1816 – Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), born in Unterkaka, Meineweh, Germany (d. 1895)
1861 – Andrew Cowper Lawson, Scottish-Canadian Geologist who was the first person to identify and name the San Andreas Fault, born in Anstruther ,Scotland (d. 1952)
1907 – Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1970)
1916 – Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (d. 1989)
1927 – Midge Decter, American journalist and author (The Liberated Woman and Other Americans), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1930 – Maureen Forrester, Canadian operatic contralto (Ressurection Symphony), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2010)
1931 – Kees [Cornelis Pieter] van Dijk, Dutch minister of the Interior, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2008)
1936 – Glenn Murcutt, Australian architect (winner of Pritzker Architecture Prize 2002), born in London
1957 – Daniel W. Bursch, NASA astronaut (STS 51, 68, 77), born in Bristol, Pennsylvania
1971 – Billy Wagner, American MLB pitcher (Houston Astros), born in Tannersville, Virginia
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 24th July 2019
1870 – Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., American landscape architect, born in Staten Island, New York (d. 1957)
1878 – Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish sci-fi writer (Time and Gods), born in London (d. 1957)
1900 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American writer (This Side of Paradise) and wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 1948)
1915 – Frank Thistlethwaite, English academic and Vice Chancellor (University of East Anglia), born in Powell Street, Burnley, Lancashire (d. 2003)
1939 – Bob Lilly, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
1967 – Jasper Teule, Dutch rock singer/bassist (Pilgrims-Once to Everything)
1969 – Rick Fox, NBA guard/forward (LA Lakers, Boston Celtics)
1971 – Patty Jenkins, American film director (Monster, Wonder Woman), born in Victorville, California
1981 – Summer Glau, American actress
1986 – Andrei Lutai, Russian figure skater
Famous Birthdays for 23rd July 2019
645 – Yazid I [Yazīd ibn Mu‘āwiya Lanatullah], second Umayyad caliph (680–683) (d. 683)
1834 – James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1921)
1849 – Geza Zichy, Hungarian composer and one-armed pianist, born at Sztára Castle (d. 1924)
1851 – Charles Bannerman, Australian cricket batsman (1st centurion), born in Woolwich, Kent, England (d. 1930)
1941 – Sergio Mattarella, Italian politician and President of Italy (2015-), born in Palermo, Italy
1943 – Randall Forsberg, American nuclear freeze advocate, born in Huntsville, Alabama (d. 2007)
1968 – Nick Menza, American musician and drummer (Megadeth), born in Munich, West Germany (d. 2016)
1971 – Alison Krauss, American bluegrass musician (Raising Sand), born in Decatur, Illinois
1973 – Nomar Garciaparra, American MLB shortstop (6-time All Star), born in Whittier, California
1979 – Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
Famous Birthdays for 22nd July 2019
1887 – Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925)
1889 – Frederick Preston Search, composer
1902 – Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer
1920 – Malcolm Hughes, British artist, born in Manchester, England (d. 1997)
1926 – Peter Michael Grayson, British showman, born in Manchester (d. 1996)
1956 – Mick Pointer, rock drummer (Marillion)
1967 – Shawn Wilbourn, US decathlete
1973 – Rufus Wainwright, Canadian American singer, born in Rhinebeck, New York
1980 – Tablo, Korean hip-hop musician (Epik High)
1982 – Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri lankan cricketer
Famous Birthdays for 21st July 2019
1817 – Joseph K Barnes, American Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1883)
1882 – David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (d. 1967)
1905 – Diana Trilling, writer
1915 – Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist
1926 – Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner
1931 – Leon Schidlowsky, composer
1949 – Ludmila Smirnova, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic silver 1972)
1970 – Bryce Florie, Charleston FLA, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1977 – Allison Wagner, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic silver 1996)
1978 – Kyoko Iwasaki, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1992), born in Numazu, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 20th July 2019
1793 – Aleksander Fredro, Polish poet and comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski), born in Surochów, Poland (d. 1876)
1920 – Elliot L Richardson, Attorney General (1973)/Sec of Defense (1973)
1927 – Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Russian ‘Grandmother of Russian Human Rights’, born in Crimea, Russia (d. 2018)
