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==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1242]] – [[Christina von Stommeln]], German Roman Catholic mystic, ecstatic, and stigmatic (d. 1312) *[[1468]] – [[Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria]] (d. 1524)<ref>{{cite book|author=Constantin von Wurzbach|title=Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich: enthaltend die Lebensskizzen der denkwürdigen Personen, welche 1750 bis 1850 im Kaiserstaate und in seinen Kronländern gelebt haben. Guadagni - Habsburg (Agnes - Ludwig). 6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gEuBrSfMDssC&pg=PA402|year=1860|publisher=Zamarski|language=de|pages=402–}}</ref> *[[1529]] – [[Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach]] (d. 1577) *[[1561]] – [[Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern]] (d. 1589)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist14comm|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4080-4}}</ref> *[[1574]] – [[Thomas Platter the Younger]], Swiss physician and author (d. 1628)<ref>{{cite book|editor=Jennifer Speake|editor-link=Jennifer Speake|title=Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3w07y2oRu8C&pg=PA968|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-424-5|pages=968}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1660]] – [[Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury]], English politician, [[Lord High Treasurer]] (d. 1718)<ref>Stuart Handley, '[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26922 Talbot, Charles, duke of Shrewsbury (1660–1718)]', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 8 October 2018.</ref> *[[1689]] – [[Prince William, Duke of Gloucester]], son of [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne of Great Britain]] and [[Prince George of Denmark]] (d. 1700)<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael A. Beatty|title=The English Royal Family of America, from Jamestown to the American Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xNmOeE7LH8C&pg=PA107|date=1 January 2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1558-8|pages=107}}</ref> *[[1725]] – [[John Newton]], English sailor and priest (d. 1807) *[[1757]] – [[Vladimir Borovikovsky]], Ukrainian-Russian painter (d. 1825) *[[1783]] – [[Simón Bolívar]], Venezuelan commander and politician, second [[President of Venezuela]] (d. 1830) *[[1786]] – [[Joseph Nicollet]], French mathematician and explorer (d. 1843) *[[1794]] – [[Johan Georg Forchhammer]], Danish mineralogist and geologist (d. 1865) *[[1802]] – [[Alexandre Dumas]], French novelist and playwright (d. 1870) *[[1803]] – [[Adolphe Adam]], French composer and critic (d. 1856) * 1803 – [[Alexander Jackson Davis|Alexander J. Davis]], American architect (d. 1892) *[[1821]] – [[William Poole]], American boxer and gangster (d. 1855) *[[1826]] – [[Jan Gotlib Bloch]], Polish theorist and activist (d. 1902) *[[1851]] – [[Friedrich Schottky]], Polish-German mathematician and theorist (d. 1935) *[[1856]] – [[Émile Picard]], French mathematician and academic (d. 1941) *[[1857]] – [[Henrik Pontoppidan]], Danish journalist and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1943) * 1857 – [[Juan Vicente Gómez]], Venezuelan general and politician, 27th [[President of Venezuela]] (d. 1935) *[[1860]] – [[Princess Charlotte of Prussia]] (d. 1919) * 1860 – [[Alphonse Mucha]], Czech painter and illustrator (d. 1939) *[[1864]] – [[Frank Wedekind]], German actor and playwright (d. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frank Wedekind {{!}} German actor and dramatist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frank-Wedekind |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1867]] – [[Fred Tate]], English cricketer and coach (d. 1943) *[[1874]] – [[Oswald Chambers]], Scottish minister and author (d. 1917) *[[1877]] – [[Calogero Vizzini]], Italian mob boss (d. 1954) *[[1878]] – [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany]], Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1957) *[[1880]] – [[Ernest Bloch]], Swiss-American composer and educator (d. 1959) *[[1884]] – [[Maria Caserini]], Italian actress (d. 1969) *[[1886]] – [[Jun'ichirō Tanizaki]], Japanese author (d. 1965) *[[1888]] – [[Arthur Richardson (Australian cricketer)|Arthur Richardson]], Australian cricketer and coach (d. 1973) *[[1889]] – [[Agnes Meyer Driscoll]], American cryptanalyst (d. 1971) *[[1895]] – [[Robert Graves]], English poet, novelist, critic (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Graves, Robert von Ranke (1895–1985), poet and novelist |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31166 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1897]] – [[Amelia Earhart]], American pilot and author (d. 1937)<ref>{{cite book|author=Kathryn Cullen-DuPont|title=Encyclopedia of women's history in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIro7MtiFuYC&pg=PA76|date=August 1, 2000|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-4100-8|page=76 