| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Keith Andes |
Actor |
12-Jul-1920 |
11-Nov-2005 |
Clash by Night |
| Milton Berle |
Comic |
12-Jul-1908 |
27-Mar-2002 |
Crossdressing TV pioneer |
| Claude Bernard |
Doctor |
12-Jul-1813 |
10-Feb-1878 |
French physiologist |
| Pierre Berton |
Author |
12-Jul-1920 |
30-Nov-2004 |
Canadian writer and TV personality |
| Winthrop G. Brown |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1907 |
25-May-1987 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1964-67 |
| Tod Browning |
Film Director |
12-Jul-1882 |
6-Oct-1962 |
Director, Dracula, Freaks |
| Mark S. Cady |
Judge |
12-Jul-1953 |
|
Justice, Iowa Supreme Court |
| Timothy Michael Carney |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Haiti, 1998-99 |
| Eric Carr |
Drummer |
12-Jul-1950 |
24-Nov-1991 |
Drummer for KISS |
| Lisa Nicole Carson |
Actor |
12-Jul-1969 |
|
Renee on Ally McBeal |
| George Washington Carver |
Inventor |
12-Jul-1864 |
5-Jan-1943 |
God's gift to peanut farmers |
| Van Cliburn |
Pianist |
12-Jul-1934 |
|
Piano prodigy |
| Elias James Corey |
Chemist |
12-Jul-1928 |
|
Retrosynthetic analysis |
| Bill Cosby |
Comic |
12-Jul-1937 |
|
Comedy fixture, pudding industry shill |
| Joe DeRita |
Actor |
12-Jul-1909 |
3-Jul-1993 |
The Three Stooges |
| George Eastman |
Inventor |
12-Jul-1854 |
14-Mar-1932 |
Inventor of the Kodak camera |
| Mickey Edwards |
Politician |
12-Jul-1937 |
|
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1977-93 |
| Juan del Encina |
Playwright |
12-Jul-1469 |
1529 |
Founder of Spanish drama |
| John D. Feerick |
Attorney |
12-Jul-1936 |
|
Dean of Fordham Law, 1982-2002 |
| Robert Fisk |
Journalist |
12-Jul-1946 |
|
Foreign correspondent for The Independent |
| Anna Friel |
Actor |
12-Jul-1976 |
|
Timeline |
| R. Buckminster Fuller |
Architect |
12-Jul-1895 |
1-Jul-1983 |
Futurist, invented the geodesic dome |
| Tim Gane |
Guitarist |
12-Jul-1964 |
|
Guitarist for Stereolab |
| Stefan George |
Poet |
12-Jul-1868 |
4-Dec-1933 |
Algabal |
| Topher Grace |
Actor |
12-Jul-1978 |
|
Eric Forman in That 70's Show |
| Brian Grazer |
Film/TV Producer |
12-Jul-1951 |
|
Co-Founder, Imagine Entertainment |
| Anthony Grillo |
Business |
12-Jul-1955 |
|
American Securities Advisors |
| Frederick A. Halsey |
Engineer |
12-Jul-1856 |
20-Oct-1935 |
Kept America safe from the metric system |
| Oscar Hammerstein |
Musician |
12-Jul-1895 |
23-Aug-1960 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Mel Harris |
Actor |
12-Jul-1957 |
|
Hope Steadman on thirtysomething |
| Mark Hatfield |
Politician |
12-Jul-1922 |
|
US Senator from Oregon, 1967-97 |
| Rita E. Hauser |
Activist |
12-Jul-1934 |
|
Former Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan |
| Janet Gray Hayes |
Politician |
12-Jul-1926 |
|
Mayor of San Jose, 1975-83 |
| J. D. Hayworth |
Politician |
12-Jul-1958 |
|
Congressman from Arizona, 1995-2007 |
| Jean Hersholt |
Actor |
12-Jul-1886 |
2-Jun-1956 |
Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund |
| Steve Howey |
Actor |
12-Jul-1977 |
|
Van Montgomery on Reba |
| Arthur M. Hyde |
Politician |
12-Jul-1877 |
17-Oct-1947 |
Governor of Missouri, 1921-25 |
| Max Jacob |
Poet |
12-Jul-1876 |
5-Mar-1944 |
Le Cornet à dés |
| Gary N. Jacobs |
Business |
12-Jul-1945 |
|
General Counsel for MGM Mirage |
| Lionel Jospin |
Head of State |
12-Jul-1937 |
|
Prime Minister of France, 1997-2002 |
| Philip M. Kaiser |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1913 |
24-May-2007 |
US Ambassador to Austria, 1980-81 |
| Cheryl Ladd |
Actor |
12-Jul-1951 |
|
Charlie's Angels |
| Willis Lamb |
Physicist |
12-Jul-1913 |
15-May-2008 |
Detailed the hydrogen spectrum |
| Brock Lesnar |
Wrestling |
12-Jul-1977 |
|
WWE Champion at age 25 |
| Magoo |
Rapper |
12-Jul-1973 |
|
Rap partner with Timbaland |
| Betty McCollum |
Politician |
12-Jul-1954 |
|
Congresswoman, Minnesota 4th |
| Bill McCollum |
Politician |
12-Jul-1944 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1981-2001 |
| Bud McFarlane |
Government |
12-Jul-1937 |
|
Iran-Contra figure |
| Christine McVie |
Musician |
12-Jul-1943 |
|
Fleetwood Mac |
| Amedeo Modigliani |
Sculptor |
12-Jul-1884 |
24-Jan-1920 |
Cubist Italian sculptor and painter |
| Charlie Murphy |
Actor |
12-Jul-1959 |
|
Chapelle's Show |
| Pablo Neruda |
Poet |
12-Jul-1904 |
23-Sep-1973 |
Residencia en la Tierra |
| Denise Nicholas |
Actor |
12-Jul-1944 |
|
A Piece of the Action |
| William Osler |
Doctor |
12-Jul-1849 |
29-Dec-1919 |
Father of psychosomatic medicine |
| John Petrucci |
Guitarist |
12-Jul-1967 |
|
Dream Theater guitarist |
| Beah Richards |
Actor |
12-Jul-1920 |
14-Sep-2000 |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| Michelle Rodriguez |
Actor |
12-Jul-1978 |
|
Girlfight, Resident Evil |
| Jamey Sheridan |
Actor |
12-Jul-1951 |
|
Law & Order: Criminal Intent |
| Richard Simmons |
Fitness Guru |
12-Jul-1948 |
|
Flamboyant weight loss guru |
| Roger Smith |
Business |
12-Jul-1925 |
29-Nov-2007 |
CEO of General Motors, 1980-90 |
| Erik Per Sullivan |
Actor |
12-Jul-1991 |
|
Dewey on Malcolm in the Middle |
| Jay Thomas |
Actor |
12-Jul-1948 |
|
Jerry Gold on Murphy Brown |
| Henry David Thoreau |
Author |
12-Jul-1817 |
6-May-1862 |
Reclusive author of Walden |
| Andrew Wyeth |
Painter |
12-Jul-1917 |
|
American watercolorist |
| Kristi Yamaguchi |
Skating |
12-Jul-1971 |
|
Olympic figure skater |
| Steve Young |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Jul-1942 |
|
"Southern Music" songwriter |