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Day History: July-21

Famous Birthdays
1620- Jean Picard -French astronomer (d. 1682)
1664- Matthew Prior -English poet and diplomat (d. 1721)
1693- Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle -English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1768)
1710- Paul Möhring -German physician, botanist, and zoologist (d. 1792)
1783- Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon -French army general (d. 1853)
1808- Simion Bărnuțiu -Romanian historian, academic, and politician (d. 1864)
1810- Henri Victor Regnault -French chemist and physicist (d. 1878)
1816- Paul Reuter -German-English journalist, founded Reuters (d. 1899)
1851- Sam Bass (outlaw)|Sam Bass -American criminal (d. 1878)
1858- Maria Christina of Austria -(d. 1929)
1858- Lovis Corinth -German painter (d. 1925)
1858- Alfred Henry O'Keeffe -New Zealand painter and educator (d. 1941)
1863- C. Aubrey Smith -English-American cricketer and actor (d. 1948)
1870- Emil Orlík -Czech painter (d. 1932)
1873- Charles Schlee -Danish-American cyclist (d. 1947)
1875- Charles Gondouin -French rugby player and tug of war competitor (d. 1947)
1880- Milan Rastislav Štefánik -Slovak astronomer, general, and politician (d. 1919)
1882- David Burliuk -Ukrainian author and illustrator (d. 1967)
1884- Louis Abell -American rower (d. 1962)
1885- Jacques Feyder -Belgian actor, screenwriter, and director (d. 1948)
1891- Julius Saaristo -Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1969)
1893- Hans Fallada -German author (d. 1947)
1898- Sara Carter -American singer-songwriter (Carter Family) (d. 1979)
1899- Hart Crane -American poet (d. 1932)
1899- Ernest Hemingway -American author and journalist, Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
1903- Roy Neuberger -American businessman and financier, co-founded Neuberger Berman (d. 2010)
1908- Jug McSpaden -American golfer (d. 1996)
1911- Marshall McLuhan -Canadian author and theorist (d. 1980)
1911- Umashankar Joshi -Indian author, poet, and scholar (d. 1988)
1914- Aleksander Kreek -Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1977)
1917- Alan B. Gold -Canadian jurist (d. 2005)
1920- Constant Nieuwenhuys -Dutch painter (d. 2005)
1920- Isaac Stern -Polish violinist and conductor (d. 2001)
1921- James Cooke Brown -American sociologist and author (d. 2000)
1922- Kay Starr -American singer and actress
1922- Mollie Sugden -English actress (d. 2009)
1923- Rudolph A. Marcus -Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize laureate
1924- Don Knotts -American actor (d. 2006)
1925- Anne Meacham -American actress (d. 2006)
1926- Paul Burke (actor)|Paul Burke -American actor (d. 2009)
1926- Norman Jewison -Canadian actor, director, and producer
1926- Rahimuddin Khan -Pakistani general and politician, 7th Governor of Balochistan
1926- Bill Pertwee -English actor (d. 2013)
1926- Karel Reisz -Czech-English director and producer (d. 2002)
1926- Queenie Watts -English actress and singer (d. 1980)
1928- Sky Low Low -Canadian wrestler (d. 1998)
1929- Bob Orton -American wrestler (d. 2006)
1930- Anand Bakshi -Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2002)
1930- Helen Merrill -American singer
1931- Plas Johnson -American saxophonist (B. Bumble and the Stingers and The Wrecking Crew (music)|The Wrecking Crew)
1932- Ernie Warlick -American football player (d. 2012)
1933- John Gardner (American writer)|John Gardner -American author and critic (d. 1982)
1934- Chandu Borde -Indian cricketer
1934- Jonathan Miller -English actor, director, and author
1935- Norbert Blüm -German businessman and politician
1935- Moe Drabowsky -Polish-American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)
1935- Julian Pettifer -English journalist
1935- Kaye Stevens -American singer and actress (d. 2011)
1938- Les Aspin -American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1995)
1938- Anton Kuerti -Austrian-Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor
1938- Janet Reno -American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
1939- Jamey Aebersold -American saxophonist and educator
1939- John Negroponte -American diplomat, 1st Director of National Intelligence
1941- Veljko Rogošić -Croatian swimmer (d. 2012)
1942- Kim Fowley -American singer-songwriter and producer
1943- Fritz Glatz -Austrian race car driver (d. 2002)
1943- Edward Herrmann -American actor and singer
1944- John Atta Mills -Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana (d. 2012)
1944- Buchi Emecheta -Nigerian author and academic
1944- Paul Wellstone -American academic and politician (d. 2002)
1945- Wendy Cope -English poet
1945- Geoff Dymock -Australian cricketer
1945- John Lowe -English darts player
1945- Barry Richards -South African cricketer
1945- Lydia Shum -Chinese-Hong Kong actress (d. 2008)
1946- Ken Starr -American lawyer and judge, 39th Solicitor General of the United States
1946- Timothy Harris (writer)|Timothy Harris -American author, screenwriter and producer
1946- Jüri Tarmak -Estonian high jumper
1947- Chetan Chauhan -Indian cricketer and politician
1947- Toomas Raudam -Estonian author and playwright
1948- Snooty -American manatee
1948- Bill Corr -American politician
1948- Beppe Grillo -Italian comedian, actor, and activist
1948- Art Hindle -Canadian actor and director
1948- Ed Hinton (sportswriter)|Ed Hinton -American journalist
1948- Cat Stevens -English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948- Garry Trudeau -American cartoonist
1948- Teruzane Utada -Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager
1949- Jon Davison (film producer)|Jon Davison -American actor and producer
1949- Al Hrabosky -American baseball player and sportscaster
1949- Hirini Melbourne -New Zealand singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2003)
1950- Ubaldo Fillol -Argentinian footballer and coach
1950- Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer -English politician, Minister of State for Transport
1951- Robin Williams -American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014)
1952- John Barrasso -American physician and politician
1952- Susannah Carr -English-Australian journalist
1953- Jeff Fatt -Australian keyboard player and actor (The Wiggles and The Cockroaches)
1953- Brian Talbot -English footballer and manager
1954- Jean Bernier -Canadian ice hockey player
1955- Taco (musician)|Taco -Indonesian-German singer-songwriter and producer
1955- Howie Epstein -American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) (d. 2003)
1955- Henry Priestman -English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Christians (band)|The Christians, It's Immaterial, and Yachts (band)|Yachts)
1955- Béla Tarr -Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter
1956- Michael Connelly -American author
1957- Stefan Löfven -Swedish politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Sweden
1957- Jon Lovitz -American comedian and actor
1959- Paul Vautin -Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
1960- Amar Singh Chamkila -Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
1960- Lance Guest -American actor
1960- Veselin Matić -Serbian basketball player and coach
1960- Fritz Walter (footballer born 1960)|Fritz Walter -German footballer
1961- Jim Martin (musician)|Jim Martin -American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Faith No More, EZ-Street, Spastik Children, and Voodoocult)
1962- Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale -English businessman
1963- Greg Behrendt -American comedian, guitarist, and author (The Reigning Monarchs)
1963- Dorce Gamalama -Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
1963- Kevin Poole -English footballer and manager
1963- Giant Silva -Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial artist, and wrestler
1964- Steve Collins -Irish boxer
1964- Ross Kemp -English actor and producer
1964- Sharon Twomey -Irish actress
1964- Jens Weißflog -German ski jumper
1965- Guðni Bergsson -Icelandic footballer
1965- Mike Bordick -American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1965- Jovy Marcelo -Filipino race car driver (d. 1992)
1966- Arija Bareikis -American actress
1966- Sarah Waters -Welsh author
1968- Johnnie Barnes -American football player
1968- Brandi Chastain -American soccer player and sportscaster
1968- Lyle Odelein -Canadian ice hockey player
1968- Aditya Shrivastava -Indian actor
1969- Godfrey (comedian)|Godfrey -American comedian and actor
1969- Klaus Graf -German race car driver
1969- Emerson Hart -American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tonic (band)|Tonic)
1970- Angus MacNeil -Scottish engineer and politician
1970- Shawn Stasiak -American wrestler and chiropractor
1971- Emmanuel Bangué -French long jumper
1971- Charlotte Gainsbourg -English-French actress and singer
1971- Nuno Markl -Portuguese comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1971- Nitzan Shirazi -Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1972- Korey Cooper -American singer and guitarist (Skillet (band)|Skillet)
1972- Shinjiro Otani -Japanese wrestler
1973- Ali Landry -American model and actress, Miss USA 1996
1973- Elena Leonova -Russian figure skater
1973- Caroline Néron -Canadian singer, actress, and fashion designer
1974- Bharath -Indian actor
1974- Steve Byrne -American comedian and actor
1974- Geoff Jenkins -American baseball player
1974- René Reinumägi -Estonian actor, director, and screenwriter
1975- Christopher Barzak -American author
1975- Chris Bisson -English actor
1975- Cara Dillon -Irish singer-songwriter (Equation (band)|Equation)
1975- Ravindra Pushpakumara -Italian cricketer
1975- Mike Sellers -American football player
1977- Paul Casey -English golfer
1977- Jaime Murray -English actress
1978- Justin Bartha -American actor
1978- Anderson da Silva Gibin -Brazilian footballer
1978- Josh Hartnett -American actor and producer
1978- Julian Huppert -English academic and politician
1978- Kyoko Iwasaki -Japanese swimmer
1978- Damian Marley -Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (SuperHeavy)
1978- Gary Teale -Scottish footballer
1979- David Carr -American football player
1979- Tamika Catchings -American basketball player
1979- Luis Ernesto Michel -Mexican footballer
1979- Andriy Voronin -Ukrainian footballer
1979- Paul Weel -Australian race car driver
1980- Really Doe -American rapper
1980- Sprague Grayden -American actress
1980- Justin Griffith -American football player
1980- Tailor James -Canadian model
1980- Sandra Laoura -French skier
1980- Chris Leben -American mixed martial artist
1980- CC Sabathia -American baseball player
1981- Paloma Faith -English singer-songwriter and actress
1981- Anabelle Langlois -Canadian figure skater
1981- Blake Lewis -American singer-songwriter and producer
1981- Yushin Okami -Japanese mixed martial artist
1981- Claudette Ortiz -American singer and model (City High)
1981- Romeo Santos -American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Aventura (band)|Aventura)
1981- Joaquín Sánchez -Spanish footballer
1981- Stefan Schumacher -German cyclist
1981- Chrishell Stause -American actress
1982- Jason Cram -Australian swimmer
1982- Mao Kobayashi (actress)|Mao Kobayashi -Japanese actress and journalist
1983- Vinessa Antoine -Canadian actress
1983- Olamide Faison -American actor
1983- Amy Mizzi -American actress
1983- Eivør Pálsdóttir -Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983- Kellen Winslow II -American football player
1984- Jurrick Juliana -Dutch footballer
1984- Liam Ridgewell -English footballer
1985- Mati Lember -Estonian footballer
1985- Vanessa Lengies -Canadian actress, singer, and dancer
1985- Jéssica Sodré -Brazilian actress
1985- Von Wafer -American basketball player
1986- Anthony Annan -Ghanaian footballer
1986- Livia Brito -Cuban-Mexican actress
1986- Rebecca Ferguson -English singer-songwriter
1987- Peter Doocy -American journalist
1987- Bilel Mohsni -French footballer
1987- Jesús Zavala (footballer)|Jesús Zavala -Mexican footballer
1988- DeAndre Jordan -American basketball player
1988- Chris Mitchell (footballer born 1988)|Chris Mitchell -Scottish footballer
1989- Rory Culkin -American actor
1989- Marco Fabián -Mexican footballer
1989- Chris Gunter -Welsh footballer
1989- Chelsie Hightower -American dancer and choreographer
1989- Kirill Nesterov -Russian footballer
1989- Juno Temple -English actress
1989- Jamie Waylett -English actor
1990- Chris Martin (footballer, born 1990)|Chris Martin -English footballer
1990- Whitney Toyloy -Swiss model, Miss Switzerland|Miss Switzerland 2008
1991- Sara Sampaio -Portuguese model
1992- Jessica Barden -English actress
1992- Julia Beljajeva -Estonian fencer
1992- Rachael Flatt -American figure skater
1993- Aaron Durley -American baseball player