 17
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1231 On this day in history birth of emperor ShijÅ of Japan (d. 1242)
1473 James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513) was born on this day in history.
1578 Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) was born on March - 17.
1628 On March - 17 birth of daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian
1664 On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer
1675 Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on March - 17.
1676 On March - 17 birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)
1685 On this day in history birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter
1725 On March - 17 birth of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)
1746 Jan David Holland, composer was born on March - 17.
1777 On March - 17 birth of roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)
1780 Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47) was born on this day in history.
1781 On this day in history birth of dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies
1781 Ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849) was born on this day in history.
1787 George Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) was born on this day in history.
1789 Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock) was born on this day in history.
1804 On this day in history birth of james Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance
1820 Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on March - 17.
1820 Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.
1825 On March - 17 birth of rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)
1826 On March - 17 birth of oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder)
1828 On March - 17 birth of patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)
1832 Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine) was born on March - 17.
1832 Walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1834 On March - 17 birth of gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle
1839 On this day in history birth of josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser)
1846 Kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window) was born on this day in history.
1848 Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born on March - 17.
1856 Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.
1862 On March - 17 birth of silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930)
1866 On March - 17 birth of pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)
1870 On March - 17 birth of horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951)
1872 On March - 17 birth of billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)
1873 Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) was born on this day in history.