July 7 - Births

Births

1053 – Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
1119 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)
1207 – Elizabeth of Hungary (d. 1231)
1528 – Archduchess Anna of Austria (d. 1590)
1586 – Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman and art collector (d. 1646)
1656 – Guru Har Krishan, Indian eighth of the eleven Sikh Gurus (d. 1664)
1746 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (d. 1826)
1752 – Joseph Marie Jacquard, French inventor and merchant, invented the Jacquard loom (d. 1834)
1766 – Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815)
1833 – Félicien Rops, Belgian artist (d. 1898)
1843 – Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
1848 – Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician (d. 1919)
1851 – Charles Albert Tindley, American composer (d. 1933)
1855 – Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920)
1860 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)
1874 – Erwin Bumke, German jurist (d. 1945)
1884 – Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist (d. 1958)
1887 – Marc Chagall, Russian painter (d. 1985)
1891 – Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese general (d. 1945)
1891 – Virginia Rappe, American actress (d. 1921)
1893 – Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981)
1899 – George Cukor, American director (d. 1983)
1900 – Earle E. Partridge, American military commander (d. 1990)
1901 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d. 1974)
1901 – Sam Katzman, American director and producer (d. 1973)
1901 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese director and producer (d. 1970)
1902 – Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and centenarian (d. 2005)
1904 – Simone Beck, French chef (d. 1991)
1906 – William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and probabilist (d. 1970)
1906 – Anna Marie Hahn, German-American serial killer (d. 1938)
1906 – Anton Karas, Austrian zither player (d. 1985)
1906 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1907 – Robert A. Heinlein, American writer (d. 1988)
1908 – Revilo P. Oliver, American academic and author (d. 1994)
1911 – Gretchen Franklin, English actress (d. 2005)
1911 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian composer (d. 2007)
1913 – Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist (d. 2011)
1915 – Margaret Walker, American novelist and poet (d. 1998)
1917 – Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2003)
1919 – Jon Pertwee, English actor (d. 1996)
1920 – Bhaktaraj Maharaj, Indian saint (d. 1995)
1921 – Ezzard Charles, American boxer (d. 1975)
1921 – Adolf von Thadden, German politician (d. 1996)
1922 – Alan Armer, American producer and director (d. 2010)
1922 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer
1924 – Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
1925 – Gely Korzhev, Russian painter (d. 2012)
1925 – Wally Phillips, American radio host (d. 2008)
1927 – Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Louvin Brothers) (d. 2011)
1927 – Doc Severinsen, American composer and trumpeter (The Tonight Show Band)
1929 – Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005)
1930 – John Little, Scottish footballer
1930 – Theodore Edgar McCarrick, American cardinal
1930 – Hank Mobley, American composer and saxophonist (d. 1986)
1931 – David Eddings, American novelist (d. 2009)
1932 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian-American composer and keyboardist (Weather Report) (d. 2007)
1933 – Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner
1933 – David McCullough, American historian and author
1933 – Bruce Wells, English boxer and actor (d. 2009)
1936 – Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (d. 1971)
1936 – Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer and composer (d. 1980)
1937 – Tung Chee Hwa, Hong Kong businessman
1940 – Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The Beatles and Plastic Ono Band)
1941 – Marco Bollesan, Italian rugby player and coach
1941 – Michael Howard, English politician
1941 – Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist
1942 – Carmen Duncan, Australian actress
1943 – Toto Cutugno, Italian singer-songwriter and musician
1943 – Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (d. 2007)
1944 – Tony Jacklin, English golfer
1944 – Emanuel Steward, American boxing trainer (d. 2012)
1945 – Michael Ancram, English politician
1945 – Matti Salminen, Finnish opera singer
1946 – Joe Spano, American actor
1947 – Víctor Manuel, Spanish singer-songwriter
1947 – Gyanendra of Nepal
1947 – Howard Rheingold, American critic and writer
1947 – Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
