July 2 1927

gina lollobrigida



janet leigh



kurt masur



july 1

chandra shekhar, 8th prime minister of india (d. 2007)
mirghani alnasri, sudanese politician
richard chaloner, 3rd baron gisborough, british peer
winfield dunn, politician; governor of tennessee
v. rajagopal, indian cricket umpire
joseph martin sartoris, american bishop
leo klejn, russian archaeologist, anthropologist , philologist


july 2

james mackay, baron mackay of clashfern, british advocate
fern villeneuve, canadian army officer


july 3

salome Þorkelsdóttir, icelandic politician , first woman speaker of unicameral althing
tim o connor, american actor
peter muller, canadian architect
ken rowlands, welsh boxer


july 4

gina lollobrigida, italian actress
neil simon, american playwright, screenwriter , author
teresita castillo, filipino religious (d. 2016)
derek bond, english bishop


july 5

kah kyung cho, korean-american philosopher
thomas fleming, american military historian , historical novelist


july 6

dolores claman, canadian composer , pianist
alan freeman, australian-born broadcaster , disc jockey (d. 2006)
janet leigh, american actress (d. 2004)
pat paulsen, american comedian , political satirist (d. 1997)


july 7

henri dirickx, belgian international footballer played
doc severinsen american musician johnny carson show
martin ransohoff, american cinema , television producer, , member of ransohoff family
george c. lodge, american professor , former politician
lewis arthur tambs, american ambassador colombia , costa rica
henry kajura, ugandan administrator , politician


july 8

lisa lu, chinese-born american actress , singer
maurice hayes, irish politician
khensur lungri namgyel, tibetan religious leader
cal christensen, american basketball player (d. 2011)


july 9

ed ames, american popular singer , actor
red kelly, canadian ice hockey player
richard n. gardner, united states ambassador spain , united states ambassador italy
ronnie stonham, special assistant director of personnel @ bbc (d. 2014)
david diop, french west african poet (d. 1960)


july 10

elvira corona, american dancer , actress
park seong-tae, south korean sports shooter
grigory barenblatt, russian mathematician
jack kelley, american ice hockey coach
david dinkins, african-american mayor of new york city 1989 through 1993
william smithers, american actor
marcel azzola, french accordionist


july 11

theodore h. maiman, american inventor , physicist developed laser (d. 2007)
julio sobrera, uruguayan cyclist
gregorio salvador caja, spanish linguist
chris leonard, english footballer


july 12

abune antonios, third patriarch of eritrean orthodox tewahedo church
tom benson, american footballer
frank windsor, english actor
gert grigoleit, american sprint canoer
muhammad iqbal, pakistani hammer thrower
jack harshman, american professional baseball pitcher (d. 2013)


july 13

chin kung, buddhist monk mahayana tradition
simone veil, french lawyer , politician (d. 2017)
ian reed, australian discus thrower


july 14

john chancellor, american news anchorman nbc (d. 1996)
paul v. priolo, american politician
ray hannigan, canadian professional ice hockey right winger
aimo vartiainen, finnish alpine skier
henri skiba, french football player
eero lohi, finnish modern pentathlete


july 15

ann jellicoe, british playwright, theatre director , actress
carmen zapata, american actress (d. 2014)
håkon brusveen, norwegian cross-country skier
leo c. zeferetti, american politician
joe turkel, american actor
nan martin, american actress (d. 2010)
caerwyn roderick, british labour party politician (d. 2011)
gloria pall, american model, showgirl, actress, author , businesswoman (d. 2012)
ted slevin, english professional rugby league footballer


july 16

shirley hughes, english author , illustrator
derek hawksworth, english footballer
geoffrey martin, australian rules footballer
serge baudo, french conductor
jules witcover, american journalist, author, , columnist
alois eisenträger, german footballer (d. 2017)
john warr, english cricketer (d. 2016)


july 17

ed leede, american former professional basketball player
roy stuart, american actor (d. 2005)


july 18

keith macdonald, canadian politician
robert e. haebel, american major general
antonio garcía-trevijano, spanish republican, political activist, , author
kurt masur, german conductor (d. 2015)
jack harshman, american professional baseball pitcher (d. 2013)
don bagley, american jazz bassist (d. 2012)


july 19

alma carlisle, african american architect , architectural historian
tom blake, american football player
hervé pinoteau, french historian , royalist apologist
billy gardner, american former professional baseball player, coach , manager


july 20

zhang sizhi, active rights lawyer in china
robert wahl, american football player
michael gielen, austrian conductor , composer
heather chasen, english actress
lyudmila alexeyeva, russian historian


july 21

dick smith, former major league baseball infielder
joan benedict steiger, american actress
hal hatfield, canadian football player
william liller, american astronomer


july 22

dagoberto moll, uruguayan footballer , manager
hsing yun, chinese buddhist monk
bill detrick, american college basketball , golf coach (d. 2014)


july 26 – danny la rue, irish drag queen (d. 2009)
july 27 – john seigenthaler, american journalist, writer, , political figure (d. 2014)
july 28 – john ashbery, american poet (d. 2017)
july 30

richard johnson, american actor (d. 2015)
victor wong, american actor (d. 2001)