1614 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1686)
1865 – Johannes “Pa” van der Steur, Dutch missionary and philanthropist (Steurtjes), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1945)
1888 – Graham McNamee, American early sportscaster (1st Rose Bowl), born in Washington D. C. (d. 1942)
1919 – Ian Wallace, British buffo bass-baritone opera and concert singer (“Gendarmes’ Duet”), and broadcaster (BBC’s My Music, 1964-97), born in London, England (d. 2009)
1923 – Earl Hamner Jr., American creator and narrator of TV show “The Waltons”, born in Schuyler, Virginia (d. 2016)
1933 – Richard G Hatcher, American attorney and politician (Mayor of Gary, Indiana, 1968-88), born in Michigan City, Indiana (d. 2019)
1934 – Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets; Karachi, Punjab, Rawalpindi), born in Leiah, Pakistan (d. 2012)
1940 – Mills Watson, American actor (Harper Valley PTA, BJ and Bear), born in Oakland, California
1970 – Gary LeVox, American singer (Rascal Flatts)
1980 – Adam Petty, American auto racer (son of Kyle Petty; death leads to NASCAR mandate of steering wheel kill switch), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 2000)
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Famous Birthdays for 9th July 2022
1654 – Emperor Reigen, 112th Emperor of Japan, born in Kyoto, Japan (d. 1732)
1828 – Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman and last surviving cardinal of Pius IX, born in Bene Vagienna, Italy (d. 1913)
1879 – Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (Pines of Rome), born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1936)
1930 – Roy McLean, South African cricketer (prolific South African batsman played 40 Tests), born in Pietermaritzberg, Natal, South Africa
1937 – Marty Springstead, American Major League baseball umpire and umpire supervisor, born in Nyack, New York
1951 – Chris Cooper, American actor (Thousand Pieces of Gold, Matewan), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1968 – Paolo Di Canio, Italian football player
1968 – Manoel Cruz, Brazilian jazz acoustic bassist, composer, arranger and producer, born in Sao Paulo, Brazil
1968 – Shawn Harper, NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 – Steve Dubinsky, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks), born in Montreal, Quebec
Famous Birthdays for 8th July 2022
1760 – Christian Kramp, French mathematician (d. 1826)
1819 – Vatroslav Lisinski [Ignatius Fuchs], Croatian composer (Love and Malice), born in Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire (d. 1854)
1821 – Jozef Lies, Flemish painter, born in Antwerp (d. 1865)
1821 – William Harvey Lamb Wallace, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Urbana, Ohio (d. 1862)
1885 – Emil Bloch, German Marxist philosopher, born in Ludwigshafen, Germany (d. 1977)
1896 – Alfredo Carmelo, Filipino aviator, lithographer, and painter, born in Manila, Philippines (d. 1985)
1901 – Donald Harden, Anglo-Irish archaeologist (d. 1994)
1936 – Tony Warren [Anthony McVay Simpson], English actor and tv screenwriter (Coronation Street), born in Pendlebury, Lancashire (d. 2016)
1941 – Dario Gradi, Italian-born football manager
1963 – Mike Ridley, Canadian NHL center (Vancouver Canucks), born in Winnipeg, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 7th July 2022
1710 – Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer
1746 – Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer
1824 – Alfred Pleasonton, American Major General (Union Army), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1897)
1907 – Helene Johnson, American Harlem Renaissance poet, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
1915 – Margaret Walker Alexander, poet/novelist (For My People)
1919 – William Moses Kunstler, defense attorney (Chicago 8)
1925 – Yvonne Mitchell, writer (Johnny Nobody, Genghis Khan), born in London, England
1943 – Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
1945 – Michael Ancram, British politician
1984 – Marie-Mai, Canadian singer, born in Varennes, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 6th July 2022
1906 – Elisabeth Lutyens, English composer, born in London (d. 1983)
1907 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter who explored questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender and race in Mexican society, born in Coyoacán, Mexico City (d. 1954)
1920 – César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish soccer forward (12 caps; Barcelona) and manager (Zaragoza, Barcelona), born in León, Spain (d. 1995)
1930 – Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer (Signs and Wonders), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 2016)
1936 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian (Dave Allen Show), born in Firhouse, Dublin (d. 2005)
1957 – Ron Duguay, Canadian hockey player (NY Rangers, Detroit Red Wings), born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1960 – Lauri Merten, American golfer (US Open 1993), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin
1975 – Sebastián Rulli, Argentine actor (Rubi), born in Buenos Aires
1977 – Con Blatsis, Australian footballer, born in Melbourne, Australia
1981 – Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player, born in Lafayette, Louisiana
Famous Birthdays for 5th July 2022
1853 – Cecil Rhodes, British businessman, diamond merchant and imperialist politician who was Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (1890-96), born in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England (d. 1902)
1874 – Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (Kaiser Wilhelm Institute), born in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany (d. 1967)
1902 – Frank Waters, American writer, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 1995)
