1604 – Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien)
1792 – Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, queen of Bavaria (d. 1854)
1851 – Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist (Crete)
1894 – Clemens VI Trefois, Flemish architect/sociologist
1909 – Petar Segedin, Croatian novelist (Holy Devil)
1957 – Clyde Butts, Guyanan cricketer (West Indies off-spinner late eighties), born in Perseverance, Guyana
1963 – Mike Ridley, Canadian NHL center (Vancouver Canucks), born in Winnipeg, Canada
1969 – Ernie Young, outfielder (Oakland A’s), born in Chicago, Illinois
1970 – Beck [Bek David Campbell], American singer (Morning Phase), born in Los Angeles
1972 – Tom Hutton, NFL punter/kicker (Philadelphia Eagles)
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Famous Birthdays for 7th July 2021
1806 – Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education
1933 – Murray Halberg, New Zealand, 5K runner (Olympic gold 1960)
1940 – Richard K Armey, (Rep-R-Texas, 1985- )
1944 – Warren Entner, rock vocalist/guitarist (Grass Roots), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1946 – Jim Day, Canadian equestrian show jumper (Olympic gold 1968)
1949 – Shelley Duvall, actress (Popeye, Faery Tale Theater), born in Houston, Texas
1968 – Reggie Cobb, American NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
1970 – Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer, born in Belfast, United Kingdom
1970 – Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer, born in Queens, New York
1979 – Carl Breeze, British racing driver, born in King’s Lynn, United Kingdom
Famous Birthdays for 6th July 2021
1864 – Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), born in Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil (d. 1920)
1887 – Marc Chagall, Russian-French artist (I and The Village), born in Vitebsk, Russian Empire (d. 1985)
1903 – Axel Theorell, Swedish biochemist (Nobel 1955-discovering the oxidation enzyme and its effects), born in Linköping, Sweden (d. 1982)
1923 – Cathy O’Donnell [Ann Steely], American film noir actress (Miniver Story, Man from Laramie), born in Siluria, Alabama (d. 1970)
1924 – Louie Bellson, American jazz drummer and orchestra leader (Pearl Bailey Show), born in Rock Falls, Illinois (d. 2009)
1930 – George Armstrong, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame centre (Stanley Cup 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs; 7 x NHL All Star), born in Bowlands, Ontario (d. 2021)
1944 – Byron Berline, American world premier fiddle player, born in Caldwell, Kansas
1952 – Jesse Harms, American musician and songwriter (The Waboritas), born in Massachusetts
1970 – Martin Smith, English singer (Delirious?), born in London, England
1977 – Craig Handley, British film director (On All Floors), born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Famous Birthdays for 5th July 2021
1586 – Thomas Hooker, American colonial clergyman (known as “the father of Connecticut”), born in Marefield, Leicestershire, England (d. 1647)
1675 – Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials, born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1720)
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)
1886 – Willem Drees, Dutch statesman of the Labour Party (PvdA) and Prime Minister of the Netherlands, born in Amsterdam (d. 1988)
1904 – Milburn Stone, American actor (Gunsmoke, Pickup on South Street), born in Burrton, Kansas (d. 1980)
1933 – Terence Cooper, British actor (Casino Royale), born in Carnmoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (d. 1997)
1937 – Brooke Hayward, American author (Haywire), born in Los Angeles, California
1946 – Pierre-Marc Johnson, Québéc lawyer, physician and politician (24th Premier of Quebec), born in Montreal, Quebec
1967 – Silvia Ziche, Italian comics artist (Italian Donald Duck comics), born in Thiene, Italy
1985 – Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress, born in Malvern, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 4th July 2021
1804 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (House of 7 Gables, The Scarlet Letter), born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1864)
1872 – Calvin Coolidge [Silent Cal], 30th US President (R) (1923-29), born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont (d. 1933)
1883 – Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist who made the easy outrageously difficult (Pulitzer Prize 1948), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1970)
1910 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (Titanic) and founder of the Screen Actors Guild, born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2010)
1918 – Buster Davis, American choral director (Garry Moore Show), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
1943 – Emerson Boozer, College Hall of Fame and NFL running back (NY Jets 1966-75), born in Augusta, Georgia
1970 – Tony Vidmar, Australian former footballer, born in Adelaide, Australia
1973 – Michael Johnson, English-born Jamaican footballer, born in St. Louis, Missouri
1976 – Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer, born in Saitama, Japan (d. 2003)
1984 – Gina Glocksen, American singer, born in Tinley Park, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 3rd July 2021
1802 – Joseph Labitzky, Bohemian composer, born in Krásno, Czech Republic (d. 1881)
1862 – Friedrich Ernst Koch, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1927)
1871 – Vicente Arregui Garay, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1925)
