This Week’s Birthdays – Week of July 4

July 4, 1872 – Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)

July 5, 1801 – David Farragut, American naval commander (d. 1870)

July 6, 1747 – John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d. 1792)

July 7, 1752 – Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)

July 8, 1836 – Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (d. 1914)

July 9, 1819 – Elias Howe, American inventor (d. 1867)

July 10, 1509 – John Calvin, French religious reformer (d. 1564)