1840 – Abraham Goldfaden, Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright (Shulamis), born in Starokostiantyniv, Russian Empire (d. 1908)
1895 – Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), born in Hamar, Norway (d. 1962)
1920 – Beah Richards, American actress, poet, playwright and author (Roots, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner), born in Vicksburg, Mississippi (d. 2000)
1931 – André Laporte, Flemish composer, born in Oplinter, Tienen, Belgium
1947 – Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests, 8 dismissals; Hyderabad), born in Hyderabad, India (d. 1999)
1962 – Stein Jorgesen, American sprint canoer (Olympic gold K-2 200m 1996; World C’ship gold 1995), born in San Diego, California
1966 – Annabel Croft, English tennis player, broadcaster (Eurosport, Sky Sport, BBC), born in Farnborough, Kent
1969 – Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (Napalm Death), born in Sonora, Mexico (d. 2006)
1980 – Johanna Klum, German TV presenter
1984 – Gareth Gates, British singer-songwriter, born in Bradford, England
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Famous Birthdays for 11th July 2023
1778 – Juan Lovera, Venezuelan artist, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1841)
1869 – Percy McAlister, Australian cricket batsman (8 Tests; Big Six cricket dispute 1912), born in Williamstown, Australia (d. 1938)
1894 – Walter Wanger [Feuchtwanger], American film producer (Stagecoach, Cleopatra), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1968)
1902 – Leo Collard, Belgian controversial minister of Education (1946/54-58), born in Aulnois, Belgium (d. 1981)
1914 – Ahti Sonninen, Finnish composer (Pessi and Illusia; The Karelian Wedding), born in Kuopio, Finland (d. 1984)
1940 – Ronnie Mack, American singer-songwriter (“He’s So Fine”), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1963)
1946 – Cuthbert Johnson, English musician and Benedictine abbot, born in County Durham, England (d. 2017)
1946 – Beverly Todd, American actress (Roots; Having Babies: The Redd Foxx Show; Six Feet Under), born in Chicago, Illinois
1966 – Mick Molloy, Australian comedian
1970 – Justin Chambers, American actor
Famous Birthdays for 10th July 2023
1832 – Alvan Graham Clark, American telescope maker and astronomer (Sirius B), born in Fall River, Massachusetts (d. 1897)
1856 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist, electrical engineer and inventor who developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil, born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire (now Croatia) (d. 1943)
1939 – Lawrence Pressman, American actor (Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle), born in Cynthiana, Kentucky
1940 – Tom Farmer, Scottish entrepreneur, born in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
1943 – Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (US Open 1968, Australian Open 1970, Wimbledon and WCT Finals 1975; Davis Cup 1963, 68, 69, 70), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1993)
1944 – Beaky, rocker (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich)
1954 – Neil Tennant, English singer and songwriter (Pet Shop Boy – “West End Girl”), born in North Shields, Northumberland, England
1976 – Elijah Blue Allman, American musician (Deadsy), son of CHer and Gregg Allman, born in Beverly Hills, California
1976 – Adrian Grenier, American actor
1983 – Kim Heechul, Korean Singer
Famous Birthdays for 9th July 2023
1855 – Johann Zilcher, German composer (d. 1943)
1914 – Willi Stoph, German politician (Prime Minister of German Democratic Republic 1964-73), born in Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany (d. 1999)
1915 – June Richmond, American jazz singer (Jimmy Dorsey; Cab Calloway; Andy Kirk – “Hey Lawdy Mama”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1962)
1918 – Nile Kinnick Jr., American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1939; University of Iowa), born in Adel, Iowa (d. 1943)
1936 – June Jordan, Caribbean-American playwright and poet (His Own Where), born in Harlem, New York (d. 2002)
1941 – Don McPherson, American RandB singer (The Main Ingredient – “Everybody Plays the Fool”), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1971)
1948 – Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian politician (15th Foreign Minister of Indonesia), born in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
1955 – Jimmy Smits, American actor (LA Law – “Victor”; Running Scared; NYPD Blue), born in Brooklyn, New York
1979 – Ella Koon [Yun-na], Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actress of Hakka heritage, born in Tahita, French Polynesia
1982 – Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race-car driver
Famous Birthdays for 8th July 2023
1808 – Mindon, King of Burma (1853-1878) penultimate ruler of the Konbaung dynasty and founder of Mandalay, born in Burma (d. 1878)
1851 – Arthur Evans, English archaeologist (discovered the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete), born in Nash Mills, England (d. 1941)
1870 – Marie van Zeggelen, Dutch author (Koloniaaltje, children’s books on Indonesia), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1957)
1882 – Percy Grainger, Australian-American concert pianist and composer (Hill Songs; Country Garden), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (d. 1961)
1885 – Emil Bloch, German Marxist philosopher, born in Ludwigshafen, Germany (d. 1977)
1942 – Janice Pennington, American Playboy playmate (May 1971) and model (The Price is Right), born in Seattle, Washington
1952 – Marianne Williamson, American writer (Return to Love), spiritual leader, human rights and peace activist, born in Houston, Texas
1959 – Pauline Quirke, British actress (Birds Of A Feather – “Sharon”), born in Hackney, London, England
1976 – Michael Renfurm, Surinam-Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1992 – Benjamin Grosvenor, British classical pianist, born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England
Famous Birthdays for 7th July 2023
1540 – John Sigismund Zápolya, King of Hungary as John II (1540-51, 1556-70) who ruled parts of the Kingdom of Hungary with support from the Ottomans, born in Buda, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1571)
1752 – Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and merchant who invented the programmable loom (Jacquard loom), forerunner to today’s computers, born in Lyon, France (d. 1834)
1917 – Elton Britt {Baker], American country singer-songwriter (“There’s a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere”; Saturday Night Jamboree), born in Zack, Arkansas (d. 1972)
1934 – Vinko Globokar, French-Slovenian trombone player and avant-garde composer (Eppure si muove), born in Anderny, France
1941 – Bill Oddie, English actor, comedian and ornithologist (The Goodies), born in Rochdale, England
1944 – Tony Jacklin, English golfer (British Open 1969, US Open 1970), born in Scunthorpe, England
1960 – Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut, born in Portland, Indiana
1963 – Naved Anjum, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani all-rounder, two Tests 1989-90), born in Lahore, Pakistan
1969 – Robin Weigert, American actress, born in Washington, D.C.
