Famous July Birthdays

The following 7,015 famous people including celebrities were born in the month of July. A random sample was chosen for each day. Click the after the name to explore the birth date info. You might also want to browse the filtered celebrity birthdays in July.

Zodiac signs for July are Cancer ♋ and Leo ♌. The modern birthstone for July is Ruby while the mystical gemstone (based on Tibetan origin) is Ruby.

July 1

• 1912
  Sally Kirkland, American journalist (d. 1989)
• 1920
  Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (d. 1982)
• 1964
  Bernard Laporte, French rugby player and coach
• 1966
  Enrico Annoni, Italian footballer and coach
• 1970
  Melissa Peterman, American actress and producer

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July 2

• 1908
  Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States (d. 1993)
• 1914
  Ethelreda Leopold, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1931
  Robert Ito, Canadian actor
• 1964
  Jose Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player and mixed martial artist
• 1975
  Kristen Michal, Estonian lawyer and politician

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July 3

• 1947
  Dave Barry, American journalist and author
• 1963
  Tracey Emin, English painter and photographer
• 1976
  Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 1980
  Roland Schoeman, South African swimmer
• 1990
  Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer

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July 4

• 1942
  Stefan Meller, French-Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2008)
• 1946
  Michael Milken, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1951
  Vladimir Tismăneanu, Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic
• 1963
  Laureano Márquez, Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist
• 1973
  Tony Popovic, Australian footballer and manager

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July 5

• 1911
  Endel Aruja, Estonian-Canadian physicist and academic (d. 2008)
• 1956
  James Lofton, American football player and coach
• 1958
  Bill Watterson, American author and illustrator
• 1978
  Britta Oppelt, German rower
• 1987
  Andrija Kaluđerović, Serbian footballer

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July 6

• 1887
  Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet (d. 1985)
• 1962
  Todd Bennett, English runner and coach (d. 2013)
• 1978
  Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
• 1984
  Lauren Harris, English singer and actress
• 1990
  Justin Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player

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July 7

• 1899
  George Cukor, American director and producer (d. 1983)
• 1908
  Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic (d. 1994)
• 1957
  Berry Sakharof, Turkish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist (Minimal Compact)
• 1958
  Alexander Svinin, Russian figure skater and coach
• 1988
  Ilan Rubin, American drummer (Angels & Airwaves, Nine Inch Nails, Lostprophets, Denver Harbor, and Fenix TX)

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July 8

• 1621
  Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (d. 1695)
• 1831
  John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola (d. 1888)
• 1908
  Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (Tympany Five) (d. 1975)
• 1977
  Milo Ventimiglia, American actor, director, and producer
• 1983
  Daniel Navarro, Spanish cyclist

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July 9

• 1753
  William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1825)
• 1828
  Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (d. 1913)
• 1928
  Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist
• 1975
  Isaac Brock, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Modest Mouse and Ugly Casanova)
• 1975
  Jack White, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, and The Go)

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July 10

• 1898
  Renée Björling, Swedish actress (d. 1975)
• 1914
  Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (d. 1992)
• 1938
  Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1972)
• 1940
  Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, Indian-English economist and politician
• 1941
  David G. Hartwell, American anthologist and author

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July 11

• 1899
  Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist (d. 1943)
• 1931
  Tab Hunter, American actor and singer
• 1947
  Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic
• 1953
  Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Mexican actress, director, and producer
• 1988
  Yuka Iguchi, Japanese voice actress

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July 12

• 1909
  Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, designed Fernsehturm Stuttgart (d. 1999)
• 1931
  Eric Ives, English historian and academic (d. 2012)
• 1935
  Roy Barraclough, English actor
• 1950
  Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1995
  Luke Shaw, English footballer

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July 13

• 1939
  Prakash Mehra, Indian director and producer (d. 2009)
• 1954
  Rick Chartraw, Venezuelan-American ice hockey player
• 1962
  Rhonda Vincent, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player
• 1967
  Akira Hokuto, Japanese wrestler
• 1972
  Rodrigo Gularte, Brazilian drug trafficker (d. 2015)

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July 14

• 1721
  John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (d. 1807)
• 1874
  Abbas II of Egypt (d. 1944)
• 1971
  Marie-Chantal Toupin, Canadian singer
• 1973
  Candela Peña, Spanish actress
• 1976
  Ranj Dhaliwal, Canadian author

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July 15

• 1867
  Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (d. 1936)
• 1922
  Leon M. Lederman, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1934
  Risto Jarva, Finnish director and producer (d. 1977)
• 1977
  Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab)
• 1991
  Danilo, Brazilian footballer

