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Famous People Born in July 1866

  • Jul 3 Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter, born in Stege, Møn, Denmark (d. 1906)
  • Jul 11 Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, German granddaughter of Queen Victoria and wife a Prussian prince, born in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse (d. 1953)
  • Jul 11 Richard Beer-Hofmann, Austrian writer, born in Vienna (d. 1945)
  • Jul 23 Francesco Cilea, Italian orchestral and opera composer (L'arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur), born in Palmi, Calabria, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1950)
  • Jul 25 Frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist, born in London (d. 1947)

Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)

Jul 28 English children's author and illustrator (The Tale of Peter Rabbit), born in London

  • Jul 29 George Morrison, American entrepreneur (owner of Mammoth Caves), born at the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania (d. 1937) [1]