Famous July Birthdays
Who was Born in July on Your Birthday?
Do you know who was born on your birthday? There are many famous July birthdays displayed below. We hope you find famous and historic people who share your special day. See who was born in your birth month below.
Did You Know? The song “Happy Birthday to You” was first sung on June 27, 1859
Famous July Birthdays
July 1 Birthdays
Estee Lauder, cosmetics magnate. (1908)
Olivia De Havilland, actress. (1916)
Jamie Farr, actor, played “Klinger” on TV Series “Mash”. (1934)
Karen Black, actress. (1942)
Dan Aykroyd, actor. (1952)
Princess Diana, Princess of Wales, married Prince Charles. (1961)
Carl Lewis, Olympic champion, track star. (1961)
Pamela Anderson, actress, “Baywatch”. (1967)
July 2 Birthdays
Thurgood Marshall, first African-American Supreme Court justice. (1908)
Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s. (1932)
Richard Petty, auto racer. (1937)
Lindsey Lohan, actress. (1986)
July 3 Birthdays
Ken Russell, director. (1927)
Pete Fountain, jazz musician. (1930)
Dave Barry, humorist. (1947)
Montel Williams, TV personality. (1956)
Tom Cruise, actor, “Mission Impossible” movies. (1962)
Taylor Dayne, singer. (1963)
July 4 Birthdays
Calvin Coolidge, 30th U.S. President (1923-1929). (1872)
Mitch Miller, Big bandleader, “Sing along with Mitch”. (1911)
Ann Landers, advice columnist. (1918)
Abigail Van Buren, advice columnist. (1918)
Gina Lollobrigida, actress. (1927)
Neil Simon, playwright. (1927)
Al Davis, “Raiders” NFL football executive. (1929)
George Steinbrenner, NY Yankees owner. (1930)
Geraldo Rivera, journalist, Talk show host. (1943)
Malia Obama, daughter of former President Barack Obama. (1998)
July 5 Birthdays
P. T. Barnum, showman, circus founder. (1810)
Cecil Rhodes, millionaire financier and politician, (1853)
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., senator, UN ambassador. (1902)
Huey Lewis, singer. (1951)
July 6 Birthdays
John Paul Jones, Revolutionary War, Father of the U.S. Navy. (1747)
Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States. (1923)
Merv Griffin, Talk show host. (1925)
Janet Leigh, actress. (1927)
Della Reese, singer, actress. (1931)
Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader. (1935)
Ned Beatty, actor. (1937)
Burt Ward, actor. (1945)
George W. Bush, 43rd U.S. President (1946)
Sylvester Stallone, actor/director. (1946)
Geoffrey Roy Rush, Actor. Played Captain Barbossa on the movie series The Pirates of the Carribean. (1951)
July 7 Birthdays
Satchel Paige, baseball pitcher. (1906)
Robert Heinlein, science fiction writer. (1907)
Pierre Cardin, fashion designer. (1922)
Doc Severinsen, bandleader. (1927)
Ringo Starr, drummer, “The Beatles”. (1940)
Shelley Duvall, actress. (1947)
Michelle Kwan, champion figure skater. (1980)
July 8 Birthdays
John Pemberton, Chemist, invented Coca-Cola. (1831)
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, aeronautical engineer, airship designer. (1838)
John D. Rockefeller, American business tycoon, philanthropist. (1839)
Nelson Rockefeller, NY governor, vice president of the United States. (1908)
Jerry Vale, singer. (1931)
Steve Lawrence, singer. (1935)
Anjelica Huston, actress, director. (1951)
Kevin Bacon, actor. (1958)
Toby Keith, 2003-2004 Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year. (1961)
July 9 Birthdays
Elias Howe, invented the sewing machine. (1819)
Ed Ames, actor, singer. (1927)
Vince Edwards, actor. (1928)
Brian Dennehy, actor. (1938)
Dean Koontz, writer. (1945)
O. J. Simpson, NFL running back, sportscaster. (1947)
John Tesh, musician, composer. (1952)
Jimmy Smits, actor, TV series “NYPD Blue” and “LA Law”. (1955)
Tom Hanks, actor. (1956)
Courtney Love, singer, actress. (1964)
Fred Savage, actor, TV series “Wonder Years”. (1976)
July 10 Birthdays
James Whistler, American painter, painted Whistler’s Mother. (1834)
Adolphus Busch, American brewer, Busch Beer. (1839)
David Brinkley, TV anchor, journalist. (1920)
Fred Gwynne, actor, “Herman Munster on the TV series “The Munsters”. (1926)
Arthur Ashe, tennis champion. (1943)
Arlo Guthrie, folk singer, songwriter. (1947)
Jessica Simpson, singer. (1980)
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July 11 Birthdays
John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. President (1825-1829). (1767)
James Whistler, painter, “Whistler’s Mother”. (1834)
E. B. White, children’s author. (1899)
Yul Brynner, actor. (1920)
Tab Hunter, actor. (1931)
Giorgio Armani, fashion designer. (1936)
Leon Spinks, heavyweight boxing champion. (1953)
Mark Lester, actor. (1958)
Suzanne Vega, singer, songwriter. (1959)
July 12 Birthdays
Julius Caesar, Roman Emperor. (100 B.C.)
