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

• 1506
  Louis II of Hungary (d. 1526)
• 1952
  Steve Shutt, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1960
  Lynn Jennings, American runner
• 1970
  Melissa Peterman, American actress and producer
• 1971
  Jamie Walker, American baseball player

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July 2

• 1928
  Line Renaud, French actress and singer
• 1940
  Kenneth Clarke, English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1947
  Stephen Stucker, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1981
  Carlos Rogers, American football player
• 1989
  Dev, American singer-songwriter

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July 3

• 1893
  Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1966)
• 1928
  Evelyn Anthony, English author
• 1933
  Edward Brandt, Jr., American physician and mathematician (d. 2007)
• 1987
  Chad Broskey, American actor
• 1990
  Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer

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July 4

• 1921
  Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (d. 2014)
• 1964
  Mark Slaughter, American singer-songwriter and producer (Slaughter and Vinnie Vincent Invasion)
• 1974
  Jill Craybas, American tennis player
• 1978
  Stephen McNally, English singer-songwriter (BBMak)
• 1981
  Brock Berlin, American football player

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July 5

• 1810
  P. T. Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1891)
• 1913
  Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1966)
• 1936
  James Mirrlees, Scottish economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943
  Curt Blefary, American baseball player and coach (d. 2001)
• 1976
  Çiğdem Can Rasna, Turkish volleyball player

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July 6

• 1580
  Johann Stobäus, German lute player and composer (d. 1646)
• 1897
  Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar (d. 1994)
• 1912
  Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006)
• 1917
  Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)
• 1979
  Nic Cester, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jet and The Wrights)

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July 7

• 1936
  Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
• 1941
  Michael Howard, Welsh lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment
• 1943
  Toto Cutugno, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1973
  Natsuki Takaya, Japanese author and illustrator
• 1985
  Marc Stein, German footballer

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July 8

• 1938
  Diane Clare, English actress (d. 2013)
• 1942
  Phil Gramm, American economist and politician
• 1947
  Kim Darby, American actress
• 1959
  Robert Knepper, American actor
• 1977
  Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player

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July 9

• 1819
  Elias Howe, American inventor, invented the sewing machine (d. 1867)
• 1966
  Gayle Blakeney, Australian actress and singer
• 1967
  Mark Stoops, American football player and coach
• 1976
  Jochem Uytdehaage, Dutch speed skater
• 1988
  Nana Suzuki, Japanese model

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July 10

• 1897
  Karl Plagge, German general and engineer (d. 1957)
• 1903
  Werner Best, German SS officer and jurist (d. 1989)
• 1924
  Bobo Brazil, American wrestler (d. 1998)
• 1963
  Ian Lougher, Welsh motorcycle racer
• 1969
  Gale Harold, American actor

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July 11

• 1937
  Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese-Taiwanese author
• 1965
  Scott Shriner, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Weezer and The Special Goodness)
• 1977
  Brandon Short, American football player and sportscaster
• 1984
  Joe Pavelski, American ice hockey player
• 1996
  Alessia Cara, Canadian singer-songwriter

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July 12

• 1918
  Mary Glen-Haig, English fencer (d. 2014)
• 1930
  Alberto Lionello, Italian actor (d. 1994)
• 1943
  Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Fleetwood Mac and Chicken Shack)
• 1956
  Sandi Patty, American singer and pianist
• 1985
  Gianluca Curci, Italian footballer

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July 13

• 1607
  Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and illustrator (d. 1677)
• 1770
  Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (d. 1837)
• 1935
  Earl Lovelace, Trinidadian journalist, author, and playwright
• 1937
  Jack Purvis, English actor (d. 1997)
• 1948
  Catherine Breillat, French director and screenwriter

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July 14

• 1918
  Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1922
  Elfriede Rinkel, German SS officer
• 1982
  Dmitry Chaplin, Russian-American dancer and choreographer
• 1983
  Tito Muñoz, American conductor and academic
• 1987
  Sara Canning, Canadian actress

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July 15

• 1812
  James Hope-Scott, English lawyer and academic (d. 1873)
• 1927
  Ann Jellicoe, English actress, director, and playwright
• 1952
  Terry O'Quinn, American actor
• 1975
  Danny Law, English cricketer
• 1985
  Burak Yılmaz, Turkish footballer

