1304 – Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), born in Arezzo, Tuscany (d. 1374)
1873 – Witold Maliszewski, Polish composer (founder and first director of Odessa Conservatory), born in Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1939)
1914 – William John Phillips, British actor (Nothing but a Man, Z-Cars), born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (d. 1995)
1924 – Lola Albright, American singer and actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad, A Cold Wind in August), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2017)
1928 – Pavel Kohout, Czech and Austrian writer (Poor Murderer) and dissident, born in Prague
1932 – Nam June Paik, Korean video artist (Medium is the Medium; hommage à john cage), born in Seoul, Korea (d. 2006)
1947 – James Harris, Amnerican NFL quarterback (Buffalo, LA, San Diego), born in Monroe, Louisiana
1957 – Merlina DeFranco, Canadian pop singer (The DeFranco Family – “Heartbeat, It’s A Lovebeat”), born in Port Colborne, Ontario
1968 – Chris Kennedy, actor (Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure)
1980 – Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 19th July 2021
1797 – Johann Gottlieb Schneider, German composer, born in Neugersdorf, Germany (d. 1856)
1822 – Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and granddaughter of George III, born in Palace of Montbrillant, Hanover (d. 1916)
1838 – Joel Asaph Allen, American zoologist (Allen’s rule) and first curator of birds and mammals at the American Museum of Natural History, born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1921)
1863 – Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), born in Linz, Austria (d. 1934)
1895 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter, born in Yixing, China (d. 1953)
1900 – Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist and writer (d. 1990)
1948 – Keith Godchaux, American pianist (Grateful Dead), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1979)
1950 – Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian Minister of Finance, born in Oslo, Norway
1972 – Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer
1974 – Rey Bucanero, Mexican professional wrestler
Famous Birthdays for 18th July 2021
1711 – Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, born in Soignies, Belgium (d. 1765)
1895 – George Machine Gun Kelly [Georgio Barnes], American gangster, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1954)
1918 – Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist, political prisoner (1962-90) and President of South Africa (1994-99), born in Mvezo, Umtatu, South Africa (d. 2013)
1920 – Eric Brandon, British racing driver, born in East Ham, Essex (d. 1982)
1927 – Carlo Franci, Italian composer and conductor, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2019)
1946 – Tim Lynch, rocker (Flaming Groovies)
1948 – Hartmut Michel, German chemist (Nobel 1988 – determination of the structure of certain proteins that are essential for photosynthesis), born in Ludwigsburg, Germany
1955 – Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician
1956 – Razor Shines, American baseball player (Montreal Expos), born in Durham, North Carolina
1983 – Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
Famous Birthdays for 17th July 2021
1763 – John Jacob Astor [Johann Jakob Astor] German-American businessman (first multi-millionaire in the United States), born in Walldorf, Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1848)
1832 – (Johan) August Söderman, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1876)
1915 – Catherine “Cass” Daley, American actress (Star Spangled Rhythm, Red Garters), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1975)
1915 – Dorothy Poynton-Hill, American platform diver (Olympic gold 1932)
1915 – Esther Williamson Ballou, American organist, composer and educator, born in Elmira, New York (d. 1973)
1945 – Fenneken Fockema Andreae, Dutch actress (Sea Gull)
1948 – Phillip Harris, rocker
1975 – Cécile de France, Belgian actress, born in Namur, Belgium
1987 – Moussa Dembélé, Belgian footballer, born in Pontoise, France
1987 – Darius Boyd, Australian rugby player, born in Gold Coast, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 16th July 2021
1715 – Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise, Marshal of France, born in Paris (d. 1787)
1834 – Carlo Angeloni, Italian composer, born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1901)
1858 – Eugene Ysaye, Belgian composer and violinist, born in Liège (d. 1931)
1882 – Felix Locher, Swiss actor (Frankenstein’s Daughter), born in Berne, Switzerland (d. 1969)
1917 – William Bishop, American actor (Black Eagle, Adventures in Silverado, It’s a Great Life), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 1959)
1925 – Cal Tjader, American Latin jazz musician, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1982)
1928 – Bella Davidovich, Jewish Soviet-American pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel), born in Baku, Azerbaijan
