Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Jean Leon Gerome Ferris was an American painter best known for his series of 78 scenes from American history, entitled The Pageant of a Nation, the largest series of American historical paintings by a single artist.

8 August 1863

Born on the same birth day (8 August): Achille Varzi • Alan Maybury • Dennis Canavan • Kane Williamson • Kool Moe Dee • Louis Saha • Matteo Tafuri • Michael Urie • Mohammad Wasim (coach) • Prajakta Mali • Richard Lyons (racing driver) • Sabine Klaschka • Sheila Varian • Stephen Walkom • Yandy Díaz • Yūki Amami

Born in the same month (August 1863): Aleksey Krylov • Dragutin Lerman • Ernest Thayer • Gene Stratton-Porter • Géza Gárdonyi