On This Day

Famous People Born in July 1802

  • Jul 1 Gideon Welles, 24th U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, born in Glastonbury, Connecticut (d. 1878)
  • Jul 3 Joseph Labitzky, Bohemian composer, born in Krásno, Czech Republic (d. 1881)
  • Jul 9 Thomas Davenport, American inventor (invented 1st commercial electric motor), born in Williamstown, Vermont (d. 1851)
  • Jul 12 Charles-Louis Hanssens, Belgian composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1871)
  • Jul 15 John Barnett, English composer (The Mountain Sylph), born in Bedford, England (d. 1892)
  • Jul 21 David Hunter, American Major General (Union Army), born in Troy, New York (d. 1886)

Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas (1802-1870)

Jul 24 French author (The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo), born in Aisne, France

Alexandre Dumas
  • Jul 26 Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (1851-53), born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico (d. 1855)
  • Jul 26 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English politician and poet, born in London, England (d. 1839)
  • Jul 27 Benedikt Randhartinger, Austrian composer, born in Ruprechtshofen, Austria (d. 1893)

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