Famous Personalities Born In October - 07
Sunday, 01 February 2026
1573 On October - 07 birth of william Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45) 

1576 On October - 07 birth of john Marston, English writer (d. 1634) 

1577 Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop was born on this day in history. 

1589 On October - 07 birth of maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631) 

1698 On October - 07 birth of henri Madin, composer 

1713 Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759) was born on this day in history. 

1728 On October - 07 birth of caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) 

1734 On October - 07 birth of ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana) 

1744 On October - 07 birth of sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (d. 1819) 

1746 William Billings, Boston Mass, hymn composer (Rose of Sharon) was born on this day in history. 

1748 Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18) was born on October - 07. 

1758 On this day in history birth of paul Anton Wineberger, composer 

1769 On this day in history birth of solomon Sibley, American politician (d. 1846) 

1774 On October - 07 birth of ferdinando Orlandi, composer 

1786 Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871) was born on this day in history. 

1798 Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas) was born on October - 07. 

1801 Adolf Muller, composer was born on this day in history. 

1802 On this day in history birth of bernhard Molique, composer 

1802 Wilhelm Bernard Molique, composer was born on this day in history. 

1817 Bushrod Rust Johnson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880 was born on October - 07. 

1821 Richard Heron Anderson, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879 was born on this day in history. 

1821 William Sill, with The Underground Railroad was born on this day in history. 

1826 William Brimage Bate, US Confederate brig-gen/(Gov-D-Tenn, 1882-86) was born on October - 07. 

1835 On this day in history birth of felix Draeseke, composer 

1841 Nicolaas Petrovic Njegos, king of Montenegro (1910-18) was born on this day in history. 

1849 On October - 07 birth of james Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man) 

1854 Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek) was born on this day in history. 

1854 Christiaan R de Wet, South African rebel leader, politician and general in the Boer War was born on October - 07. 

1866 On October - 07 birth of martha McChesney Berry, US, founded Berry School for Children 

1866 On this day in history birth of wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942) 

1868 On October - 07 birth of fred H Hovey, tennis champ (US Open-1895) 

1870 On this day in history birth of uncle Dave Macon, entertainer 

1879 On October - 07 birth of joe Hill, Jevla Sweden, organizer (IWW)/songwriter (Union Scab)/martyr 

1879 On October - 07 birth of joseph Bovet, composer 

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