1984 – Marie-Mai, Canadian singer, born in Varennes, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 6th July 2023
1908 – Léonce Grass, Flemish singer and conductor, born in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1993)
1917 – Hugo Cole, composer and music critic, born in London (d. 1995)
1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and 1st President of Poland (1989-90), born in Kurów, Poland (d. 2014)
1925 – Huub Jacobse, Dutch politician and member of Dutch 2nd chamber (Liberal), born in Zeist, Netherlands (d. 1993)
1927 – Charles Whittenberg, American composer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1984)
1930 – Hans-Jürgen Heise, German writer, born in Bublitz (d. 2013)
1931 – Jean Campeau, French Canadian businessman and politician, born in Montreal, Quebec
1938 – Tony Lewis, Welsh cricket batsman and broadcaster (England 9 Tests, captain 1972-73; president MCC; BBC cricket coverage), born in Swansea, Wales
1945 – Rodney Matthews, English fantasy artist and illustrator, born in Paulton, England
1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor (Shakespeare in Love, The King’s Speech), born in Toowoomba, Queensland
Famous Birthdays for 5th July 2023
1810 – P. T. [Phineas Taylor] Barnum, American circus promoter and showman (Barnum and Bailey), born in Bethel, Connecticut (d. 1891)
1879 – Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer (Tonhalle Orchestra), born in Bern, Switzerland (d. 1962)
1902 – Frank Waters, American writer, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 1995)
1915 – John Woodruff, American athlete (Olympic gold 1936), born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
1929 – Katherine Helmond, American actress and director (Soap, Mona-Who’s the Boss), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 2019)
1940 – Karen Shepherd, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah), born in Silver City, New Mexico
1954 – Leni Björklund, Swedish politician (Minister for Defence, 2002-06), born in Örebro, Sweden
1954 – John Wright, New Zealand cricketer (opening batsman 1978-92), born in Darfield, New Zealand
1960 – James M. Kelly, American politician (Maryland), born in Baltimore County, Maryland
1977 – Javier López, Puerto Rican MLB baseball pitcher, 2003-16 (Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, and 3 other teams), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Famous Birthdays for 4th July 2023
1715 – Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and novelist (Fables and Tales), born in Hainchen, Germany (d. 1769)
1876 – William Farnum, American actor (Spoilers, Man who Fights Alone), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1953)
1884 – Alexander Byvanck, Dutch art historian and archaeologist, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1970)
1909 – Alec Templeton, Welsh pianist and composer (Concertino Lirico), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1963)
1931 – Rick Casares, American NFL fullback (Chicago Bears), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2013)
1938 – Cyril Mitchley, South African cricket wicket-keeper (Transvaal, later Test umpire), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
1966 – Lee Reherman, American actor, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2016)
1968 – Mark Lenzi, American 3m spring diver (Olympic gold 1992), born in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (d. 2012)
1976 – Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer, born in Saitama, Japan (d. 2003)
1978 – Emile Mpenza, Belgian footballer, born in Zellik, Belgium
Famous Birthdays for 3rd July 2023
1872 – Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1901-19), born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (d. 1919)
1886 – Raymond A Spruance, U.S. Navy admiral (Battle of Midway), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1969)
1899 – Otto Reinhold, German composer, born in Erzgebirge (d. 1965)
1924 – S. R. [Sellapan Ramanathan] Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (1999-2011), born in Singapore (d. 2016)
1933 – Edward Brandt Jr., American physician and public health official, born in Oklahoma (d. 2007)
1945 – Iain MacDonald-Smith, English yachtsman (Olympic gold Flying Dutchman 1968), born in Oxford, England
1947 – Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch soccer left winger or forward (46 caps; Anderlecht), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2020)
1971 – Julian Assange, Australian founder of Wikileaks, born in Townsville, Queensland
1976 – Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1978 – Katia Zygouli, Greek supermodel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece