1766 – Johanna Schopenhauer, German writer and mother of Arthur Schopenhauer, born in Gdańsk, Royal Prussia, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (d. 1838)
1791 – Nicolás Ledesma, composer, born in Grisel, Spain (d. 1883)
1879 – Carlos Chagas, Brazilian sanitary physician, born in Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Empire of Brazil (d. 1934)
1908 – Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher, born in Hyderabad, India (d. 1973)
1937 – Marty Springstead, American Major League baseball umpire and umpire supervisor, born in Nyack, New York
1953 – Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer, born in Montreal, Quebec
1957 – Marc Almond, English vocalist (Soft Cell), born in Southport, Lancashire, England
1970 – Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author
1985 – Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
1991 – Mitchel Musso, American actor
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 8th July 2020
1574 – Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
1593 – Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian baroque painter, born in Rome (d. 1653)
1907 – Kishio Hirao, composer
1914 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician
1948 – Kim Darby, American actress (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man), born in Hollywood, California
1949 – Dale Hoganson, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 – Anjelica Huston, American actress (Prizzi’s Honor, The Adams Family), born in Los Angeles, California
1968 – Billy Crudup, American actor
1982 – Hakim Warrick, American basketball player (Leones de Ponce, Memphis Grizzlies), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1983 – Jaroslav Janiš, Czech racing car driver
Famous Birthdays for 7th July 2020
1119 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)
1856 – George Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank and Alec, Test for England)
1931 – David Eddings, American sci-fi author (Belgariad, Malloreon)
1933 – Murray Halberg, New Zealand, 5K runner (Olympic gold 1960)
1940 – Samuel Little, American serial killer, born in Reynolds, Georgia
1960 – Ralph Sampson, American basketball center (NBA All-Star 1984–87; Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets), born in Harrisonburg, Virginia
1969 – Sylke Otto, German luger, born in Chemnitz, Germany
1971 – Alistair Potts, British rower, born in Chertsey, United Kingdom
1972 – Stoney Case, American NFL quarterback (Arizona Cardinals), born in Odessa, Texas
1982 – George Owu, Ghanaian footballer, born in Accra, Ghana
Famous Birthdays for 6th July 2020
1881 – Josef Winckler, German dentist and writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel), born in Bentlage, Rheine (d. 1966)
1904 – Robert Whitney, American conductor (Sospiro do Roma), born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England (d. 1986)
1922 – Francisco Moncion, American dancer, born in La Vega, Dominican Republic (d. 1995)
1924 – Louie Bellson, American jazz drummer and orchestra leader (Pearl Bailey Show), born in Rock Falls, Illinois (d. 2009)
1925 – Merv Griffin, American TV host (Merv Griffin Show), born in San Mateo, California (d. 2007)
1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor (Shakespeare in Love, The King’s Speech), born in Toowoomba, Queensland
1954 – James Kiberd, American actor (Trevor Dillon-Loving, All My Children), born in Providence, Rhode Island
1957 – Mario Martinez, US Olympic weightlifter (Olympic-4th-1988), born in Salinas, California
1967 – David Whitmore, American NFL strong safety (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Daingerfield, Texas
1985 – Ranveer Singh, Bollywood actor (Bajirao Mastani), born in Mumbai, India
Famous Birthdays for 5th July 2020
1717 – Pedro III, King of Portugal and the Algarves (1777-86) and consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1786)
1852 – Stefano Gobatti, Italian composer, born in Bergantino, Italy (d. 1913)
1900 – Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands, born in Nijkerk, Netherlands (d. 1987)
1918 – George Rochberg, American composer (Concord Quartet), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 2005)
1931 – James “Jimmy the Gent” Burke, Irish American gangster (inspiration for Jimmy Conway character in Goodfellas), born in New York City (d. 1996)
1937 – Brooke Hayward, American author (Haywire), born in Los Angeles, California
1940 – Arthur Blythe, American jazz saxophonist, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
1945 – Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican politician and Attorney General of the Republic of Mexico, born in Zacualpan, Mexico
1975 – Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor (Home and Away), born in Sydney, Australia
1982 – Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer and coach (Rezzato), born in Biella, Italy
Famous Birthdays for 4th July 2020
1807 – Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and nationalist (Risorgimento) who helped unify Italy, born in Nice, First French Empire (d. 1882)
1896 – Mao Dun [Shen Dehong], Chinese writer (Midnight), born in Tongxiang, China (d. 1981)