1947 – Rob Townsend, English drummer (Family, The Blues Band, The Manfreds, and Axis Point)
1948 – Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian actor
1949 – Shelley Duvall, American actress
1952 – Mando Guerrero, Mexican wrestler
1954 – Rami Fortis, Israeli singer (Minimal Compact)
1955 – Len Barker, American baseball player
1957 – Jonathan Dayton, American director
1957 – Berry Sakharof, Turkish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist (Minimal Compact)
1959 – Billy Campbell, American actor
1959 – Jessica Hahn, American model and actress
1959 – Ben Linder, American engineer (d. 1987)
1960 – Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut
1960 – Ralph Sampson, American basketball player
1961 – Eric Jerome Dickey, American author
1963 – Vonda Shepard, American singer-songwriter and musician
1965 – Mo Collins, American actress and comedian
1965 – Paula Devicq, Canadian actress
1965 – Jeremy Guscott, English rugby player
1965 – Sam Holbrook, American baseball umpire
1965 – Jeremy Kyle, English talk show host
1966 – Jim Gaffigan, American comedian and actor
1966 – Gundula Krause, German violinist
1966 – Neil Tobin, American magician and writer
1967 – Tom Kristensen, Danish race car driver
1967 – Jackie Neal, American singer (d. 2005)
1968 – Amy Carlson, American actress
1968 – Jorja Fox, American actress
1968 – Allen Payne, American actor
1968 – Jeff VanderMeer, American writer
1969 – Sylke Otto, German luger
1969 – Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Nathalie Simard, French-Canadian singer
1969 – Cree Summer, American singer-songwriter and actress (Subject to Change)
1969 – Robin Weigert, American actress
1970 – Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer
1970 – Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer
1970 – Erik Zabel, German cyclist
1971 – Christian Camargo, American actor
1971 – Alistair Potts, English rower
1972 – Lisa Leslie, American basketball player
1972 – Manfred Stohl, Austrian race car driver
1972 – Kirsten Vangsness, American actress
1973 – Troy Garity, American actor
1973 – José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
1973 – Matt Mantei, American baseball player
1973 – Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1973 – Natsuki Takaya, Japanese illustrator
1973 – Kailash Kher, Indian singer
1974 – Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – E.D.I. Mean, American rapper and producer (Outlawz)
1975 – Tony Benshoof, American luger
1975 – Michael Voss, Australian footballer
1976 – Natasha Collins, English actress (d. 2008)
1976 – Dominic Foley, Irish footballer
1977 – D-Loc, American rapper and producer (Kottonmouth Kings and Kingspade)
1978 – Chris Andersen, American basketball player
1978 – Davor Kraljević, Croatian footballer
1979 – Carl Breeze, English race car driver
1979 – Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter
1980 – John Buck, American baseball player
1980 – Fyfe Dangerfield, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Guillemots and Senseless Prayer)
1980 – Deidre Downs, American model, Miss America 2005
1980 – Kaisa Jouhki, Indonesian singer (Battlelore)
1980 – Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
1980 – Dan Whitesides, American drummer (The Used and The New Transit Direction)
1981 – Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
1981 – Synyster Gates, American singer and musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
1982 – Cassidy, American rapper, producer, and actor (Larsiny Family)
1982 – Mike Glita, American singer-songwriter and musician (Senses Fail)
1982 – Nick Karner, American actor and director
1982 – Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer
1982 – George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
1983 – Justin Davies, Australian footballer
1983 – Ciara Newell, Irish singer (Bellefire)
1984 – Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler
1984 – Alberto Aquilani, Italian footballer
1984 – Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 – Marie-Mai, Canadian singer
1985 – Marc Stein, German footballer
1986 – Ana Kasparian, Armenian-American journalist and producer
1986 – Udo Schwarz, German rugby player
1987 – Julianna Guill, American actress
1987 – Lena Ma, Canadian model, Miss World Canada 2009
1987 – Carly Telford, English Female footballer
1988 – Kaci Brown, American singer
1988 – Kim Bum, South Korean actor, singer, and model
1988 – Lukas Rosenthal, German rugby player
1988 – Ilan Rubin, American singer and musician (Angels & Airwaves, Nine Inch Nails, Lostprophets, Denver Harbor, and Fenix TX)
1988 – Jack Whitehall, English comedian and actor
1990 – Lee Addy, Ghanaian footballer
1992 – Toni Garrn, German model
1997 – Erina Ikuta, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
2000 – Princess Purnika of Nepal