This Week's Birthdays - Week of July 25

July 25, 1750 – Henry Knox, American general (d. 1806)

July 26, 1856 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Laureate (d. 1950)

July 27, 1733 – Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)

July 28, 1866 – Beatrix Potter, English author (d. 1943)

July 29, 1890 – Daniel J. Callaghan, United States Navy officer (d. 1942)

July 30, 1863 – Henry Ford, American industrialist (d. 1947)

July 31, 1921 – Whitney Young, American civil rights activist (d. 1971)