1940 – Karen Shepherd, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah), born in Silver City, New Mexico
1951 – Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer (Catapult)
1952 – Michael Don McNabb, composer
1954 – Leni Björklund, Swedish politician (Minister for Defence, 2002-06), born in Örebro, Sweden
1957 – Doug Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Ottaw, Ontario, Canada
1959 – Marc Cohn, American folk rock singer (Walking in Memphis), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1973 – Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer, born in Gothenburg, Sweden
Famous Birthdays for 4th July 2022
1546 – Murad III, Sultan of Turkey (1574-95), born in Manisa, Ottoman Empire (d. 1595)
1694 – Louis-Claude Daquin [d’Acquin], French organist and composer (La Rose), born in Paris (d. 1772)
1753 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French ballonist (1st balloon flights in England and U.S.), born in Les Andelys, France (d. 1809)
1876 – William Farnum, American actor (Spoilers, Man who Fights Alone), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1953)
1909 – Alec Templeton, Welsh pianist and composer (Concertino Lirico), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1963)
1921 – Gérard Debreu, French-American economist (Nobel Prize, 1983), born in Calais, France (d. 2004)
1929 – Al Davis, American businessman and NFL team owner (Oakland Raiders), born in Brockton, Massachusetts (d. 2011)
1931 – Rick Casares, American NFL fullback (Chicago Bears), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2013)
1942 – Floyd Little, American Pro/College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Syracuse University; 5 x Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1969; Denver Broncos), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2021)
1973 – Keiko Ihara, Japanese racing driver, born in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 3rd July 2022
1643 – Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist and composer, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1682)
1802 – Joseph Labitzky, Bohemian composer, born in Krásno, Czech Republic (d. 1881)
1902 – Jack Newman, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; Test selector 1958-63; president NZ Cricket Council 1964-67), born in Brightwater, NZ (d. 1996)
1929 – Eustace Gibbs, 3rd Baron Wraxall, British diplomat and vice marshal (Diplomatic Corps) (d. 2017)
1930 – Tommy Tedesco, American jazz and Los Angeles session guitarist (Wrecking Crew; Lalo Schifrin), born in Niagra Falls, New York (d. 1997)
1948 – Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist (Mämmilä), born in Orivesi, Finland
1950 – James Hahn, American politician and incumbent judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, born in Los Angeles, California
1951 – Mike Corby, British guitarist and keyboardist (The Babys- “Every Time I Think Of You”), born in Windsor, Berkshire, England
1952 – Peter Mathebula, South African boxer (WBA flyweight title 1980-81), born in Mohlakeng, South Africa (d. 2020)
1963 – Tracey Emin, English artist (Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995), born in Croydon, England
Famous Birthdays for 2nd July 2022
1667 – Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and grandnephew of Pope Alexander VIII, born in Venice (d. 1740)
1849 – Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Bavaria, born in Brno, Austrian Empire (d. 1919)
1884 – Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist, born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria (d. 1931)
1891 – Gus Dorais, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Notre Dame), coach (Gonzaga, Detroit Lions), born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (d. 1954)
1922 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer, born in San Biagio di Callalta, Italy (d. 2020)
1925 – Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist and NAACP official who was assassinated, born in Decatur, Mississippi (d. 1963)
1946 – Richard Axel, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1961 – Pat Dufficy, Westerly RI, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
1975 – Éric Dazé, Canadian NHL left wing (Chicago Blackhawks; NHL All Star MVP 2002), born in Montreal, Quebec
1987 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model who died in unexplained circumstances, born in Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2008)
Famous Birthdays for 1st July 2022
1904 – Mary Calderone, American physician and founder (planned parenthood), born in NYC, New York (d. 1998)
1910 – Glen Hardin, American athlete (Olympic gold 1936 400m hurdles), born in Derma, Mississippi (d. 1975)
1913 – Jo Sinclair [Ruth Seid], American writer (Wasteland), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
1942 – Doug Carpenter, Canadian NHL coach (NJ Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Cornwall, Canada
1945 – Deborah Harry, American singer (Blondie – “Heart of Glass”; ” The Tide Is High”; “Call Me”), and actress (Hairspray), born in Miami, Florida
1952 – Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, American pop, funk and jazz session and touring drummer, (Michael Jackson – “Billie Jean”; George Duke; Herbie Hancock), composer, and producer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2018)
1960 – Erik Friedlander, American classical and avant garde jazz cellist and composer (John Zorn; Masada String Trio), born in New York City
1965 – Gary Schofield, British Rugby League five-eighth (Great Britain 46, England 3 caps), born in Leeds, England
1966 – Patrick McEnroe, American tennis player, coach and broadcaster (coach US Davis Cup win 2007), born in Manhasset, New York
2003 – Tate McRae, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer (You Broke Me First), born in Calgary, Alberta