1929 – Michael Morland, High court judge
1954 – Jeanette Mott Oxford, American activist and politician, born in Eldorado, Illinois
1958 – Pierre Roland Renoir, Canadian artist, born in Monaco
Famous Birthdays for 15th July 2021
1856 – Owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa’s 1st Test captain)
1870 – Ernest Walker, British composer, born in Bombay, British India (d. 1949)
1929 – Charles Anthony [Caruso], tenor (2,928 performances at Metropolitan Opera), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2012)
1930 – Charles Kelly, chief constable (Staffordshire England)
1934 – Simon Gournlay, president (British National Farmer’s Union)
1943 – Diligenti quintuplets, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1954 – Boris Polak, Israel, Men’s 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions (Olympic 20-1996)
1961 – Lolita Davidovich, actress (Blaze, Jungle2Jungle)
1971 – Ernest Dye, NFL tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
1979 – Alexander Frei, Swiss footballer
Famous Birthdays for 14th July 2021
1721 – John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (d. 1807)
1743 – Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet and statesman, born in the Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1816)
1785 – Mordecai Manuel Noah, American playwright, writer and journalist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1851)
1890 – Ossip Zadkine [Zadkin], Russian French sculptor (Destroyed City), born in Vitsebsk, Russian Empire (d. 1967)
1898 – A. B. “Happy” Chandler, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1991)
1912 – Northrop Frye, Canadian literary critic (d. 1991)
1916 – Claude Harmon, American golfer (US Masters 1948), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 1989)
1920 – Marijohn Wilkin, American songwriter (One Day at a Time), born in Kemp, Texas (d. 2006)
1938 – Jerry Rubin, American activist (Chicago 7), stockbroker, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1994)
1941 – Tatyana Kuznetsova, Soviet cosmonaut (youngest person selected for space training at 20 but never flew), born in Moscow, Soviet Union (d. 2018)
Famous Birthdays for 13th July 2021
1913 – Walter Landor, designer
1925 – Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, conservationist
1927 – Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor
1933 – Patsy Byrne, English actress (Stealing Heaven, Blackadder II), born in Ashford, (d. 2014)
1943 – Danny Lockin, American actor and dancer (Hello Dolly), born in Lanai, Hawaii (d. 1977)
1946 – Rodney Mills, American mastering engineer (The Doobie Brothers, Pearl Jam, Gucci Mane), born in Douglas, Georgia
1954 – David Thompson, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics)
1956 – Michael Spinks, American boxer (undisputed world light heavyweight title 1983-85; lineal world heavyweight title 1985-88; Olympic gold middleweight 1976), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1963 – Bobby Rock [Brock], rock drummer (Nelson-Love and Affection), born in Houston, Texas
1968 – Kai Bjorn, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
Famous Birthdays for 12th July 2021
1813 – Claude Bernard, French physiologist involved in the founding of modern physiology (blind experiments), born in Saint-Julien, Rhône (d. 1878)
1876 – Max Jacob, French poet and writer, born in Quimper, Brittany, France (d. 1944)
1919 – Vera Ralston [Věra Helena Hrubá], Czech figure skater and actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2003)
1928 – Barbara Cowsill, singer and mother of The Cowsills, born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1985)
1938 – Ron Fairly, American baseball utility and broadcaster (MLB All Star 1973, 77; LA Dodgers, Montreal Expos; Seattle Mariners), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 2019)
1965 – Eric Cullen, actor (Huntington Tower)
1965 – Sanjay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay Indian middle-order batsman)
1980 – Johanna Klum, German TV presenter
1984 – Michael McGovern, Northern Irish footballer
1991 – Erik Per Sullivan, American actor
Famous Birthdays for 11th July 2021
1866 – Richard Beer-Hofmann, Austrian writer, born in Vienna (d. 1945)
1892 – Hugo Myrtelius, Swedish conductor, composer, and educator, born in Nosaby, Sweden (d. 1977)
1895 – Dolly Wilde, English socialite (d. 1941)
1932 – Bob McGrath, American musician, voice artist and actor (Sesame Street), born in Ottawa, Illinois
1944 – Peter de Savary, English financier/multi-millionaire
1956 – Sela Ward, Meridian Miss, actress (Hilary-Emerald Point NAS, Sisters)
1957 – Peter Murphy, English singer and musician (Bauhaus), born in Northamptonshire, England
1964 – Earl Jones, Inkster Mich, 800m runner (Olympic bronze 1984)
1966 – Debbe Dunning, actress (Tool Time Girl-Home Improvement), born in Burbank, California
1981 – Mary Beth Arnold, gymnast (World-bronze-95), born in Reno, Nevada