Henry David Thoreau, author, philosopher. (1817)
George Eastman, Photography, founder of Eastman Kodak Company. (1854)
George Washington Carver, American Botanist. (1864)
Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist, “Rodgers and Hammerstein”. (1895)
Milton Berle, comedian. (1908)
“Curly” Joe DeRita, comedian, one of the “Three Stooges. (1909)”
Van Cliburn, pianist. (1934)
Bill Cosby, actor, comedian. (1938)
Richard Simmons, actor, weight loss guru. (1948)
Jay Thomas, actor. (1948)
Cheryl Ladd, actress, TV series “Charlies Angels”. (1951)
Mel Harris, actress. (1957)
Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic champion figure skater. (1971)
July 13 Birthdays
Robert Forster, actor. (1940)
Patrick Stewart, English actor, Star Trek’s Captain Jean Luc Picard. (1940)
Harrison Ford, actor, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, many more. (1942)
Roger McGuinn, singer, musician, member of the “Byrds”. (1942)
Erno Rubik, invented “Rubik’s Cube”. (1944)
Cheech Marin, actor, writer, “Cheech and Chong”. (1946)
Louise Mandrell, country singer. (1954)
July 14 Birthdays
William Hanna, “Hanna-Barbera”, creators of the “Flintstones” and the “Jetsons”. (1910)
Woody Guthrie, folk singer, songwriter. (1912)
Gerald Ford, 38th U.S. President (1974-1977) (1913)
Douglas Edwards, TV journalist. (1917)
Ingmar Bergman, director, screenwriter. (1918)
John Chancellor, TV journalist. (1927)
Polly Bergen, actress. (1930)
Matthew Fox, actor. (1966)
July 15 Birthdays
Rembrandt Van Rijn, painter. (1606)
Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini (Mother Cabrini), first American saint. (1850)
Clive Cussler, author, marine historian. (1931)
Jan-Michael Vincent, actor. (1944)
Linda Ronstadt, singer. (1946)
Jesse Ventura, WWF wrestler, MN governor. (1951)
Kim Alexis, model. (1960)
Forest Whitaker, actor. (1961)
Brian Austin Green, actor. (1973)
July 16 Birthdays
Roald Amundsen, polar explorer. (1872)
Barbara Stanwyck, actress. (1907)
Ginger Rogers, actress, dancer. (1911)
Bess Myerson, panelist on “I’ve Got a Secret”. (1924)
Jimmy Johnson, NFL football coach. (1943)
Will Ferrell, actor, Comedian, SNL. (1967)
July 17 Birthdays
John Jacob Astor, banker, real estate investor. (1763)
James Cagney, actor. (1899)
Art Linkletter, TV actor. (1912)
Phyllis Diller, actress, comedian. (1917)
Diahann Carroll, actress, singer. (1935)
Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor. (1935)
Camilla Parker Bowles, second wife of England’s Prince Charles. (1947)
Lucie Arnaz, actress. 91951)
David Hasselhoff, actor, “Baywatch”. (1952)
Angela Merkel, German Chancellor. (1954)
July 18 Birthdays
Red Skelton, comedian, and actor. (1913)
Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist, President. (1918)
John Glenn, astronaut, Ohio Senator. (1921)
Kurt Masur, conductor. (1927)
James Brolin, actor. (1941)
Calvin Peete, golfer. (1943)
Malcolm “Steve” Forbes Jr., publisher, presidential candidate. (1947)
Nick Faldo, golfer. (1957)
Elizabeth McGovern, actress. (1961)
July 19 Birthdays
Samuel Colt, Colt Manufacturing Company. (1814)
Lizzie Borden, accused ax murderer. (1860)
Herbert Marcuse, political philosopher. (1898)
George McGovern, presidential candidate, South Dakota Senator. (1922)
Pat Hingle, actor. (1924)
Vikki Carr, singer. (1941)
Ilie Nastase, tennis player. (1946)
Anthony Edwards, “Dr. Greene” on TV series “ER”. (1962)
July 20 Birthdays
Alexander the Great, King of Ancient Macedonia. (356 B.C.)
