July 3 Birthdays
July 2 Birthdays of important people from throughout history.
1423 – Louis XI, King of France (1461-83)
1442 – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
1530 – Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601)
1567 – Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)
1676 – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747)
1683 – Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)
1685 – Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)
1687 – Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)
1728 – Robert Adam, architect/designer (Adelphi Terrace, London)
1731 – Samuel Huntington, (Gov-Ct), Continental Congress pres
1738 – John Singleton Copley, Mass, finest colonial American artist
1743 – Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1813)
1793 – John Claire, England, poet
1794 – Eberhard F Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt)
1796 – Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [NS]
1802 – Joseph Labitzky, composer
1814 – Janis Cimze, composer
1819 – Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer
1821 – F Kornberger, writer
1828 – John Austin Wharton, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1865)
1846 – Achilles Alferaki, composer
1850 – Alfredo Kiel, composer
1854 – Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (d. 1928)
1855 – Piotr Maszynski, composer
1860 – Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist, writer and lecturer for social reform, born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1935)
1860 – William Wallace, composer
1861 – Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)
1862 – Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer
1866 – Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter
1870 – Richard Bedford Bennett, Hopewell Hill New Brunswick, (C) 11th Canadian PM (1930-35)
1871 – Vicente Arregui Garay, composer
1872 – Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19)
1874 – Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka NZ, Maori political/cultural leader
1874 – Āpirana Ngata, Te Araroa on the East Coast of New Zealand, a prominent Maori New Zealand politician and lawyer
1875 – Ernst F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon
1878 – George M Cohan, Providence Rhode Island, American father of musical comedy (Phantom President, Give My Regards to Broadway)
1879 – Philippe Gaubert, composer
1879 – Alfred Korzybski, Polish linguist (d. 1950)
1880 – Carl Schuricht, composer
1881 – Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!)
1883 – Alfred Korzybski, Poland, scientist (Science & Sanity)
1883 – Franz Kafka, Czech, author (Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika)
1883 – Moses Leverock Crossley, US bio-chemist
1886 – Raymond A Spruance, US admiral/fleet commander/ambassador
1892 – Wilhelm Rettich, composer
1893 – Mississippi John Hurt, Teoc Mississippi, American blues singer and guitarist
1895 – Oles’ Semyonovich Chishko, composer
1896 – Doris Lloyd, actress (Bachelor Father, Charley’s Aunt, Sarah & Son)
1899 – Klimenty Arkad’yevich Korchmaryov, composer
1899 – Otto Reinhold, composer
1900 – John Mason Brown, Louisville Ky, critic (Tonight on Broadway)
1902 – Jack Newman, NZ cricket lefty pace bowler (1932-33, later knighted)
1903 – Jean du Bela, [Simon Buytekant], singer/actor (Chaste Susanna)
1906 – Francis Steegmuller, US, biographer (Cocteau)
1906 – George Sanders, Russia, actor (All About Eve-Academy Award 1950)
1906 – Gwendolen Rees, zoologist
1906 – Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer (d. 1952)
1907 – Arthur Steel, Dutch architect (Group ’32)
1907 – Gene Gutche, composer
1908 – Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer (Vertigo)
1908 – M. F. K. Fisher, American writer (d. 1992)
1908 – Robert B. Meyner, American politician (d. 1990)
1909 – Earl L Butz, US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz
1909 – Lucy Kroll, entertainment agent
1909 – Stavros Niachos, Greece, shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks)
1910 – Bernard Burrows, British diplomat
1910 – Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
1911 – Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England)
1912 – Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals
1913 – Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral
1913 – William Deakin, warden (St Anthony’s College Oxford)
1917 – Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner
1917 – João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (d. 1990)
1918 – Lord Mulley, British MP (Labour)
1920 – John Ayers Lessard, composer
1920 – Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1921 – Susan Peters, Spokane WA, actress (Random Harvest, Young Ideas)
1922 – Art Fowler, baseball player
1922 – Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], Dutch painter (Africa, Antilles)
1922 – Francois Reichenbach, French director (La douceur du Village)
1922 – Tom Hudson, artist/teacher