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref> *[[1899]] – [[Chief Dan George]], Canadian actor (d. 1981) *[[1900]] – [[Zelda Fitzgerald]], American author, visual artist and ballet dancer (d. 1948)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Templeton |first1=Erin |title=Fitzgerald, Zelda Sayre (1900–1948) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM87-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1909]] – [[John William Finn]], American lieutenant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=JOHN WILLIAM FINN |url=http://navylog.navymemorial.org/finn-john-0 |website=United States Navy Memorial |access-date=22 July 2019}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Harry Horner]], American director and production designer (d. 1994) *[[1912]] – [[Essie Summers]], New Zealand author (d. 1998) *[[1913]] – [[Britton Chance]], American biologist and sailor (d. 2010) *[[1914]] – [[Frances Oldham Kelsey]], Canadian pharmacologist and physician (d. 2015) * 1914 – [[Ed Mirvish]], American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2007) * 1914 – [[Alan Waddell]], Australian walker (d. 2008) *[[1915]] – [[Enrique Fernando]], Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]] (d. 2004) *[[1916]] – [[John D. MacDonald]], American colonel and author (d. 1986) *[[1917]] – [[Robert Farnon]], Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2005) * 1917 – [[Jack Moroney]], Australian cricketer (d. 1999) *[[1918]] – [[Ruggiero Ricci]], American violinist and educator (d. 2012) *[[1919]] – [[Robert Marsden Hope]], Australian lawyer and judge (d. 1999) * 1919 – [[Kenneth S. Kleinknecht]], NASA manager (d. 2007) * 1919 – [[John Winkin]], American baseball player, coach, and journalist (d. 2014) *[[1920]] – [[Bella Abzug]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite book|author=Kathryn Cullen-DuPont|title=Encyclopedia of women's history in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIro7MtiFuYC&pg=PA1|date=August 1, 2000|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-4100-8|page=1 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref> * 1920 – [[Constance Dowling]], American model and actress (d. 1969) *[[1921]] – [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], Italian tenor and actor (d. 2008) * 1921 – [[Billy Taylor]], American pianist and composer (d. 2010) *[[1922]] – [[Madeleine Ferron]], Canadian radio host and author (d. 2010) *[[1924]] – [[Wilfred Josephs]], English composer (d. 1997) * 1924 – [[Aris Poulianos]], Greek anthropologist and archaeologist (d. 2021) *[[1926]] – [[Grace Glueck]], American arts journalist (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/business/media/grace-glueck-dead.html|title=Grace Glueck, 96, Dies; Arts Writer Fought for Equality at The Times|last=Giovannini|first=Joseph|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 8, 2022|accessdate=October 9, 2022}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Alex Katz]], American painter and sculptor * 1927 – [[Zara Mints]], Russian-Estonian philologist and academic (d. 1990) *[[1928]] – [[Keshubhai Patel]], Indian politician, tenth [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]] (d. 2020) *[[1930]] – [[Alfred Balk]], American journalist and author (d. 2010) *[[1931]] – [[Ermanno Olmi]], Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 2018) * 1931 – [[Éric Tabarly]], French commander (d. 1998) *[[1932]] – [[Gustav Andreas Tammann]], German astronomer and academic (d. 2019) *[[1933]] – [[Doug Sanders]], American golfer (d. 2020) *[[1934]] – [[Willie Davis (defensive end)|Willie Davis]], American football player (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Willie Davis, Packers Hall of Famer, Is Dead at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/sports/football/willie-davis-dead.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=24 July 2023 |date=16 April 2020}}</ref> * 1934 – [[P. S. Soosaithasan]], Sri Lankan accountant and politician (d. 2017) *[[1935]] – [[Aaron Elkins]], American author and academic * 1935 – [[Pat Oliphant]], Australian cartoonist * 1935 – [[Mel Ramos]], American painter, illustrator, and academic (d. 2018) * 1935 – [[Les Reed (songwriter)|Les Reed]], English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019) * 1935 – [[Derek Varnals]], South African cricketer (d. 2019) *[[1936]] – [[Ruth Buzzi]], American actress and comedian (d. 2025) * 1936 – [[Mark Goddard]], American actor (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite book|last=Aaker|first=Everett|title=Television Western Players, 1960/1975: A Biographical Dictionary|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2017|isbn=9781476662503|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXAkDwAAQBAJ|page=1964}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[Manoj Kumar]], Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=April 4, 2025 |title=Manoj Kumar, Indian Actor-Director Known for Patriotic and Social Themes, Dies at 87 |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/manoj-kumar-dead-patriotic-films-1236359775/ |access-date=April 8, 2025 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1937 – [[Quinlan Terry]], English architect, designed the [[Brentwood Cathedral]] *[[1938]] – [[Eugene J. Martin]], American painter (d. 2005) *[[1939]] – [[Walt Bellamy]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) *[[1940]] – [[Dan Hedaya]], American actor *[[1941]] – [[John Bond (banker)|John Bond]], English banker and businessman *[[1942]] – [[Heinz (singer)|Heinz]], German-English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2000) * 1942 – [[David Miner (musician)|David Miner]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1942 – [[Chris Sarandon]], American actor *[[1945]] – [[Frank Close]], English physicist and academic * 1945 – [[Azim Premji]], Indian businessman and philanthropist * 1945 – [[Hugh Ross (creationist)|Hugh Ross]], Canadian-American astrophysicist and astronomer * 1945 – [[Anthony Watts (geologist)|Anthony Watts]], English geologist, geophysicist, and academic *[[1946]] – [[Gallagher (comedian)|Gallagher]], American comedian and actor (d. 2022) * 1946 – [[Hervé Vilard]], French singer-songwriter *[[1947]] – [[Zaheer Abbas]], Pakistani cricketer and manager *[[1948]] – [[Marc Racicot]], American politician, 21st [[Governor of Montana]]<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.netstate.com/states/government/mt_formergov.htm | title=Former State Governors | publisher=www.netstate.com | access-date=October 8, 2013}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Michael Richards]], American actor and comedian *[[1950]] – [[Jadranka Stojaković]], Yugoslav singer-songwriter (d. 2016) *[[1951]] – [[Lynda Carter]], American actress * 1951 – [[Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]] *[[1952]] – [[Gus Van Sant]], American director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1953]] – [[Jon Faddis]], American trumpet player, composer, and conductor * 1953 – [[Tadashi Kawamata]], Japanese contemporary artist<ref>"Yomiuri Yearbook 2016" (Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Head Office, 2016) p.477</ref> * 1953 – [[Claire McCaskill]], American lawyer and politician * 1953 – [[James Newcome]], English bishop *[[1954]] – [[Jorge Jesus]], Portuguese footballer and manager *[[1956]] – [[Charlie Crist]], American lawyer and politician, 44th [[Governor of Florida]] *[[1957]] – [[Pam Tillis]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress *[[1958]] – [[Jim Leighton]], Scottish footballer and coach *[[1960]] – [[Catherine Destivelle]], French rock climber and mountaineer *[[1961]] – [[Kerry Dixon]], English footballer and manager *[[1963]] – [[Karl Malone]], American basketball player and coach *[[1964]] – [[Barry Bonds]], American baseball player * 1964 – [[Pedro Passos Coelho]], Portuguese economist and politician, 118th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] *[[1965]] – [[Andrew Gaze]], Australian basketball player and sportscaster * 1965 – [[Kadeem Hardison]], American actor, director, and screenwriter *[[1966]] – [[Aminatou Haidar]], [[Sahrawi people|Sahrawi]] human rights activist * 1966 – [[Martin Keown]], English footballer and coach *[[1968]] – [[Kristin Chenoweth]], American actress and singer * 1968 – [[Malcolm Ingram]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1969]] – [[Rick Fox]], Bahamian basketball player * 1969 – [[Jennifer Lopez]], American actress, singer, and dancer *[[1971]] – [[Dino Baggio]], Italian footballer * 1971 – [[Patty Jenkins]], American film director and screenwriter<ref>{{cite news|last=De La Cruz|first=Rene Ray|title='Wonder Woman' director has ties to High Desert|work=Victorville Daily Press|date=July 25, 2017|access-date=July 25, 2018|url=http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20170725/wonder-woman-director-has-ties-to-high-desert}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Kaiō Hiroyuki]], Japanese sumo wrestler *[[1973]] – [[Amanda Stretton]], English racing driver and journalist *[[1974]] – [[Andy Gomarsall]], English rugby player *[[1975]] – [[Tracey Crouch]], English politician, [[Minister for Sport and the Olympics]] * 1975 – [[Jamie Langenbrunner]], American ice hockey player * 1975 – [[Torrie Wilson]], American model, fitness competitor, actress and professional wrestler *[[1976]] – [[Rafer Alston]], American basketball player * 1976 – [[Tiago Monteiro]], Portuguese racing driver and manager *[[1978]] – [[Andy Irons]], American surfer (d. 2010) *[[1979]] – [[Rose Byrne]], Australian actress * 1979 – [[Jerrod Niemann]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1980 – [[Joel Stroetzel]], American guitarist *[[1981]] – [[Doug Bollinger]], Australian cricketer * 1981 – [[Nayib Bukele]], Salvadoran politician, 81st [[President of El Salvador]]<ref name="bukele">{{cite web|url=http://www.nayibbukele.com/nayib/biografia|title=Biografía Nayib Bukele|first=Nayib|last=Bukele|access-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151210/http://www.nayibbukele.com/nayib/biografia|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead|language=es|website=Nayib Bukele.com}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Summer Glau]], American actress<ref name=TPD0724>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's top celebrity birthdays list for July 24, 2018|work=The Plain Dealer|date=July 24, 2018|access-date=July 25, 2018|url=https://www.cleveland.