1820 – Luther Orlando Emerson, American composer, born in Parsonsfield, Maine (d. 1915)
1860 – William Kennedy Dickson, Scottish inventor (devised an early motion picture camera), born in Le Minihic-sur-Rance, Brittany, France (d. 1935)
1884 – Louis Gruenberg, Russian-American composer (Daniel Jazz), born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Belarus) (d. 1964)
1887 – Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (Lithuania, The Soldier), born in Rugby, England (d. 1915)
1900 – Arnold Struycken, Dutch lawyer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1955)
1901 – John Stennis, American politician, Mississippi Senator, born in Kemper County, Mississippi (d. 1995)
1934 – Haystacks Calhoun, American professional wrestler, born in McKinney, Texas (d. 1989)
1940 – Joseph Dorfman, Israeli composer, born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 2006)
1963 – Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter (Collective Soul), born in Stockbridge, Georgia
1975 – Chris Nevin, New Zealand cricketer, born in Dunedin, New Zealand
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Famous Birthdays for 2nd August 2020
1632 – Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner), born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1707)
1882 – George Sargent, English golfer (US Open 1909), born in Dorking, Surrey (d. 1962)
1891 – Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian and linguist, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1971)
1895 – Matthew Henderson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; New Zealand’s first-ever Test match 1930), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1970)
1906 – Albert Goodwin, English historian, born in Sheffield, England (d. 1995)
1920 – Theo Marcuse, American character actor (Mara of Wilderness), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1967)
1949 – Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian cosmonaut (Soyuz 36/35), born in Gyulaháza, Hungary
1953 – Butch Patrick [Patrick Alan Lilley], American actor (Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters), born in Inglewood, California
1970 – Chainey Umphrey, American gymnast (Olympic 5th 1996), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
1973 – Nancy Drolet, Canadian ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics 1998), born in Drummondville, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 1st August 2020
1930 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist and anthropologist, born in Denguin, France (d. 2002)
1931 – Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (South African opening batsman and opening bowler), born in Durban, Natal, South Africa (d. 2016)
1948 – Bob Spink, British politician (MP for Castle Point in Essex), born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire
1955 – Arun Lal, Indian cricketer (Indian batsman mid-80’s), born in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
1964 – Nick Christian Sayer, British rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
1969 – Graham Thorpe, English cricketer (England LHB Century on Test debut 1993), born in Farnham, Surrey, England
1972 – D-Von Dudley, American professional wrestler, born in New Rochelle, New York
1973 – Ben Johnson, Australian cricketer (promising South Australian opening batsman), born in Naracoorte, South Australia
1976 – Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer, born in Horsens, Denmark
1977 – Damien Saez, French singer and songwriter, born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
Famous Birthdays for 31st July 2020
1737 – Princess Augusta Frederica of Great Britain, born in London, England (d. 1813)
1916 – Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist, journalist and writer, born in Ambari Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh, India (d. 1986)
1927 – Walter Vogt, Swiss writer (Wüthrich) and psychiatrist, born in Zurich (d. 1988)
1927 – Ștefan Niculescu, Romanian composer, born in Moreni, Dâmbovita (d. 2008)
1932 – Ted Cassidy, American actor (Lurch-Addams Family), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1979)
1954 – Derek Smith, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Quebec City, Quebec
1967 – Elizabeth Wurtzel, American author (Prozac Nation), born in NYC, New York (d. 2020)
1972 – Jason Gildon, American NFL linebacker (3-time Pro Bowl; Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Altus, Oklahoma
1975 – Mike Lincoln, American baseball player
1977 – Tim Couch, American NFL quarterback (#1 overall draft pick 1999, Cleveland Browns), born in Hyden, Kentucky
Famous Birthdays for 30th July 2020
1881 – Smedley Butler, American Marine general, born in West Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 1940)
1894 – Carl Snavely, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Bucknell, North Carolina, Cornell 180–96–16), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1975)
1927 – Victor Wong [Yee Keung Victor Wong], American actor (Big Trouble in Little China), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2001)
1928 – Eunice Muñoz, Portuguese actress (Hard Times), born in Amareleja, Portugal
1929 – Christine McGuire, American singer (McGuire Sisters-Sugartime), born in Middletown, Ohio
1940 – Reva Rose, American singer and actress (Temperature’s Rising), born in Chicago, Illinois
1958 – Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter (Wild Things, Wuthering Heights), born in Plumstead, England
1964 – Vivica A. Fox, American actress (Kill Bill: Vol. 1), born in South Bend, Indiana