1898 – Gertrude Lawrence, English actress (Mimi, Rembrandt) and musical performer, born in London (d. 1952)
1909 – Alec Templeton, Welsh pianist and composer (Concertino Lirico), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1963)
1920 – Norm Drucker, American basketball referee, born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
1928 – Cathy Berberian, American mezzo-soprano and composer (Stripsody), born in Attleboro, Massachusetts (d. 1983)
1968 – Mark Lenzi, American 3m spring diver (Olympic gold 1992), born in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (d. 2012)
1973 – Keiko Ihara, Japanese racing driver, born in Tokyo, Japan
1983 – Ben Jorgensen, American musician, born in Teaneck, New Jersey
1986 – Terrance Knighton, American NFL Player, born in Hartford, Connecticut
Famous Birthdays for 3rd July 2020
1884 – Moses Leverock Crossley, Dutch bio-chemist, born in Saba, Dutch West Indies
1944 – Paul Young, Scottish actor (Another Time Another Place), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1945 – Michael Cole, American actor (Pete-Mod Squad), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1955 – Sanma Akashiya, Japanese comedian and TV personality, born in Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan
1956 – Montel Williams, American TV talk show host (Montel), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1959 – Stephen Pearcy, American heavy metal vocalist (RATT-Round and Round), born in Los Angeles, California
1961 – Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer, born in Lisbon
1972 – Leigh Andrew-Pearso, North 470 sailor (Olympics 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1976 – Shane Lynch, Irish singer (Boyzone), born in Dublin, Ireland
1980 – Olivia Munn, American actress (The Newsroom, X-Men: Apocalypse), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Famous Birthdays for 2nd July 2020
1644 – Abraham a Santa Clara [Johann Ulrich Megerle], German Augustinian friar and preacher, born in Kreenheinstetten, Germany (d. 1709)
1820 – George Law Curry, American newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1878)
1911 – Diego Fabbri, Italian playwright and leader (Vatican movie bureau), born in Forli, Italy (d. 1980)
1918 – Sheikh Imam, Egyptian singer and composer, born in Giza (d. 1995)
1926 – Billy Usselton, American big band jazz saxophonist (Les Brown and His Band of Renown), born in New Castle, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
1928 – Pavel Kohout, Czech, director/author (Poor Murderer)
1935 – Dick Dolman, economist/Dutch politician 2nd Chamber
1960 – Julia Montgomery, American actress (One Life to Live, Revenge of the Nerds), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1971 – Jared Palmer, American tennis star, born in NYC, New York
1983 – Michelle Branch, American singer (The Wreckers)
Famous Birthdays for 1st July 2020
1869 – William Strunk Jr., American grammarian and author (The Elements of Style), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1946)
1892 – James M. Cain, American novelist (Postman Always Rings Twice), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1977)
1925 – Art McNally, American football referee and administrator (NFL Head of Officiating 1968-91), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1939 – Karen Black, American actress (5 Easy Pieces, Pyx), born in Park Ridge, Illinois (d. 2013)
1946 – June Montiero, American vocalist (Toys-A Lover’s Concerto), born in Queens, New York
1960 – Lynn Jennings, American long distance runner (world 5,000m record 1990), born in Princeton, New Jersey
1961 – Malcolm Elliott, British road cyclist (Tour of Britain 1988), born in Sheffield, England
1962 – Andre Braugher, American actor (Homicide: Life on the Street, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), born in Chicago, Illinois
1988 – Aleksander Lesun, Russian modern pentathlete (Olympic gold pentathlon 2016), born in Barysaw, Belarus
1992 – Bryant Jones, American actor (Nate Hastings-Young and Restless), born in Camarillo, California
Famous Birthdays for 30th June 2020
1807 – Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German philosopher and writer (Auch einer), born in Ludwigsburg, Germany (d. 1887)
1901 – Willie Sutton, American bank robber, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1980)
1908 – Monica Maurice, industrialist and Managing Director and Chairman of the Wolf Safety Lamp Company, Sheffield, born in Hucknall, England (d. 1995)
1909 – Juan Bosch, 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (1962-63) and writer, born in La Vega, Dominican Republic (d. 2001)
1931 – James Loughran, British conductor, born in Glasgow
1949 – Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut, born in Hanoi, Vietnam (d. 1981)
1951 – Stanley Clarke, American rock bassist (New Barbarians-Find Out Hideaway), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1951 – Andre Hazes, Dutch barkeeper and singer (We Love Orange), born in Amsterdam (d. 2004)
1969 – Ken Gernander, American NHL center (NY Rangers), born in Coleraine, Minnesota
1981 – Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker