Who Was Born Today – February 7 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on February 7 | ||
1477 | Sir Thomas More, English statesman and writer, famous for Utopia, later executed for refusing to accept Henry VIII as the head of the church. | |
1804 | John Deere, farm equipment manufacturer | |
1812 | Charles Dickens, prolific English novelist whose stories reflected life in Victorian England. Some of his more famous works include Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities. | |
1837 | Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and editor. | |
1867 | Laura Ingalls Wilder, author whose works were the basis for television’s Little House on the Prairie. | |
1885 | Sinclair Lewis, novelist of satire and realism. (Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry). | |
1905 | Ulf Svante von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist. |