Famous Personalities Born In July - 17

1487  On July - 17 birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.   

1775  August Harder, composer was born on July - 17.   

1797  On this day in history birth of hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856)   

1817  On this day in history birth of ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer   

1827  Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet) was born on this day in history.   

1830  On this day in history birth of eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)   

1831  On this day in history birth of xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861)   

1832  On this day in history birth of johan August Soderman, composer   

1839  Friedrich Gernsheim, composer was born on this day in history.   

1839  Ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916) was born on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history birth of francesco Fanciulli, composer   

1859  On this day in history birth of luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)   

1871  Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter was born on July - 17.   

1873  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) was born on this day in history.   

1875  Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history birth of maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat   

1876  On July - 17 birth of rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991)   

1876  On July - 17 birth of vittorio Gnecchi, composer   

1878  Henri Zagwijn, composer was born on July - 17.   

1883  Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace) was born on this day in history.   

1883  On July - 17 birth of mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon)   

1885  On this day in history birth of benjamin James Dale, composer   

1888  On this day in history birth of shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)   

1889  Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason) was born on this day in history.   

1894  Mary Clare, London England, actress (Evil Mind, Young & Innocent) was born on this day in history.   

1897  On July - 17 birth of elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge   

1898  On this day in history birth of berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget)   

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0521  On this day in history death of magnus Felix Ennodius, bishop and Latin poet (b. 474)   

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  On this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies