Famous Personalities Born In August - 07
Friday, 18 April 2025
1282 On August - 07 birth of princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316)
1533 On August - 07 birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)
1560 Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on August - 07.
1574 On August - 07 birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)
1598 Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on August - 07.
1726 On this day in history birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)
1742 On August - 07 birth of nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General
1746 On this day in history birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian
1751 On August - 07 birth of wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V
1779 Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography was born on this day in history.
1779 Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on August - 07.
1783 John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery) was born on August - 07.
1783 Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.
1818 On this day in history birth of henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist
1823 Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer was born on this day in history.
1826 Carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi) was born on August - 07.
1829 On this day in history birth of thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1833 Powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark) was born on this day in history.
1836 Evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920 was born on this day in history.
1844 Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (d. 1911) was born on this day in history.
1860 On this day in history birth of alan Leo, British astrologer (d. 1917)
1862 Victoria of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.
1867 Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist was born on August - 07.
1868 On this day in history birth of granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony)
1868 Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.
1870 19 kittens, born to Tarawood Antigone (4 still born) was born on August - 07.
1870 Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole (vicar of Denmark) was born on August - 07.
1872 Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31) was born on August - 07.
1876 On August - 07 birth of mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I)
1877 On this day in history birth of ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949)
1879 On this day in history birth of j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)
1880 Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) was born on August - 07.
1883 J Ringelnatz, writer was born on this day in history.
1885 Billie Burke, Washington DC, actress (Glinda-Wizard of Oz) was born on this day in history.