Famous Births on 5 Jul

Famous Births on 5 Jul

1321 - Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of Scotland (d. 1362)
1586 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (d. 1647)
1653 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
1675 - Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials
1717 - Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786)
1718 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794)
1794 - Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (d. 1851)
1801 - David Farragut, American naval commander (d. 1870)
1805 - Robert Fitz Roy, British naval officer and scientist (d. 1865)
1810 - P.T. Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891)
1820 - William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist (d. 1872)
1829 - Ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910)
1841 - William C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904)
1853 - Cecil Rhodes, British founder of Rhodesia (d. 1902)
1860 - Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
1872 - Edouard Herriot, French politician (d. 1957)
1874 - Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (d. 1967)
1879 - Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (d. 1959)