1290 – Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)
1705 – Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer
1843 – Flor van Duyse, composer
1931 – Narendra Tamhane, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1950’s), born in Bombay, India
1933 – Nathan Eugene Brooks, flyweight boxer (Olympic gold 1952), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1933 – Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds)
1947 – Ken Dryden, NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens, 6 Stanley Cups), born in Hamilton, Ontario
1952 – Gábor Demszky, Hungarian politician (Mayor of Budapest, 1990-2010), born in Budapest, Hungary
1967 – Michael Lawrence Marsh, American sprinter (Olympic 200m gold 1992, silver 1996), born in Los Angeles, California
1972 – Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 3rd August 2018
1824 – William Burnham Woods, American politician, judge, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in
1855 – Joe Hunter, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
1885 – Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer
1907 – Ernesto Geisel, politician
1926 – Tony Bennett, American singer (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), born in Queens, New York
1936 – Edward Petherbridge, English actor
1960 – Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85)
1968 – Rod Beck [Rodney Roy], American MLB relief pitcher (SF Giants-1994 NL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year), born in Burbank, California
1970 – Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones)
1984 – Ryan Lochte, American swimmer (12-time Olympic medalist), born in Rochester, New York
Famous Birthdays for 2nd August 2018
1905 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer
1924 – James Baldwin, American author (Go Tell it on Mountain, Another Country), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1987)
1929 – John Gale, British theatrical producer (Chichester Festival)
1931 – Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer
1947 – Massiel, Spanish singer
1953 – Butch Patrick, actor (Eddie Munster-Munster)
1963 – Daniel Pelosi, American convicted murderer
1970 – Philo Wallace, cricketer (WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92)
1972 – Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer
1976 – Sam Worthington, Australian actor
Famous Birthdays for 1st August 2018
1899 – William Steinberg, German-American conductor (Boston Symphony 1969-71), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1978)
1920 – Jeffrey Segal, British actor and playwright (Dad’s Army, Traitors), born in London, England (d. 2015)
1921 – Jack Kramer, American tennis star (Wimbledon 1947, US Open-1946), born in Las Vegas, Nevada (d.2009)
1932 – Meir Kahane, American founder of the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
1952 – Brian Patrick Clarke, actor (Merle-Eight is Enough), born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1958 – Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian cross country skier
1964 – Andrew Wilson, Australian canoeist (Olympics-16-92, 96), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1966 – Horacia de la Pena, Argentina, tennis star
1967 – Lori Endicott, volleyball setter (Olympic bronze 1992, 96), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1970 – David James, English footballer
Famous Birthdays for 31st July 2018
1598 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)
1923 – Jimmy Evert, American tennis coach and father of Chris Evert, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
1929 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 2006)
1953 – James Read, American actor (North and South), born in Buffalo, New York
1966 – Julie Forbes, Torphins Scotland, golfer (Aberdeenshire champ 1989)
1967 – Elizabeth Wurtzel, American actress (Prozac Nation), born in NYC, New York
1968 – David Bradley Stockton Jr, American PGA golfer (1994 Canon-3rd), born in Redlands, California
1969 – Kenneth D. Schisler, American politician, born in Baltimore, Maryland
1970 – Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian writer (The Train of That Night), born in Chah Varz, Lamerd, Iran
1975 – Sergei Gusev, Nizhny Tagil Russia, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
Famous Birthdays for 30th July 2018
1815 – Thomas Jackson Rodman, American Brevet Brigadier General (Union Army), inventor of the rodman gun and perforated-cake gunpowder, born in Salem, Indiana (d. 1871)
1825 – Chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (d. 1893)
1855 – James Edward Kelly, American sculptor “Sculptor of American History”
1910 – Edgar de Evia, American photographer (d. 2003)
1925 – Jacques Sernas, Lithuania, actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy)
1957 – Bill Cartwright, basketball player (NY Knicks, Chicago Bulls)
1963 – Monique Gabrielle, actress (Bad Girls 4, Amazon Women on Moon), born in Los Angeles, California
1972 – Clif Groce, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
1975 – Tifini Hale, Palm Springs California, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That’s Why)
1977 – Jaime Pressly, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 29th July 2018
1828 – Cuvier Grover, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bethel, Maine (d. 1885)
1830 – Alvan Cullom Gillem, American Major General (Union Army), born in Gainesboro, Tennessee (d. 1875)
1853 – Esther de Boer-van Rijk, Dutch actress (Kniertje-Hope of Blessing), born in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1937)
1892 – Ernst van Raalte, Dutch journalist (Seen, heard… wrote), born in Rotterdam, South Holland (d. 1975)
1900 – Alexander Vasil’yevich Mosolov, composer [OS]
1911 – Jan Cikker, Slovak composer, born in Banská Bystrica, Austria-Hungary
1915 – Bruce R. McConkie, LDS apostle and author (d. 1985)
1923 – Gordon Mitchell [Charles Allen Pendleton], American actor and bodybuilder (Sinbad), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2003)
1929 – Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher
1957 – Nellie Kim, Shurab, Tajik SSR, Soviet gymnast (Olympic-3 golds-1976)
Famous Birthdays for 28th July 2018
1347 – Margherita of Durazzo, queen of Naples (d. 1412)
1911 – Gerhard Stoeck, German javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1936)
1930 – Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (Boule et Bill), born in Schaerbeek, Belgium (d. 2006)
1945 – Jim Davis, American cartoonist and creator of the comic strips “Garfield” and “U.S. Acres”, born in Marion, Indiana
1954 – Bruce Abbott, American actor
1965 – Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer, born in Hong Kong
1965 – Delfeayo Marsalis, American jazz musician, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1969 – Dana White, UFC President
1972 – Stacy Evans, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
1985 – Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor, born in Yellowknife, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 27th July 2018
1898 – Lena Amsel, Russian actress (Love Tragedy), born in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1929)
1911 – Wilfrid Ewart Oulton, airman
1912 – Vernon Elliott, British bassoonist and composer (d. 1996)
1922 – Bob Thiele, record producer
1928 – Karloff Lagarde, Mexican lucha libre wrestler (d. 2007)
1944 – Bobbie Gentry, Mississippi, singer/songwriter (Ode to Billy Joe)
1969 – Triple H, American professional wrestler
1979 – Shannon Moore, American wrestler
1980 – Nick Nemeth, American professional wrestler
1994 – Spencer Achtymichuk, Canadian actor
Famous Birthdays for 26th July 2018
1863 – Paul Walden, Latvian chemist (Walden inversion, room-temperature ionic liquid, ethylammonium nitrate), born in Rozulas, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (d. 1957)
1914 – Erskine Hawkins, American musician and bandleader (d. 1993)
1928 – Stanley Kubrick, American director (2001 A Space Odyssey, Dr Strangelove, Lolita), born in The Bronx NY (d. 1999)
1928 – Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (Giocosa)
1936 – Antonio Mastrogiovanni, composer
1940 – Michael Slive, American college sports executive (Commissioner SEC), born in Utica, New York (d. 2018)
1948 – Allen Doyle, American professional golfer (1991 Memorial-64th), born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
1962 – Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper (world record 1988)
1970 – Phil Alley, cricketer (NSW left-arm pace bowler)
1977 – Martin Laursen, Danish footballer