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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jonathan Adams
Actor
16-Jul-1967   Henry Walker on American Dreams
Roald Amundsen
Explorer
16-Jul-1872 18-Jun-1928 First to reach South Pole
Gary Anderson
Football
16-Jul-1959   NFL placekicker
Reinaldo Arenas
Novelist
16-Jul-1943 7-Dec-1990 El Mundo Alucinante
William Bell
Singer
16-Jul-1939   You Don't Miss Your Water
Michael Bilirakis
Politician
16-Jul-1930   Congressman from Florida, 1983-2007
William Bishop
Actor
16-Jul-1918 3-Oct-1959 The Killer That Stalked New York
Ruben Blades
Actor
16-Jul-1948   Panamanian superstar of salsa and screen
Sasthi Brata
Author
16-Jul-1939   Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater
Anita Brookner
Novelist
16-Jul-1928   Hotel Du Lac
Richard Bryan
Politician
16-Jul-1937   Governor of Nevada, 1983-89
Phoebe Cates
Actor
16-Jul-1963   Fast Times at Ridgemont High
St. Clare
Religion
16-Jul-1194 11-Aug-1253 Founder of the Franciscan Nuns
Stewart Copeland
Drummer
16-Jul-1952   Drummer for The Police
Camille Corot
Painter
16-Jul-1796 22-Feb-1875 French landscape painter
Margaret Smith Court
Tennis
16-Jul-1942   Won 62 Grand Slam titles
Desmond Dekker
Singer/Songwriter
16-Jul-1941 25-May-2006 Israelites
Peter Dobson
Actor
16-Jul-1964   Nowhere Land
Jerry Doyle
Actor
16-Jul-1956   Michael Garibaldi on Babylon 5
Mary Baker Eddy
Religion
16-Jul-1821 3-Dec-1910 Founded Christian Science movement
Daniel A. Farber
Educator
16-Jul-1950   Retained by the People
Douglas Feith
Government
16-Jul-1953   Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 2001-05
Corey Feldman
Actor
16-Jul-1971   The Lost Boys
Will Ferrell
Comic
16-Jul-1967   Saturday Night Live
Michael Flatley
Dancer
16-Jul-1958   Lord of the Dance
Michael Forbes
Politician
16-Jul-1952   Congressman from New York, 1995-2001
Yasuo Fukuda
Politician
16-Jul-1936   Prime Minister of Japan, 2007-08
Faye Grant
Actor
16-Jul-1957   Dr. Julie Parrish on V
John Howard Griffin
Author
16-Jul-1920 9-Sep-1980 Black Like Me
Alexis Herman
Government
16-Jul-1947   US Secretary of Labor, 1997-2001
Barnard Hughes
Actor
16-Jul-1915 11-Jul-2006 High priest in TRON
Shirley Hughes
Author
16-Jul-1927   Alfie's Feet
Mark Indelicato
Actor
16-Jul-1994   Justin Suarez on Ugly Betty
Miguel Induráin
Cyclist
16-Jul-1964   Five-time Tour de France winner
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Baseball
16-Jul-1889 5-Dec-1951 Say it ain't so, Joe
Jesse Jane
Pornstar
16-Jul-1980   Hooters girl gone porn
Jimmy Johnson
Football
16-Jul-1943   Former Cowboys, Dolphins head coach
Justine Joli
Pornstar
16-Jul-1980   Carnival Sluts and Circus Dicks
Katrina Kaif
Actor
16-Jul-1984   Namastey London
Percy Kilbride
Actor
16-Jul-1888 11-Dec-1964 Pa Kettle
Tony Kushner
Playwright
16-Jul-1956   Angels in America
Bobby Lashley
Wrestling
16-Jul-1976   WWE wrestler
Barbara Lee
Politician
16-Jul-1946   Anti-war Congresswoman, California 9th
Trygve Lie
Diplomat
16-Jul-1896 30-Dec-1968 UN Secretary General, 1946-52
Alexander Luria
Psychologist
16-Jul-1902 14-Aug-1977 Pioneer of neuropsychology
James Maslow
Actor
16-Jul-1990   James Diamond on Big Time Rush
Jayma Mays
Actor
16-Jul-1979   Emma Pillsbury on Glee
AnnaLynne McCord
Actor
16-Jul-1987   Naomi Clark on 90210
Max McGee
Football
16-Jul-1932 20-Oct-2007 Former WR, Green Bay Packers
Carl E. Mundy, Jr.