1909 – Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks), born in Athens, Greece (d. 1996)
1929 – Eustace Gibbs, 3rd Baron Wraxall, British diplomat and vice marshal (Diplomatic Corps) (d. 2017)
1940 – Jerry “The Geator” Blavat, American disc jockey and music promoter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1949 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2006)
1952 – Peter Mathebula, South African boxer (WBA flyweight title 1980-81), born in Mohlakeng, South Africa (d. 2020)
1961 – Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs), born in Carshalton, Surrey, England
1987 – Sebastian Vettel, German auto racer (World Formula 1 Drivers Champion 2010-13), born in Heppenheim, Hesse, Germany
Famous Birthdays for 2nd July 2021
1489 – Thomas Cranmer, England reformer, Archbishop of Canterbury (1533-55), martyr, born in Aslockton, England (d. 1556)
1737 – François Léonard Rouwyzer, Dutch composer, born in Maastricht (d. 1827)
1819 – Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer and piano pedagogue (The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises), born in Renescure, France (d. 1900)
1889 – Cor Hermus, Dutch actor, director and writer (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes, A Mother), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1953)
1904 – René Lacoste, French tennis player (7 Grand Slam titles, Lacoste clothing), born in Paris, France (d. 1996)
1908 – Jean Sinclair, South African campaigner, founder member and first president of the Black Sash in 1955, born in Germiston, South Africa (d. 1996)
1918 – “Sheikh” Imam [Eissa], Egyptian folk and protest singer-songwriter, born in Giza (d. 1995)
1952 – Wayne Haner, rock bassist (Axe)
1961 – Alba Parietti, Torino Italy, actress (Galagoal, Abbronzatissima)
1970 – Monie Love, English rapper
Famous Birthdays for 1st July 2021
1633 – Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian, born in Bäretswil, Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1698)
1901 – Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, English philanthropist (Prisoners’ Wives Service), born in London (d. 1996)
1903 – Amy Johnson, British pilot, first female pilot to fly alone Britain to Australia, born in Kingston upon Hull, England (d. 1941)
1910 – Glen Hardin, American athlete (Olympic gold 1936 400m hurdles), born in Derma, Mississippi (d. 1975)
1912 – Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr, Iraqi fieldmarshal and President of Iraq (1968-79), born in Tikrit, Ottoman Empire (d. 1982)
1915 – Willie Dixon, American blues musician (“Hoochie Coochie Man”), born in Vicksburg, Mississippi (d. 1992)
1930 – Margaret A. Brewer, American soldier and first female General officer in US Marine Corps, born in Durand, Michigan (d. 2013)
1932 – Bobby Day [Robert Byrd], American rock vocalist (Rockin’ Robin), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1990)
1959 – Anne Smith, American tennis player (10 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in Dallas, Texas
1975 – Sufjan Stevens, American musician (Illinois), born in Detroit, Michigan
Famous Birthdays for 30th June 2021
1768 – Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, First Lady of the United States (1817-25) as the wife of the fifth President James Monroe, born in NYC, New York (d. 1830)
1791 – Félix Savart, French surgeon and physicist (law of Biot and Savart), born in Mézières, France (d. 1841)
1818 – Edward John Hopkins, English organist and composer, born in London (d. 1901)
1912 – Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer, born in Schwerin, Germany (d. 2003)
1933 – Lea Massari, Italian actress (Anna-L’avventura), born in Rome, Lazio, Italy
1936 – Pauls Dambis, Latvian composer, born in Riga, Latvia
1966 – Louie Aguiar, American NFL punter (KC Chiefs), born in Livermore, California
1968 – Philip Anselmo, American heavy metal musician (Pantera), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1969 – Jim Montgomery, Canadian NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Montreal, Quebec
1969 – Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricket opening batsmen (MVP-1996 World Cup), born in Matara, Sri Lanka
Famous Birthdays for 29th June 2021
1824 – Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT Stempels)
1901 – Frieda Inescort, Scottish actress (Pride and Prejudice), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1976)
1935 – Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball catcher and manager (first NPB batter to win Triple Crown 1965; Nankai Hawks), born in Kyōtango Kyoto, Japan (d. 2020)
1941 – Margitta Gummel-Helmbold, German track and field athlete (Olympic gold GDR women’s shot put 1968), born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 2021)
1941 – Kwame Toure [Stokely Carmichael], American activist (Black Power movement), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1998)
1943 – Little Eva [Eva Boyd], American pop singer (Locomotion), born in Belhaven, North Carolina (d. 2003)
1963 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist (Berlin Phil), born in Rheinfelden, West Germany
1969 – Erik Tammer, American soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles), born in Utrecht, Netherlands
1972 – Samantha Smith, American peace activist and actress (invited to the Soviet Union during Cold War), born in Houlton, Maine (d. 1985)
1981 – Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver, born in Orán, Province of Salta, Argentina (d. 2005)