1928 – Charles David Ganao, Djambala, French Equatorial Africa, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (1996-1997), (d. 2012)
1945 – Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer (d. 2005)
1954 – Moira Harris, American actress
1962 – Carlos Alazraqui, American actor and comedian
1966 – Tracey Mcfarlane, US breaststroke swimmer (US record 100m)
1971 – William Deering Jr, South Bend Indiana, pole vaulter
1996 – Ben Simmons, Australian basketball point guard (2016 NBA Draft: #1 pick Philadelphia 76ers), born in Melbourne, Victoria
Famous Birthdays for 19th July 2019
1920 – Robert Mann, American composer and violinist (String Quartet 1952), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2018)
1922 – Rachel Robinson, American social activist and humanitarian (The Jackie Robinson Foundation), born in Los Angeles, California
1924 – Martin Patterson “Pat” Hingle, American actor (Hang ’em High, Splendor in the Grass, Batman Returns), born in Miami, Florida (d. 2009)
1934 – Francisco Sá Carneiro, 109th Prime Minister of Portugal, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1980)
1960 – Atom Egoyan, Canadian director (Adjuster, Next of Kin), born in Cairo, Egypt
1965 – Stuart Scott, American sportscaster (ESPN), born in Chicago, Illinois
1965 – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist
1966 – Nancy Carell [Walls], American actress (Saturday Night Live), born in Cohasset, Massachusetts
1970 – Brooks Thompson, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Orlando Magic)
1981 – David Bernard, West Indian cricketer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
Famous Birthdays for 18th July 2019
1504 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer, born in Bremgarten, Switzerland (d. 1575)
1718 – Saverio Bettinelli, Italian Jesuit writer, born in Mantua, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1808)
1892 – Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian football player, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1969)
1897 – E. A. D. [Ernest Arthur Douglas] Eldridge, British racing driver, born in Hampstead, London (d. 1935)
1903 – Božidar Kunc, Croatian composer, born in Zagreb, Croatia (d. 1964)
1909 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, 1st President of Afghanistan (1973-78) and Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-63), born in Kabul, Afghanistan (d. 1978)
1924 – Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer (youngest known female Olympic Games medalist in an individual event-Olympic 1936 bronze), born in Skovshoved, Gentofte, Denmark (d. 2011)
1937 – Roald Hoffmann, Polish-American chemist (Nobel 1981), born in Złoczów, Poland
1949 – Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler (1971-84)
1960 – Anne-Marie Johnson, actress (In the Heat of the Night), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 17th July 2019
1888 – Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)
1920 – Gordon Gould, American physicist (inventor of the laser), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
1956 – Julie Bishop, Australian Liberal Party politician and Minister for Foreign Affairs (2013-present), born in Lobethal, South Australia
1958 – Wong Kar-wai, Chinese film director (In the Mood for Love), born in Shanghai
1959 – Janet Lynn Kavandi, Springfield Mo, PhD/astronaut (sk:STS 91)
1960 – Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV)
1967 – Kevin Pritchard, NBA guard (Washington Bullets)
1975 – Konnie Huq, English television presenter, born in Hammersmith, London
1977 – Marc Savard, Canadian hockey player, born in Ottawa, Canada
1980 – Ryan Miller, American hockey player, born in East Lansing, Michigan
Famous Birthdays for 16th July 2019
1714 – Marc René, Marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer, born in Angoulême, France (d. 1800)
1834 – Carlo Angeloni, Italian composer, born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1901)
1887 – “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, American professional baseball player (Black Sox Scandal), born in Pickens County, South Carolina (d. 1951)
1916 – Harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough
1945 – Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe, Labour member of the House of Lords
1948 – Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer and actor, born in Panama City, Panama
1950 – Tom Terrell, American musicologist, deejay and NPR reviewer, born in Summit, New Jersey (d. 2007)
1951 – Jean-Luc Mongrain, French-Canadian journalist, born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
1960 – Eus van Someren, Dutch pop guitarist (Scene, Blaauw), born in Beverwijk, Netherlands
1960 – Terry Pendleton, American baseball infielder (Florida Marlins), born in Los Angeles, California