1923 – Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw & Cavendish, worked for sick & disabled
1923 – Emmanuel Bankole Timothy, journalist
1923 – William Mills, painter
1924 – Geoffrey Sammons, senior partner (Allen & Overy)
1924 – S. R. Nathan, 6th president of Singapore
1925 – Michael Oliver, cardiologist
1926 – Johnny Coles, trumpeter
1926 – Joseph M Gaydos, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- )
1926 – William Roll, Bremen, Germany, parapsychologist (The Poltergeist, Unsolved Mysteries), (d. 2012)
1927 – Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik)
1927 – Ken Russell, England, director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic)
1927 – William McMillan, moderator (Gen Assembly of Church of Scot) [or 1/29]
1928 – Evelyn Anthony, English historical writer (Poellenberg Inheritance)
1928 – G B Fuchs, writer
1928 – John Wills, lord-lt of Avon England
1929 – Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal (Diplomatic Corps)
1930 – Carlos Kleiber, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968), born in Berlin, Germany
1930 – Pete Fountain, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1931 – Andres Burnier, [Catharina Dessaur], criminologist/author (Jongensuur)
1933 – Edward Brandt, American doctor and public health official (d. 2007)
1934 – Manfred Bieler, writer
1935 – Harrison H “Jack” Schmitt, Santa Rita NM, astronaut (Apollo 17)
1935 – John Swan, PM (Bermuda)
1936 – Anthony Lester, CEO (Runnymede Trust)
1936 – Eric Russell, cricketer (England opening batsman early 60s)
1937 – Tom Stoppard, Zlin Czech, playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony)
1938 – David Gandolfo, horse trainer
1938 – Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record)
1939 – Jay Tarses, Balt Md, actor/writer (Open All Night, Duck Factory)
1940 – Cesar Tovar, baseball player
1940 – Fontella Bass, St Louis Mo, vocalist (Rescue Me)
1940 – Heather Steel, British judge
1940 – Lance Larson, US, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-silver-1960)
1940 – Lamar Alexander, American politician
1941 – Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal)
1941 – Gloria Allred, feminist attorney
1941 – Wylie Walker Vale, Endocrinologist who discovered the stress hormone, born in Houston, Texas
1942 – Paco Stanley, Mexican TV personality (d. 1999)
1943 – Kurtwood Smith, New Lisbon, Wisconsin, American actor (That ’70s Show, Robocop)
1943 – Gary Waldhorn, actor (To the Camp & Back)
1943 – Geraldo Rivera, [Gerry Rivers], news personality (20/20, Geraldo), born in NYC, New York
1943 – Judith Durham, singer
1943 – Norman E Thagard, Marianna Fl, MD/astro (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir)
1944 – Paul Young, actor (Another Time Another Place)
1945 – Iain MacDonald-Smith, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968)
1945 – Michael Cole, Madison Wisc, actor (Pete-Mod Squad)
1945 – Michael Martin, MP
1947 – Betty Buckley, Big Springs Tx, actress (Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats)
1947 – Dave Barry, American humorist and author
1948 – Peter Ruzicka, composer
1948 – Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist
1949 – Jan Smithers, N Hollywood California, actress (Bailey-WKRP)
1949 – Susan Penhaligon, Manilla Philippines, actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits)
1949 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006)
1950 – Damon Harris, Balt Md, musician (The Temptations-My Girl), (d. 2013)
1950 – Ewen Chatfield, NZ cricketer pace bowler (1975-89)
1950 – James Hahn, American politician
1951 – Mike Corby [Michael John], Windsor, Berkshire, English guitarist/keyboardist (The Babys)
1951 – Jean-Claude Duvalier, [Papa Doc], deposed Haitian president-for-life
1951 – Richard Hadlee, Christchurch, New Zealand, cricket bowler (431 wickets)
1952 – Alan Autry, NFLer (Green Bay Packers)/actor (In the Heat of the Night)
1952 – Bill Badgett Jr, horse trainer
1952 – Wasim Raja, cricketer (bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat & leggie)
1952 – Andy Fraser, rock bassist (Free London), born in London, England
1953 – Alynne Beth Amkraut, Amityville NY, entertainer
1953 – Frank Tanana, baseball pitcher (California Angels)
1954 – Debbie Skinner, LPGA golfer
1955 – Julia Lyndon, playmate (August, 1977), born in Buffalo, New York
1955 – Matt Keough, baseball player (Oakland A’s, NY Yankees)
1955 – Neil Clar, rock guitarist (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
1955 – Sanma Akashiya, Japanese television performer
1956 – Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star
1956 – Montel Williams, TV talk show host (Montel)
1956 – Don Vito, American Viva La Bam castmember
1957 – Danny Heep, baseball player
1957 – Faye Resnick, author (Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary)
1957 – Laura Branigan, Brewster NY, vocalist (Gloria)
1958 – Aaron Tippin, Pensacola Fl, singer (You’ve Got to Stand for Something)
