1849 – William T. Stead, British newspaper editor (The Pall Mall Gazette – exposed child prostitution), born in Embleton, England (d. 1912)
1886 – Nathaniel Niles, American tennis player (US Open mixed doubles 1908; US Open men’s singles 1917 runner-up) and figure skater (US C’ship gold singles 1918, 25, 27), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1932)
1900 – Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands, born in Nijkerk, Netherlands (d. 1987)
1927 – W. M. Diggelmann, Swiss writer (appeared in The self-destruction of W. M. Diggelmann), born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1979)
1929 – Tony Lock, English cricket spin bowler (49 Tests, 174 wickets, BB 7/35, 2 x 50; Surrey CCC, Western Australia, Leicestershire CCC), born in Limpsfield, England (d. 1995)
1934 – Philip Madoc, Welsh actor (The Life and Times of David Lloyd George), born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (d. 2012)
1952 – Michael McNabb, American contemporary instrumental and electroacoustic composer (Dreamsong; Invisible Cities), born in Salinas, California
1955 – Michael Gismondi, American rock bassist (Michael Stanley Band, 1979-87), born in Youngstown, Ohio
1959 – Theo Verbey, Dutch composer (Fractal Symphony; After the Great War), and educator (Royal Conservatory of The Hague, 1984-2019), born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 2019)
1971 – Derek McInnes, Scottish soccer midfielder (2 caps; Rangers, WBA, Dundee United) and manager (Bristol City, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock), born in Paisley, Scotland
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 4th July 2026
1799 – Oscar I [Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte], French-Swedish noble, through adoption (King of Sweden and Norway, 1844-59), born in Paris, France (d. 1859)
1841 – Edward Gailliard, Flemish linguist and archaeologist, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1922)
1868 – Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer (period-luminosity relation), born in Lancaster, Massachusetts (d. 1921)
1905 – Irving Johnson, American sail training pioneer and adventurer, born in Hadley, Massachusetts (d. 1991)
1921 – Gérard Debreu, French-American economist (Nobel Prize, 1983), born in Calais, France (d. 2004)
1937 – Roosevelt Taylor, American football safety (Pro Bowl 1963, 68; First Team All-Pro 1963; Chicago Bears, SF 49ers, Washington Redskins), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2020)
1940 – Karolyn Grimes, American actress (It’s a Wonderful Life; The Bishop’s Wife), born in Hollywood, California
1951 – John Alexander, Australian tennis player, politician (Australian Open doubles 1975, 82), born in Sydney, Australia
1968 – Jack Frost [John Dempsey], American heavy metal guitarist (Seven Witches), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
1971 – Andy Creeggan, Canadian keyboardist, accordion player, and drummer (Barenaked Ladies, 1989-95 – “If I Had $1000000”; The Creegan Brothers), born in Scarborough, Ontario
Famous Birthdays for 3rd July 2026
1687 – Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch), born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands (d. 1763)
1871 – William Henry Davies, Welsh poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp), born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales (d. 1940)
1927 – Ken Russell, British film director (Tommy; Altered States; Gothic), born in Southampton, Hampshire, England (d. 2011)
1940 – Lamar Alexander, American politician (U.S. Senator from Tennessee), born in Maryville, Tennessee
1941 – Wylie Walker Vale, American endocrinologist who discovered the stress hormone, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2012)
1950 – James Hahn, American politician and incumbent judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, born in Los Angeles, California
1951 – Mike Corby, English guitarist and keyboardist (The Babys- “Every Time I Think Of You”), born in Windsor, Berkshire, England
1961 – Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer, born in Lisbon, Portugal
1966 – Neil O’Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers) and broadcaster (WTVF, Nashville), born in Morristown, New Jersey
1997 – Mia McKenna-Bruce, English actress (Tracy Beaker; How to Have Sex), born in London
Famous Birthdays for 2nd July 2026
1819 – Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer and piano pedagogue (The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises), born in Renescure, France (d. 1900)
