Famous Personalities Born In November - 17
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
0009 Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79) was born on November - 17.
1502 Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) was born on this day in history.
1503 Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) was born on November - 17.
1576 On November - 17 birth of roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)
1594 Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) was born on this day in history.
1612 On November - 17 birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)
1681 On this day in history birth of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)
1685 Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) was born on November - 17.
1690 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.
1704 Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet was born on November - 17.
1729 Maria Antonietta of Spain, queen of Sardinia (d. 1785) was born on this day in history.
1755 Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24) was born on this day in history.
1765 On November - 17 birth of Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840)
1771 On November - 17 birth of jonathan Huntington, composer
1787 On this day in history birth of michele Carafa, composer
1790 August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868) was born on November - 17.
1794 On this day in history birth of john Barrien Montgomery, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1873
1799 Titian Ramsey Peale, US, artist/naturalist (American Ornithology) was born on this day in history.
1808 Alberich Zwyssig, composer was born on this day in history.
1814 On this day in history birth of joseph Finegan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1816 August W Ambros, Austria musicologist (History of Music) was born on this day in history.
1826 John McArthur, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born on November - 17.
1827 On November - 17 birth of petko Slavejkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 1895)
1834 On this day in history birth of stephen Hinsdale Weed, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1835 On November - 17 birth of andrew L. Harris, governor of Ohio (d. 1915)
1837 David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao was born on November - 17.
1837 Derk J A Haspels, Dutch actor was born on November - 17.
1837 On this day in history birth of willem Coenen, composer
1854 Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17) was born on November - 17.
1859 Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer was born on this day in history.
1865 On November - 17 birth of john S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins)
1866 On this day in history birth of voltairine de Cleyre, American anarchist (d. 1912)
1876 On this day in history birth of baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor (Brussels, Belgium)
1877 Frank Calder, the first NHL President (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.