1958 – Robert Foth, air rifle (Olympics-1988, 92, 96), born in Buffalo, New York
1958 – Matthew Fraser, Canadian-British journalist
1958 – Siân Lloyd, Welsh weather presenter
1959 – Andreas Wisniewski, Berlin German FR, actor (Living Daylights)
1959 – Stephen Pearcy, heavy metal vocalist (RATT-Round & Round), born in Los Angeles, California
1959 – Stoyan Deltchev, Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
1960 – Jack Daugherty, baseball player
1961 – Liz Stewart, SF California, playmate (July, 1984)
1961 – Vince Clarke, Basildon Essex, rock keyboardist (Erasure)
1961 – Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer
1961 – Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs)
1962 – Thomas Gibson, actor (Dr Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope)
1962 – Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor (Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman)
1962 – Hunter Tylo, American actress
1963 – Tracey Emin, Croydon England, English artist
1963 – Don August, baseball player
1964 – Gary Ryan, rocker (Blackhearts)
1964 – Joe Hamorski, Peru IN, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Greater Greenville-9th)
1964 – Louis Clark, NFL receiver (Seattle)/WLAF coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
1964 – Pia Reyes, Manila Philipines, playmate (Nov, 1988)
1964 – Warren Newson, Newnan GA, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
1964 – Joanne Harris, British author
1964 – Yeardley Smith, French-born American actress
1965 – Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles)
1965 – Bobby Gage, Winsted CA, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Wichita Open-16th)
1965 – Dan Land, NFL cornerback/safety (Oakland Raiders)
1965 – Greg Vaughn, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers, SD Padres), born in Sacramento, California
1965 – Shinya Hashimoto, wrestler (NJPW)
1965 – Vinson Smith, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
1966 – Moises Alou, MLB outfielder (Montreal Expos), born in Atlanta, Georgia,
1966 – Neil O’Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1967 – Amy Van Horne, actress (Carla Solieto-The City)
1967 – Brian Cashman, American major league baseball executive
1968 – Jeff Phillips, Westwood NJ, actor (Hart Jessup-Guiding Light)
1968 – Teppo Numminen, Tampere Fin, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets, Coyotes)
1969 – Elan Carter, Nutley NJ, playmate (June, 1994)
1969 – Kevin Hearn, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies)
1970 – Preston Jones, WLAF quarterback (London Monarchs)
1970 – Teemu Selanne, Helsinki Fin, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1970 – Victor Bailey, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
1970 – Shawnee Smith, American actress
1970 – Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
1971 – Terry Irving, NFL outside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 – Julian Assange, Queensland, Australia, Wikileaks founder
1972 – Leigh Andrew-Pearso, North 470 yachter (Oly-96), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1972 – Ontiwaun Carter, WLAF running back (Rhein Fire)
1973 – Adrian Aucoin, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
1973 – Devin Bush, NFL strong safety (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 – Fred Rodriguez, Bogota Colombia, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1973 – Johnny Terris, Canadian actor and director
1973 – Patrick Wilson, American actor
1974 – Jamie Feick, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
1975 – Jennifer Salinas, Miss USA-Illinois (1997)
1975 – John Hargis, US, Little Rock Ark, 100m butterfly (Olympics-96)
1975 – Keri Houlihan, Penn, actress (Molly-Our House)
1976 – Andrea Barber, actress (Kimmy Gibbler-Full House)
1976 – Henry Olonga, cricketer (1st black Zimbabwe Test cricketer v Pak 1995)
1976 – Shane Lynch, Irish singer (Boyzone), born in Dublin, Ireland
1976 – Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1976 – Robert Brian (Bobby) Skinstad, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, youngest ever Springbok rugby captain
1977 – Ludmila Richterova, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star
1979 – Lauren Alviti, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1997)
1979 – Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Greek footballer
1979 – Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
1979 – David Bacani, American baseball player
1980 – Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer
1980 – Kevin Boyle, American basketballer
1982 – Kanika, Indian actress
1983 – Steph Jones, American singer and model
1984 – Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 – Corey Sevier, Canadian actor
1984 – Manny Lawson, American Football player
1985 – Minami Keisuke, Japanese singer and actor.
1987 – Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver
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