Sir Edmund Hillary, explorer, mountaineer, first to reach the peak of Mount Everest. (1919)
Thomas Berger, writer. (1924)
Diana Rigg, actress. (1938)
Natalie Wood, actress. (1938)
Carlos Santana, musician. (1947)
Ernest Hemingway, novelist. (1899)
Isaac Stern, violinist. (1920)
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July 21 Birthdays
Don Knotts, actor, Andy Griffith Snow. (1924)
Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General. (1938)
Edward Hermann, actor. (1943)
July 21, 1946 – independent counsel investigated Clinton administration scandal. 1946)
Cat Stevens, singer, songwriter. (1948)
Garry Trudeau, cartoonist, created “Doonesbury”. (1949)
Robin Williams, actor. (1952)
Jon Lovitz, actor. (1957)
July 22 Birthdays
William Archibald Spooner whose frequent transposition of words brought us “Spoonerisms”. See Spooner’s Day (1844)
Rose Kennedy, mother of President John F. Kennedy. (1890)
Robert Dole, U.S. Senate majority leader, presidential candidate. (1923)
Oscar De La Renta, fashion designer. (1932)
Louise Fletcher, actress. (1934)
Alex Trebek, host of TV game show “Jeopardy”. (1940)
Danny Glover, actor, “Lethal Weapon” movie series. (1946)
Albert Brooks, actor, comedian. (1947)
Don Henley, singer, songwriter, member of the “Eagles”. (1947)
Willem Dafoe, actor. (1955)
Rob Estes, actor. (1963)
David Spade, actor. (1965)
July 23 Birthdays
Pee Wee Reese, baseball player. (1918)
Gloria DeHaven, actress. (1925)
Don Drysdale, baseball pitcher. (1936)
Woody Harrelson, actor. (1961)
Monica Lewinsky, Clinton administration Whitehouse. (1973)
Daniel Radcliffe, “Harry Potter” in Harry Potter movies. (1989)
July 24 Birthdays
Amelia Earhart, pioneer aviator. (1897)
Billy Taylor, jazz pianist. (1921)
Ruth Buzzi, actress, comedian. (1936)
Robert Hays, actor. (1947)
Lynda Carter, actress, “Wonder Woman”. (1951)
Karl Malone, NBA basketball player. (1963)
Barry Bonds, baseball player. (1964)
Jennifer Lopez, actress, singer, “J-Lo”. (1970)
July 25 Birthdays
Thomas Eakins, painter. (1844)
Walter Brennan, actor, “The Real McCoys”. (1894)
Jack Gilford, actor. (1907)
Estelle Getty, actress. (1925)
Barbara Harris, actress. (1935)
Walter Payton, NFL football player. (1954)
Matt LeBlanc, actor, TV series “Friends”. (1967)
Louise Brown, first test-tube baby. (1978)
Brad Renfro, actor. (1982)
July 26 Birthdays
George Catlin, painter. (1796)
Aldous Huxley, writer, wrote “Brave New World”. (1894)
Gracie Allen, actress, comedian, wife of George Burns. (1906)
Vivian Vance, actress. (1909)
Blake Edwards, producer, director. (1922)
Jason Robards, actor. (1922)
Stanley Kubrick, director, writer. (1928)
Mick Jagger, lead singer of the “Rolling Stones”. (1943)
Dorothy Hamill, Champion Olympic figure skater. (1956)
Sandra Bullock, actress. (1964)
July 27 Birthdays
Alexandre Dumas, novelist. (1824)
Leo Durocher, baseball player, manager. (1905)
Norman Lear, writer, producer. (1922)
Jerry Van Dyke, actor, brother of Dick Van Dyke. (1931)
Bobbie Gentry, singer, songwriter. (1942)
Peggy Fleming, Champion Olympic figure skater. (1948)
Betty Thomas, actress, director. (1948)
Maureen McGovern, singer. (1949)
Maya Rudolph, actress, comedian, SNL. (1972)
Alex Rodriguez, MLB NY Yankees baseball player, “A-Rod”. (1975)
July 28 Birthdays
Beatrix Potter, children’s author. (1866)
Rudy Vallee, singer. (1901)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, first husband- U.S Pres. John F. Kennedy, second – shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. (1929)
Jim Davis, cartoonist, created “Garfield”. (1945)
Sally Struthers, actress. (1948)
Lori Loughlin, actress. (1964)
July 29 Birthdays
Benito Mussolini, Italian Fascist leader during WWII. (1883)
Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Red Cross president, U.S. cabinet member. (1936)
Peter Jennings, TV news anchor. (1938)
Martina McBride, country singer. (1966)
Wil Wheaton, Actor, “Star Trek” and “Big Bang Theory”. (1972)
July 30 Birthdays
Henry Ford, automaker, industrialist. (1863)
Casey Stengel, baseball player, manager. (1890)
Henry Moore, sculptor. (1898)
Bud Selig, baseball commissioner. (1934)
Peter Bogdanovich, producer, director. (1939)
Paul Anka, singer. (1941)
Arnold Schwarzenegger, weightlifter, actor, Governor of California, quote: “I’ll be back!”. 1947)
Delta Burke, actress. (1956)
Laurence Fishburne, actor. (1961)
Lisa Kudrow, actress “Phoebe” on TV series “Friends”. (1963)
July 31 Birthdays
Milton Friedman, economist. (1912)
Curt Gowdy, sportscaster. (1919)
Don Murray, actor. (1929)
Evonne Goolagong, tennis champion. (1951)
Wesley Snipes, actor. (1962)
J.K. Rowling, author of “The Harry Potter” series. (1965)
Dean Cain, actor “Superman “on TV series “Lois and Clark”. (1966)
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