On This Day

Famous People Born in July 1880

  • Jul 2 Albert Szirmai, Hungarian operetta composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1967)
  • Jul 3 Carl Schuricht, German conductor and composer, born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1967)
  • Jul 4 George Mullin, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers; no-hitter 1912), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1944)
  • Jul 4 Pat Rooney, American vaudevillian and actor (Night Club), born in NYC, New York (d. 1962)
  • Jul 5 Jan Kubelik, Czech composer and violinist, born in Michle (d. 1940)

Otto Frederick RohwedderOtto Frederick Rohwedder (1880-1960)

Jul 7 American engineer (invented the bread-slicing machine), born in Davenport, Iowa

Otto Frederick Rohwedder
  • Jul 12 Tod Browning, American film director (Dracula), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1962)
  • Jul 18 Otto Vrieslander, German composer, born in Münster, Germany (d. 1950)
  • Jul 20 Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer
  • Jul 21 Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (d. 1919)
  • Jul 24 Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer (Schelomo; Israel; Avodath Hakodesh), and educator (UC Berkeley, 1941-52), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1959)
  • Jul 24 Kristian Hellström, Swedish athlete, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1946)
  • Jul 26 Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician and statesman, born in Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire (d. 1951)
  • Jul 27 Jack Doscher, American baseball pitcher (1st son of a major leaguer to play MLB), born in Troy, New York (d. 1971)
  • Jul 27 Joe Tinker, American Baseball HOF shortstop (World Series 1907, 08 Chicago Orphans/Cubs) and manager (Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs), born in Muscotah, Kansas (d. 1948)
  • Jul 30 Robert R. McCormick, American editor and publisher (Chicago Tribune), born in Chicago (d. 1955)
  • Jul 31 Munshi Premchand [Dhanpat Rai], Indian author, born in Lamhi, Benares State, British India (d. 1936)

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