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July 16

• 1932
  John Chilton, English trumpet player and composer
• 1952
  Marc Esposito, French director and screenwriter
• 1959
  James MacMillan, Scottish composer and conductor
• 1976
  Bobby Lashley, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
• 1979
  Jayma Mays, American actress and singer

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July 17

• 1921
  Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer (d. 1955)
• 1939
  Ali Khamenei, Iranian cleric and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran
• 1947
  Robert Begerau, German footballer and manager
• 1981
  Elpida Romantzi, Greek archer
• 1986
  Brando Eaton, American actor

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July 18

• 1720
  Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (d. 1793)
• 1837
  Vasil Levski, Bulgarian priest and activist (d. 1873)
• 1908
  Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (d. 1981)
• 1971
  Sukhwinder Singh, Indian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1972
  Titoff, French actor and humorist

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July 19

• 1947
  André Forcier, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1956
  Yoshiaki Yatsu, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1964
  André A. Jackson, French businessman
• 1973
  Scott Walker, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1988
  Jakub Kovář, Czech ice hockey player

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July 20

• 1889
  John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (d. 1971)
• 1896
  Eunice Sanborn, American super-centenarian (d. 2011)
• 1950
  Edward Leigh, English lawyer and politician
• 1955
  Jem Finer, English banjo player and songwriter (The Pogues)
• 1981
  Viktoria Ladõnskaja, Estonian journalist and politician

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July 21

• 1955
  Dannel Malloy, American lawyer and politician, 88th Governor of Connecticut
• 1957
  Stefan Löfven, Swedish union leader and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1963
  Giant Silva, Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial artist, and wrestler
• 1973
  Ali Landry, American model and actress, Miss USA 1996
• 1993
  Aaron Durley, American baseball player

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July 22

• 1621
  Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1683)
• 1893
  Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (d. 1990)
• 1921
  William V. Roth, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
• 1929
  Neil Welliver, American painter (d. 2005)
• 1976
  Nino Alejandro, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor

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July 23

• 1898
  Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1987)
• 1935
  Jim Hall, American race car driver
• 1947
  David Essex, English singer-songwriter, and actor
• 1950
  Alan Turner, Australian cricketer
• 1984
  Celeste Thorson, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

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July 24

• 1920
  Bella Abzug, American lawyer and politician (d. 1998)
• 1947
  Peter Serkin, American pianist and educator
• 1953
  James Newcome, English bishop
• 1964
  Pedro Passos Coelho, Portuguese economist and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1982
  Mewelde Moore, American football player

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July 25

• 1165
  Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher (d. 1240)
• 1916
  Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
• 1946
  José Areas, Nicaraguan drummer (Santana)
• 1960
  Māris Martinsons, Latvian film director, producer, screenwriter, and film editor
• 1973
  Bendeniz, Swiss-Turkish singer

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July 26

• 1897
  Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (d. 1974)
• 1941
  Darlene Love, American singer and actress
• 1956
  Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
• 1979
  Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987
  Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress and dancer

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July 27

• 1952
  Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sportscaster
• 1952
  Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (d. 2014)
• 1958
  Kimmo Hakola, Finnish composer
• 1976
  Demis Hassabis, English computer scientist and academic
• 1993
  Max Power, English footballer

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July 28

• 1907
  Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands (d. 1983)
• 1972
  Ed Templeton, American skateboarder and businessman
• 1981
  Michael Carrick, English footballer
• 1986
  Huma Qureshi, Indian actress
• 1991
  Rina Aizawa, Japanese actress and model

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July 29

• 1899
  Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)
• 1909
  Chester Himes, American-Spanish author (d. 1984)
• 1947
  Dick Harmon, American golfer and coach (d. 2006)
• 1953
  Frank McGuinness, Irish poet and playwright
• 1969
  Timothy Omundson, American actor

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July 30

• 1893
  Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician (d. 1967)
• 1951
  Alan Kourie, South African cricketer
• 1958
  Neal McCoy, American singer-songwriter
• 1963
  Chris Mullin, American basketball player and manager
• 1974
  Hilary Swank, American actress and producer

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July 31

• 1718
  John Canton, English physicist and academic (d. 1772)
• 1953
  Tōru Furuya, Japanese voice actor
• 1954
  Rainer Bock, German actor
• 1965
  Ian Roberts, English-Australian rugby player and actor
• 1978
  Justin Wilson, English race car driver (d. 2015)

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