1888 – Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader, born in Surat, India (d. 1965)
1899 – Ezra Taft Benson, 13th President of Mormon Church and US Secretary of Agriculture, born in Whitney, Idaho (d. 1994)
1904 – Theodore Newton, American actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire), born in Lawrenceville, New Jersey (d. 1963)
1910 – Anita Page, American silent screen actress (Our Dancing Daughters), born in Flushing, Queens (d. 2008)
1910 – William Schuman, American composer (Amer Festival Overture, Juilliard), born in NYC, New York (d. 1992)
1918 – Iceberg Slim (a.k.a. Robert Beck), African-American author, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1992)
1933 – Nathan Eugene Brooks, flyweight boxer (Olympic gold 1952), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1966 – Kensuke Sasaki, wrestler (WCW/NJPW/Calgary, Power Warrior)
1980 – Richard Dawson, British cricketer, born in Doncaster, Yorkshire
1981 – Frédérick Bousquet, French swimmer
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 3rd August 2019
1820 – William Miller, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Ithaca, New York (d. 1909)
1850 – Paulus Adrianus Daum, Dutch writer, founder and editor (Batavian Newspaper), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1898)
1878 – Constantino Gaito, Argentinian composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1945)
1884 – Louis Gruenberg, Russian-American composer (Daniel Jazz), born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Belarus) (d. 1964)
1895 – Marguerite Nichols, American actress (An Old Man’s Folly), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1941)
1900 – Ernie Pyle, American correspondent during WW II (Pulitzer Prize 1944), born in Dana, Indiana (d. 1945)
1920 – P. D. James [Phyllis Dorothy], Baroness James of Holland Park, English crime writer (Cover Her Face), born in Oxford, England (d. 2014)
1933 – Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1956), born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2009)
1938 – Terry Wogan, British broadcaster (Eurovision Song Contest, Blankety Blank), born in Limerick, Ireland (d. 2016)
1949 – Morris “B. B.” Dickerson, American bassist (War, Low Rider, Outlaw), born in Torrence, California
Famous Birthdays for 2nd August 2019
1832 – Henry Steel Olcott, American military officer and co-founder of the Theosophical Society, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1907)
1912 – Ann Dvorak [McKim], American actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), born in NYC, New York (d. 1979)
1919 – John Pinkerton, English computer scientist who designed the first business computer in England, the LEO computer, born in London (d. 1997)
1934 – Carl Cecil Cain, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1956), born in Freeport, Illinois
1969 – Richard Hallebeek, Dutch guitarist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1971 – Michael Hughes, Irish footballer, born in Larne, Northern Ireland
1973 – Kia Goodwin, American actress (Tiffany Holloway-227), born in Livingston, New Jersey
1974 – Nabil Bouchlal, Dutch soccer player (Willem II), born in Tilburg, Netherlands
1976 – Reyes Estévez, Spanish athlete, born in Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
1980 – Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer, born in Zagreb, Croatia
Famous Birthdays for 1st August 2019
1626 – Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement, born in Ottoman Empire (d. 1676)
1630 – Thomas Clifford, English statesman (1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh), born in Ugbrooke, Devon, England (d. 1673)
1814 – Ivan Gagarin, Russian Jesuit and founding editor of Études, born in Moscow (d. 1882)
1877 – Charlotte Hughes, British supercentenarian (lived under the rule of 6 monarchs and 24 British Prime Ministers), born in Middlesbrough, England (d. 1993)
1931 – Monty Losowsky, British physician and medical educator, born in London
1952 – C. L. Whittington, American football defensive coach (Frankfurt Galaxy), born in Beaumont, Texas
1959 – Joe Elliott, English heavy metal vocalist (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages), born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
1962 – Gertjan Verbeek, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen), born in Deventer, Netherlands
1968 – Rob Carpenter, American NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Amityville, New York
1975 – Mandy Leigh, American actress (Bloodscent), born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 31st July 2019
1767 – Amelie Julia Candielle, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1834)
1894 – Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer, born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1972)
1894 – Roy Bargy, American pianist and composer (Jimmy Durante Show), born in Newaygo, Michigan (d. 1974)
1905 – Trenchard Cox, British museum director, born in London (d. 1995)
1926 – Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
1939 – Roger Prideaux, English cricketer (England batsman in 3 Tests 1968-69), born in Chelsea, London
1943 – Stephanie Forrester, fictional character (The Bold and the Beautiful)
1956 – Michael Biehn, American actor (Rampage, Hog Wild, Aliens, Abyss), born in Anniston, Alabama
1962 – Kevin Greene, American Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker, NFL coach (5-time Pro Bowl), born in Schenectady, New York