1857 – Francesco Spetrino, Italian conductor and composer, born in Palermo, Italy (d. 1948)
1865 – Lily Braun [Amalie von Kretschmann], German feminist writer (Im Schatten Titanen), and socialist politician, born in Halberstadt, Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1916)
1889 – Cor Hermus, Dutch actor, director, and writer (Bleeke Bet; William of Orange; De Jantjes; A Mother), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1953)
1927 – Charlie White American professional baseball catcher (Philadelphia Stars; Milwaukee Braves), born in Kinston, North Carolina (d. 1998)
1939 – Paul Williams, American baritone singer and choreographer (The Temptations – “Cloud Nine”), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1973)
1954 – Wendy Schaal, American actress (It’s a Living, Julie-Fantasy Is), born in Chicago, Illinois
1961 – James McNichol, American actor (Fitzpatricks, California Fever), born in Los Angeles, California
1969 – Jenni Rivera, Mexican-American singer-songwriter (Jenni, 2008), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2012)
1984 – Maarten Martens, Belgian footballer and coach (AZ Alkmaar), born in Eeklo, Belgium
Famous Birthdays for 1st July 2026
1534 – Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway (1559-88), born in Haderslevhus Castle, Haderslev, Denmark (d. 1588)
1869 – William Strunk Jr., American grammarian and author (The Elements of Style), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1946)
1911 – Sergey Sokolov, Russian-Soviet marshal and Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1984-87), born in Yevpatoria, Russian Empire (d. 2012)
1939 – Karen Black, American actress (5 Easy Pieces, Pyx), born in Park Ridge, Illinois (d. 2013)
1943 – Jeff Wayne, American-British musician and composer (Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds), born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City
1949 – Denis Johnson, American short story writer and novelist (Jesus’ Son, Tree of Smoke), born in Munich, Germany (d. 2017)
1951 – Victor Willis, American disco singer-songwriter and “cop/naval officer” in the Village People (“In the Navy”, “Y.M.C.A”), born in Dallas, Texas
1963 – Edward Tsang Lu, American physicist and NASA astronaut (STS 84), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1976 – Hannu Tihinen, Finnish soccer defender (76 caps; KePS, HJK Helsinki, Viking FK, RSC Anderlecht, FC Zürich), born in Keminmaa, Finland
1980 – Nelson Cruz, Dominican baseball designated hitter, right fielder (7 x MLB All Star; ALCS MVP 2011 Texas Rangers), born in Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic
Famous Birthdays for 30th June 2026
1503 – John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1532-47), born in Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1554)
1807 – Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German philosopher and writer (Auch einer), born in Ludwigsburg, Germany (d. 1887)
1818 – Edward John Hopkins, British chorister, organist (Temple Church, 1843-98), and composer, born in Westminster, England (d. 1901)
1901 – Willie Sutton, American bank robber, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1980)
1911 – Czesław Miłosz, Polish-American writer (Bells in Winter, Nobel 1980), born in Szetejnie, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 2004)
1928 – Frank Marcus, German playwright and critic, born in Breslau, Silesia, Germany (d. 1996)
1929 – Alexander Kelly, British classical pianist, composer, and pedagogue (Royal Academy of Music, 1960-92), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1996)
1936 – Nancy Dussault, American actress (Muriel-Too Close for Comfort), born in Pensacola, Florida
1962 – Vladimir Mikolaevich Dezhurov, Russian stronaut (Mir 18, STS-71), born in Zubovo-Polyansk, Yavas, Mordovia
1971 – Monica Potter, American actress (The Last House on the Left), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Famous Birthdays for 29th June 2026
1861 – William James Mayo, American surgeon and co-founder (Mayo Clinic in Minnesota), born in Le Sueur, Minnesota (d. 1939)
1864 – Wilbert Robinson, American Baseball HOF catcher (Philadelphia A’s, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Robins), born in Bolton, Massachusetts (d. 1934)
1886 – Robert Schuman, Luxembourg-born French statesman and Prime Minister of France (1947-48), born in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (d. 1963)
1905 – Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, Anglican bishop of Zululand and Swaziland, born in South Africa (d. 1988)