1965 – Tim Munton, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests; Warwickshire), born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
1982 – Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress (Chuck, The Handmaid’s Tale), born in Sydney, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 29th July 2020
1817 – James Blair Steedman, American Major General (Union Army), born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (d. 1883)
1884 – Ralph A. Bard, U.S. Navy Undersecretary (d. 1975)
1916 – Budd Boetticher, American film director (d. 2001)
1926 – Don Carter, American pro bowler (6 x Bowler of the Year; first athlete to earn $1m in single endorsement deal [Ebonite International]), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2012)
1930 – Paul Taylor, dancer/choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company) [or 6/5]
1947 – Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (Fred Couples, Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Lanny Wadkins, Steve Elkington), born in New Rochelle, NY (d. 2006)
1962 – Vincent Rousseau, Belgian athlete
1971 – Jayne Fenner, Four Marks England, US sailing (Olympic-92)
1973 – Stephen Dorff, actor (I Know My Name is Steven), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1975 – Seth Greisinger, American baseball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Kansas City, Kansas
Famous Birthdays for 28th July 2020
1860 – Elias M. Ammons, governor of Colorado, born in Macon County, North Carolina (d. 1925)
1868 – George Morren, Flemish painter and sculptor, born in Antwerp (d. 1941)
1900 – Maurice Johnstone, English brass band composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 1976)
1915 – Charles Hard Townes, American Physicist and inventor (Nobel Prize 1964 for mazer-lazer principle), born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 2015)
1940 – Phil Proctor, American comedian (Firesign Theater), born in Goshen, Indiana
1949 – Vida Blue, American MLB pitcher (Cy Young and AL MVP 1971), born in Mansfield, Louisiana
1952 – Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit)
1964 – Dave Alexander, American NFL center (NY Jets), born in Silver Spring, Maryland
1971 – Stephen Lynch, American musician, born in Abington, Pennsylvania
1979 – Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa), born in Namwon, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 27th July 2020
1609 – Heinrich Pape, German composer and organist, born in Ratzeburg (d. 1663)
1741 – François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1808)
1835 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer and Nobel Prize Laureate 1906 regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy, born in Pietrasanta, Italy (d. 1907)
1849 – John Hopkinson, British physicist and electrical engineer (Hopkinson’s Law), born in Manchester (d. 1898)
1924 – Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili, Georgian composer, born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1989)
1946 – Gwynne Gilford, American actress (Linda Harris-Waverly Wonders), born in Los Angeles, California
1951 – Janet Eilber, American actress (Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy), born in Detroit, Michigan
1967 – Jeff Novak, American NFL tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Arlington Heights, Illinois
1972 – Takako Fuji, Japanese actress (The Grudge / Ju-on), born in Tokyo, Japan
1975 – Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer, born in Milan, Italy
Famous Birthdays for 26th July 2020
1886 – Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh and Devil), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1965)
1913 – Louis Salica, American flyweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1932), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1919 – Kenneth Snowman, British jeweller and antiquarian, born in Hampstead, London (d. 2002)
1926 – James Best [Jewel Franklin Guy], American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Sounder), born in Powderly, Kentucky (d. 2015)
1939 – John Howard, 25th Prime Minister of Australia (1996-2007), born in Earlwood, New South Wales, Australia
1954 – Vitas Gerulaitis, Lithuanian/American tennis player (Australian Open 1977), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
1957 – Wayne Grady, Australian golfer (PGA C’ship 1990), born in Brisbane, Queensland
1965 – Jim Lindberg, American musician (Pennywise), born in Hermosa Beach, California
1971 – Reggie Carthon, American CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers), born in Dallas, Texas
1979 – Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Toronto, Ontario
Famous Birthdays for 25th July 2020
1562 – Kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord, born in Owari Province, Japan (d. 1611)
1657 – Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, German composer, born in Esens, Germany (d. 1714)
1870 – Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1966)
1915 – David Napley, English solicitor, born in London (d. 1994)
1926 – Teodor Grigoriu, Romanian composer, born in Galați, Romania (d. 2014)
1941 – Emmett Till, American lynching victim, born in Chicago, Illinois
1956 – Frances Arnold, American Chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2018), born in Edgewood, Pennsylvania
1969 – Trevor Peres, American metal guitarist (Obituary-The End Complete), born in Tampa, Florida
1973 – Mur Lafferty, American podcaster and writer, born in Durham, North Carolina
1985 – Jasmine Lennard, British model and reallity TV star (Big Brother), born in Belgravia, Westminster, England