1976 – Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer
Famous Birthdays for 30th July 2019
1831 – Helena Blavatsky, Russian occultist, philosopher, and author (co-founded Theosophical Society), born in Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine (d. 1891)
1887 – Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (gravity), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1966)
1899 – Gerald Moore, English pianist (Am I Too Loud), born in Watford, Hertfordshire (d. 1987)
1906 – Serafin Pro, Cuban composer, born in La Habana (d. 1977)
1930 – Thomas Sowell, American economist and social theorist, born in Gastonia, North Carolina
1934 – André Prévost, Canadian composer, born in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada (d. 2001)
1946 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver, born in Hueytown, Alabama (d. 1994)
1958 – Richard Burgi, American actor (Chad Rollo-Another World), born in Montclair, New Jersey
1959 – Abdullah of Pahang, sixth Sultan of Pahang, King of Malaysia (2019-), born in Pekan, Malaya
1974 – Hilary Swank, American actress (Boys Don’t Cry, Million Dollar Baby), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
Famous Birthdays for 29th July 2019
1887 – Sigmund Romberg, Nagykanizsa Hungary, operetta composer (Blossom Time)
1905 – Clara Bow, American silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1965)
1906 – Thelma Todd [Alison Loyd], American actress (Dangerous Female), born in Lawrence, Massachusetts (d. 1935)
1910 – Dorothy Hodgkin, British chemist who developed protein crystallography, 3rd woman to win a Nobel Prize (1964), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1994)
1911 – Stephen McNally, American attorney and actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
1919 – Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet (d. 2005)
1934 – Alfred Scott, West Indian cricket leg-spinner (son of O C, Test 0-140)
1951 – Deborah Pryor, California, actress (The Godson)/(Rep-R-Ohio)
1957 – Virginia Maria “Ginni” Rometty, American chairwoman, president and CEO of IBM, born in Chigago, Illinois
1957 – Alessandra Marc, American operatic soprano
Famous Birthdays for 28th July 2019
1659 – Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715)
1809 – Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, American astronomer and Union Major General, born in Union County, Kentucky (d. 1862)
1916 – Laird Cregar, actor (Charley’s Aunt, Hangover Square), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1926 – Charlie Biddle, American-born Quebec jazz bassist (d. 2003)
1931 – Darryl Hickman, American actor (Human Comedy, Tea and Sympathy), born in Hollywood, California
1938 – Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru (1990-2000), born in Lima, Peru
1943 – Lawrence Elkins, football player FL (Houston Oilers)
1947 – Miguelina Cobian, Cuban 4x100m runner (Olympic silver 1968), born in Santiago de Cuba
1949 – Simon Kirke, rock drummer (Bad Company), born in London, England
1964 – Dave Alexander, NFL center (NY Jets)
Famous Birthdays for 27th July 2019
1518 – Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury and builder of country houses, born in Derbyshire, England (d. 1608)
1784 – George Onslow, English-French composer (chamber music), born in Clermont-Ferrand, France (d. 1853)
1801 – George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and 7th Astronomer Royal, born in Alnwick, Northumberland, England (d. 1892)
1903 – Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician and 1st President of Greece, born in Kalamata, Kingdom of Greece (d. 2002)
1906 – Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, NY Giants), born in West Springfield, Massachusetts
1917 – Isabelle Kelley, American social worker credited with instigating the US Federal Food Stamp Program, born in Ellington, Connecticut (d. 1997)
1932 – Curnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu, Jailed South Africian worker’s union leader, born in Matatiele, South Africa (d. 2002)
1939 – Irv Cross, American NFL sportscaster (CBS-TV), born in Hammond, Indiana
1946 – Gwynne Gilford, American actress (Linda Harris-Waverly Wonders), born in Los Angeles, California
1948 – Peggy Fleming, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1968, 3-time world champion), born in San Jose, California
Famous Birthdays for 26th July 2019
1796 – George Catlin, American author and painter (American Indian scenes), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 1872)
1875 – Carl Jung, Swiss Psychiatrist (founded analytic psychology), born in Kesswil, Switzerland (d. 1961)
1922 – Hoyt Wilhelm [James], American Major League Baseball player and knuckleball pitcher (New York Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers), born in Huntersville, North Carolina (d. 2002)
1925 – Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician, born in Częstochowa, Poland (d. 2000)
1928 – Don Beauman, British Formula One racing driver, born in Farnborough, Hampshire, England (d. 1955)
1929 – Marc Lalonde, French Canadian politician (30th Minister of Finance), born in Île Perrot, Quebec
1944 – Kiel Martin, American actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
1957 – Wayne Grady, Australian golfer (PGA C’ship 1990), born in Brisbane, Queensland
1967 – Jason Statham, British actor (The Transporter, Crank), born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire
1973 – Kate Beckinsale, British actress (Underworld series), born in London