Military
16-Jul-1935   USMC Commandant, 1991-95
Bess Myerson
Model
16-Jul-1924   First Jewish Miss America
Katherine D. Ortega
Government
16-Jul-1934   Treasurer of the US, 1983-89
Donald Payne
Politician
16-Jul-1934 6-Mar-2012 Congressman from New Jersey, 1989-2012
Julius Plücker
Mathematician
16-Jul-1801 22-May-1868 Analytical geometry
Chris Pontius
Skateboarder
16-Jul-1974   Skateboarder, Jackass, Wildboyz
Orville Redenbacher
Scientist
16-Jul-1907 19-Sep-1995 Popcorn maker
Corin Redgrave
Actor
16-Jul-1939 6-Apr-2010 Not About Nightingales
Joshua Reynolds
Painter
16-Jul-1723 23-Feb-1792 English portraitist
Joe Ricketts
Business
16-Jul-1941   Founder of Ameritrade
Ginger Rogers
Dancer
16-Jul-1911 25-Apr-1995 The Gay Divorcee
Mike Rogers
Politician
16-Jul-1958   Congressman, Alabama 3rd
Irwin Rose
Scientist
16-Jul-1926   Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Tim Ryan
Politician
16-Jul-1973   Congressman, Ohio 17th
Barry Sanders
Football
16-Jul-1968   Detroit Lions running back
Larry Sanger
Encyclopaedist
16-Jul-1968   Co-Founder of Wikipedia
Andrea del Sarto
Painter
16-Jul-1486 28-Sep-1530 Florentine school
Béla Schick
Doctor
16-Jul-1877 6-Dec-1967 Schick test for diphtheria
Michael M. Sears
Business
16-Jul-1947   CFO of Boeing, 2000-03
Ted Shackley
Government
16-Jul-1927 9-Dec-2002 The CIA's Blond Ghost
Robert Sheckley
Author
16-Jul-1928 9-Dec-2005 Science fiction genius
Charles Sheeler
Painter
16-Jul-1883 7-May-1965 American modernist painter, precisionist
Vincent Sherman
Film Director
16-Jul-1906 18-Jun-2006 The Young Philadelphians
Thomas B. Stanley
Politician
16-Jul-1890 10-Jul-1970 Governor of Virginia, 1954-58
Barbara Stanwyck
Actor
16-Jul-1907 20-Jan-1990 Double Indemnity
Robert D. Steele
Spy
16-Jul-1952   Open Source Systems
Eugene O. Sykes
Government
16-Jul-1876 21-Jun-1941 First Chairman of the FCC, 1934-35
Sheri S. Tepper
Author
16-Jul-1929   The Gate to Women's Country
Dick Thornburgh
Politician
16-Jul-1932   US Attorney General, 1988-91
Ray Thornton
Politician
16-Jul-1928   Former Congressman from Arkansas
Cal Tjader
Jazz Musician
16-Jul-1925 5-May-1982 Latin-jazz bandleader
David C. Treen
Politician
16-Jul-1928 29-Oct-2009 Governor of Louisiana, 1980-84
Sonny Tufts
Actor
16-Jul-1911 4-Jun-1970 Cat-Women of the Moon
Ann Turkel
Actor
16-Jul-1946   Golden Rendezvous
Tina Tyler
Pornstar
16-Jul-1965   Devil in Miss Jones #6
Theodore Vail
Business
16-Jul-1845 16-Apr-1920 Founder of AT&T
Janet Ventura-Arvizo
Relative
16-Jul-1968   Gavin Arvizo's mother
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Activist
16-Jul-1862 25-Mar-1931 Civil rights advocate
Mark H. Willes
Business
16-Jul-1941   CEO of Times Mirror, 1995-2000
Don R. Willett
Judge
16-Jul-1966   Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Jules Witcover
Columnist
16-Jul-1927   Longtime Baltimore Sun columnist
Frits Zernike
Physicist
16-Jul-1888 10-Mar-1966 Phase-contrast microscope




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