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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Keith Andes
Actor
12-Jul-1920 11-Nov-2005 Clash by Night
Milton Berle
Comic
12-Jul-1908 27-Mar-2002 Mr. Television
Claude Bernard
Doctor
12-Jul-1813 10-Feb-1878 French physiologist
Edward Bernds
Film Director
12-Jul-1905 20-May-2000 Return of the Fly
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 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
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
Delia Ephron
Author
12-Jul-1944   Heartburn
John D. Feerick
Attorney
12-Jul-1936   Dean of Fordham Law, 1982-2002
Raymond C. Fisher
Judge
12-Jul-1939   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert Fisk
Journalist
12-Jul-1946   Foreign correspondent for The Independent
Kirsten Flagstad
Singer
12-Jul-1895 7-Dec-1962 Wagnerian soprano
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 II
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 7-Aug-2011 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
Monte Hellman
Film Director
12-Jul-1932   Two-Lane Blacktop
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
Cheyenne Jackson
Actor
12-Jul-1975   30 Rock
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   Attorney General of Florida, 2007-11
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
Gordon Pinsent
Actor
12-Jul-1930   Fraser, Sr. on Due South
Dennis J. Reimer
Military
12-Jul-1939   US Army Chief of Staff, 1995-99
Beah Richards
Actor
12-Jul-1920 14-Sep-2000 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Michelle Rodriguez
Actor
12-Jul-1978   Girlfight, Resident Evil
Paul Runyan
Golf
12-Jul-1908 17-Mar-2002 Winner, 1934 and 1938 PGA Championships
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 Walden
Phoebe Tonkin
Actor
12-Jul-1989   Cleo Sertori on H2O: Just Add Water
George Weissman
Business
12-Jul-1919 24-Jul-2009 CEO of Philip Morris, 1978-84
Jordyn Wieber
Gymnastics
12-Jul-1995   Olympic gymnast
Andrew Wyeth
Painter
12-Jul-1917 16-Jan-2009 American painter, Christina's World
Kristi Yamaguchi
Figure Skating
12-Jul-1971   Olympic figure skater
Steve Young
Singer/Songwriter
12-Jul-1942   "Southern Music" songwriter
Herbert S. Zim
Author
12-Jul-1909 5-Dec-1994 Golden Guides




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