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July 16

• 1925
  Frank Jobe, American sergeant and surgeon (d. 2014)
• 1942
  Margaret Court, Australian tennis player and minister
• 1950
  Dennis Priestley, English darts player
• 1979
  Douglas Murray, Scottish journalist and author
• 1984
  Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese race car driver

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July 17

• 1744
  Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (d. 1814)
• 1894
  Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (d. 1966)
• 1911
  Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (d. 1999)
• 1944
  Catherine Schell, Hungarian-English actress
• 1950
  Derek de Lint, Dutch actor

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July 18

• 1914
  Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (d. 2000)
• 1923
  Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and businessman (d. 1997)
• 1932
  Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet and playwright
• 1954
  Peter Crane, English-American botanist and academic
• 1957
  Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Public Image Ltd, The Flowers of Romance, and The Clash)

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July 19

• 1960
  Atom Egoyan, Egyptian-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971
  Rene Busch, Estonian tennis player and coach
• 1983
  Helen Skelton, English television host and actress
• 1987
  Marc Murphy, Australian footballer
• 1988
  Cherami Leigh, American actress and producer

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July 20

• 1876
  Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic (d. 1944)
• 1935
  Ted Rogers, English comedian and television host (d. 2001)
• 1951
  Jeff Rawle, English actor and screenwriter
• 1954
  Jay Jay French, American guitarist and producer (Twisted Sister)
• 1973
  Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player and manager

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July 21

• 1898
  Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter (Carter Family) (d. 1979)
• 1956
  Michael Connelly, American author
• 1959
  Reha Muhtar, Turkish journalist
• 1968
  Lyle Odelein, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989
  Chris Gunter, Welsh footballer

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July 22

• 1733
  Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and historian (d. 1790)
• 1966
  Shaun Cohen, South African-American wrestler
• 1972
  Seth Fisher, American illustrator (d. 2006)
• 1976
  Nino Alejandro, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
• 1989
  Keegan Allen, American actor

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July 23

• 1885
  Izaak Killam, Canadian financier and philanthropist (d. 1955)
• 1937
  Dave Webster, American football player and engineer
• 1964
  Nick Menza, German drummer and songwriter (Megadeth and Memorain)
• 1980
  Michelle Williams, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Destiny's Child)
• 1981
  Dmitriy Karpov, Kazakhstani decathlete

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July 24

• 1914
  Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (d. 2015)
• 1933
  Doug Sanders, American golfer
• 1984
  Tyler Kyte, Canadian actor, singer, and drummer (Sweet Thing)
• 1990
  Daveigh Chase, American actress and singer
• 1991
  Manuel Fischnaller, Italian footballer

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July 25

• 1915
  Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1944)
• 1930
  Maureen Forrester, Canadian actress and singer (d. 2010)
• 1934
  Claude Zidi, French director and screenwriter
• 1957
  Steve Podborski, Canadian skier
• 1985
  Nelson Piquet, Jr., Brazilian race car driver

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July 26

• 1897
  Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (d. 1974)
• 1903
  Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (d. 1963)
• 1917
  Alberta Adams, American singer (d. 2014)
• 1933
  Yale Summers, American actor and producer (d. 2012)
• 1984
  Melissa Marty, Puerto Rician model and actress

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July 27

• 1777
  Thomas Campbell, Scottish-French poet and academic (d. 1844)
• 1916
  Elizabeth Hardwick, American author and critic (d. 2007)
• 1960
  Jo Durie, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1986
  Ryan Flaherty, American baseball player
• 1986
  Ryan Griffen, Australian footballer

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July 28

• 1796
  Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company (d. 1859)
• 1920
  Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (d. 2014)
• 1935
  Neil McKendrick, English historian and academic
• 1981
  Jo In-sung, South Korean actor
• 1985
  Darren Murphy, Irish footballer

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July 29

• 1646
  Johann Theile, German organist and composer (d. 1724)
• 1872
  Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
• 1888
  Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (d. 1982)
• 1957
  Liam Davison, Australian author and educator (d. 2014)
• 1984
  Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer

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July 30

• 1919
  Berniece Baker Miracle, American author
• 1940
  Patricia Schroeder, American lawyer and politician
• 1945
  Patrick Modiano, French author and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950
  Frank Stallone, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1971
  Elvis Crespo, American-Puerto Rican singer (Grupo Manía)

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July 31

• 1948
  Russell Morris, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952
  Faye Kellerman, American author
• 1970
  Amanda Stepto, Canadian actress
• 1982
  Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish tennis player
• 1982
  Blessing Mahwire, Zimbabwean cricketer

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