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/07/bbd850ae356975/todays-top-celebrity-birthdays.html}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Mewelde Moore]], American football player * 1982 – [[Elisabeth Moss]], American actress * 1982 – [[Anna Paquin]], Canadian-New Zealand actress *[[1983]] – [[Daniele De Rossi]], Italian footballer and manager * 1983 – [[Asami Mizukawa]], Japanese actress *[[1985]] – [[Patrice Bergeron]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1985 – [[Aries Merritt]], American hurdler * 1985 – [[Lukáš Rosol]], Czech tennis player *[[1986]] – [[Natalie Tran]], Australian actress and online producer *[[1987]] – [[Nathan Gerbe]], American ice hockey player * 1987 – [[Zack Sabre Jr.]], English wrestler * 1987 – [[Mara Wilson]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for July 24, 2022 includes celebrities Jennifer Lopez, Elisabeth Moss |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/07/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-july-24-2022-includes-celebrities-jennifer-lopez-elisabeth-moss.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=24 July 2023 |date=24 July 2022}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Han Seung-yeon]], South Korean singer and dancer<ref name="Russell2014">{{cite book |author=Mark Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=94}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Nichkhun]], Thai-American singer-songwriter and actor * 1988 – [[Ricky Petterd]], Australian footballer *[[1989]] – [[Maurkice Pouncey]], American football player *[[1991]] – [[Emily Bett Rickards]], Canadian actress<ref name=TPD0724 /> * 1991 – [[Elliot Rodger]], English-American mass murderer (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/world/california-shooter-elliot-rodgers-father-was-assistant-director-of-the-hunger-games/news-story/8922b1b250c78c02ad1111856bf61b34 |title=California shooter Elliot Rodger's father was assistant director of The Hunger Games |publisher=[[News.com.au]] |date=May 25, 2014 |accessdate=October 25, 2024}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Mikaël Kingsbury]], Canadian skier<ref>{{cite web |title=Mikaël Kingsbury {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mikael-kingsbury |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Phillip Lindsay]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Phillip Lindsay|url= http://www.nfl.com/player/philliplindsay/2559947/profile|website=NFL.com|access-date=16 March 2020|language=en}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Valentine Holmes]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |title=Valentine Holmes |url=https://www.nrl.com/players/state-of-origin/queensland/valentine-holmes/ |website=National Rugby League |access-date=12 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Kyle Kuzma]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyle Kuzma |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/3134907/kyle-kuzma |website=ESPN |access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Meisei Chikara]], Japanese sumo wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Meisei Chikara profile |url=http://sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3337/|website=sumo.or.jp |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Joe Mixon]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Mixon |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116385/joe-mixon |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=24 July 2023}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Bindi Irwin]], Australian conservationist, zookeeper, and actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Crocodile Hunter - Steve Irwin's Biography|url=http://www.crocodilehunter.com.au/crocodile_hunter/about_steve_terri/family_biography.html|access-date=2021-09-07|website=www.crocodilehunter.com.au}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Ryan Johnson (ice hockey, born 2001)|Ryan Johnson]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ryan Johnson |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/ryan-johnson-8481564 |access-date=23 September 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] }}</ref> * 2001 – [[Drake London]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Drake London Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LondDr00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=July 22, 2024}}</ref> <!-- Do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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