1911 – Bernhard, German Prince (Consort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands), born in Jena, Germany (d. 2004)
1929 – Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian-French classical guitarist and composer, born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1999)
1948 – Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer (White Snake; Deep Purple – “Smoke On The Water”), born in Nottingham, England
1963 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, German Grammy Award-winning concert violinist (Berlin Philharmonic debut at age 13), born in Rheinfelden, West Germany
1969 – Erik Tammer, American soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles), born in Utrecht, Netherlands
1978 – Luke Kirby, Canadian-American actor (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), born in Hamilton, Ontario
Famous Birthdays for 28th June 2026
1586 – Paul Siefert, German composer and organist, born in Danzig, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1666)
1604 – Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), and poet, born in Lobenstein, Imperial County of Reuss, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1651)
1703 – John Wesley, English Christian theologian and co-founder of the Methodist movement, born in Epworth, England (d. 1791)
1712 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher, political theorist, and writer (Confessions) whose works inspired French Revolution leaders and Romantic academics, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1778)
1874 – Oley Speaks, American composer (On the Road to Mandalay), born in Canal Winchester, Ohio (d. 1948)
1934 – Roy Gilchrist, West Indian cricket fast bowler (13 Tests, 57 wickets; Jamaica, Hyderabad), born in St Thomas, Jamaica (d. 2001)
1938 – John Byner, American actor (Transylvania 6-5000) and comedian, born in New York City
1943 – Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist (discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, Nobel 1985), born in Schroda, Reichsgau Posen, Germany
1955 – Thomas Hampson, American lyric baritone, born in Elkhart, Indiana
1973 – Ingrid Seynhaeve, Belgian model (Look of the Year 1991), born in Brussels, Belgium
Famous Birthdays for 27th June 2026
1833 – Władysław Zaremba, Polish pianist and composer, born in Dunajowce, Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire (d. 1902)
1838 – Paul Mauser, German weapon designer, born in Oberndorf am Neckar, Kingdom of Württemberg (d. 1914)
1952 – Madan Kumar Bhandari, Nepalese politician (Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)), born in Taplejung, Nepal (d. 1993)
1970 – Jim Edmonds, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1993-2010, 4X All-Star, 8X Gold Glove (California/Anaheim Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, and 4 other teams), born in Fullerton, California
1974 – Christian Kane, American actor (Leverage, The Librarians), born in Dallas, Texas
1975 – Porter Collins, American rower (World C’ship gold 1995 M4+, 1998-99 M8+), born in New York City
1976 – Johnny Estrada, American baseball player, born in Hayward, California
1983 – Alsou, Russian singer (Solo), born in Bugulma, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
1984 – Khloé Kardashian, American reality television star (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in Los Angeles, California
1988 – Kate Ziegler, American swimmer, born in Fairfax, Virginia
Famous Birthdays for 26th June 2026
1702 – Philip Doddridge, English Nonconformist clergyman, born in London (d. 1751)
1837 – Victor Girardey, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Lauw, France (d. 1864)
1854 – Robert Borden, Canadian politician and 8th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 1911-20), born in Grand-Pre, Nova Scotia (d. 1937)
1905 – Teddy Grace [Stella Crowson], American jazz and blues singer, born in Arcadia, Louisiana (d. 1992)
1934 – Josef Sommer, German-American actor (Witness; Target; Iceman; Forced March), born in Greifswald, Germany
1942 – Orin C Smith, American businessman and CEO of Starbucks (2000-05), born in Ryderwood, Washington (d. 2018)
1945 – Dwight York, Nuwaubian leader (Nuwaubian Nation), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1951 – Gary Gilmour, Australian cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 54 wickets, HS 101; NSWCA), born in Waratah, Australia (d. 2014)
1973 – Amen [Jussi Antero Sydänmaa], Finnish musician (Lordi), born in Espoo, Finland
1979 – Ryō Fukuda, Japanese racing driver, born in Fukuoka, Japan