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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
M. H. Abrams
Author
23-Jul-1912   The Mirror and the Lamp
Juliet Anderson
Pornstar
23-Jul-1938 11-Jan-2010 Queen of the MILFs
Ann Ayars
Actor
23-Jul-1918 27-Feb-1995 The Youngest Profession
Daniel W. Bell
Government
23-Jul-1891 ? Undersecretary of the Treasury
Alan Brooke
Military
23-Jul-1883 17-Jun-1963 Chief military advisor to Churchill
Robert Brown
Actor
23-Jul-1921 11-Nov-2003 Licence to Kill
Coral Browne
Actor
23-Jul-1913 29-May-1991 The Killing of Sister George
Charisma Carpenter
Actor
23-Jul-1970   Cordelia on Buffy
Bec Cartwright
Actor
23-Jul-1983   Home and Away
Raymond Chandler
Author
23-Jul-1888 26-Mar-1959 Invented hard-boiled detective novel
Bert Convy
Game Show Host
23-Jul-1933 15-Jul-1991 Host of Tattletales TV game show
Janet Cooke
Journalist
23-Jul-1954   Caught writing fake news
Ronny Cox
Actor
23-Jul-1938   Lt. Bogomil in Beverly Hills Cop
Calvert DeForest
Actor
23-Jul-1921 19-Mar-2007 Larry "Bud" Melman on Letterman
Gloria DeHaven
Actor
23-Jul-1925   Summer Holiday
Jere A. Drummond
Business
23-Jul-1939   Vice Chairman of Bellsouth, 2000-01
Don Drysdale
Baseball
23-Jul-1936 3-Jul-1993 Dodgers pitcher, 1962 Cy Young Award winner
Omar Epps
Actor
23-Jul-1973   Now you got the juice
Leon Fleisher
Pianist
23-Jul-1928   Piano virtuoso
Michael Foot
Politician
23-Jul-1913 3-Mar-2010 Leader, House of Commons, 1976-79
Richard Gaines
Actor
23-Jul-1904 20-Jul-1975 Double Indemnity
Nomar Garciaparra
Baseball
23-Jul-1973   Six-time All Star
Götz George
Actor
23-Jul-1938   Schtonk!
Theo Van Gogh
Film Director
23-Jul-1957 2-Nov-2004 Controversial Director of Submission
Martin Gore
Musician
23-Jul-1961   Depeche Mode
Maurice Greene
Track and Field
23-Jul-1974   Olympic sprinter, four medals
Kathryn Hahn
Actor
23-Jul-1974   Lily Lebowski on Crossing Jordan
John Hall
Politician
23-Jul-1948   Congressman from New York, 2007-11
Woody Harrelson
Actor
23-Jul-1961   Woody from Cheers
Francis Healy
Singer/Songwriter
23-Jul-1973   Frontman for Travis
Gustav Heinemann
Head of State
23-Jul-1899 7-Jul-1976 President of Germany, 1969-74
Kirby J. Hensley
Religion
23-Jul-1911 19-Mar-1999 Founder, Universal Life Church
Myra Hindley
Criminal
23-Jul-1942 15-Nov-2002 The Moors Murders
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor
23-Jul-1967   Character actor
Don Imus
Radio Personality
23-Jul-1940   Imus in the Morning
Emil Jannings
Actor
23-Jul-1884 3-Jan-1950 The Last Command
Tim Johnson
Politician
23-Jul-1946   Congressman, Illinois 15th
Anthony Kennedy
Judge
23-Jul-1936   US Supreme Court Justice
C. M. Kornbluth
Novelist
23-Jul-1923 21-Mar-1958 The Space Merchants
Alex Kozinski
Judge
23-Jul-1950   Chief Judge, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Alison Krauss
Musician
23-Jul-1971   Bluegrass fiddle prodigy
Kurt Kreuger
Actor
23-Jul-1916 12-Jul-2006 The Enemy Below
Buzz Kulik
Film Director
23-Jul-1922 13-Jan-1999 Brian's Song
Eriq La Salle
Actor
23-Jul-1962   ER
Moon Landrieu
Politician
23-Jul-1930   Mayor of New Orleans, 1970-78
Andrew E. Lange
Astronomer
23-Jul-1957 22-Jan-2010 Cosmologist, astrophysicist at Caltech
Shawn Levy
Film Director
23-Jul-1968   Night at the Museum
Monica Lewinsky
Government
23-Jul-1973   Engaged in Presidential cigar play
Salvador de Madariaga
Author
23-Jul-1886 14-Dec-1978 Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards
Larry Manetti
Actor
23-Jul-1947   Rick on Magnum, P.I.
Stephanie March
Actor
23-Jul-1974   Law & Order: SVU
Helen Martin
Actor
23-Jul-1909 25-Mar-2000 Pearl Shay on 227
Brini Maxwell
TV Personality
23-Jul-1969   The Brini Maxwell Show
Al McCandless
Politician
23-Jul-1927   Congressman from California, 1983-95
Edie McClurg
Actor
23-Jul-1951   Ferris Bueller's Day Off
George T. Mickelson
Politician
23-Jul-1903 28-Feb-1965 Governor of South Dakota, 1947-51
Kelly Miller
Sociologist
23-Jul-1863 29-Dec-1939 Out of the House of Bondage
Belinda Montgomery
Actor
23-Jul-1950   Katherine Howser on Doogie Howser, M.D.
John P. Morgridge
Business
23-Jul-1933   CEO of Cisco, 1988-95
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
Economist
23-Jul-1940 18-Dec-2010 Italian Finance Minister, 2006-08
Gale Page
Actor
23-Jul-1913 8-Jan-1983 Four Daughters
Robert M. Parker
Critic
23-Jul-1947   The Wine Advocate
Coventry Patmore
Poet
23-Jul-1823 26-Nov-1896 The Unknown Eros
Mariane Pearl
Journalist
23-Jul-1967   Widow of Daniel Pearl
Norris Poulson
Politician
23-Jul-1895 25-Sep-1982 Mayor of Los Angeles, 1953-61
Vladimir Prelog
Chemist
23-Jul-1906 7-Jan-1998 Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts
Daniel Radcliffe
Actor
23-Jul-1989   Harry Potter
Alan Rafkin
Film Director
23-Jul-1928 6-Aug-2001 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Pee Wee Reese
Baseball
23-Jul-1918 15-Aug-1999 Ten-time Dodgers All-Star
Richard Rogers
Architect
23-Jul-1933   Designed Centre Pompidou
Brandon Roy
Basketball
23-Jul-1984   Minnesota Timberwolves guard
Vera Rubin
Astronomer
23-Jul-1928   Structure of galaxies
Edward Terry Sanford
Judge
23-Jul-1865 8-Mar-1930 US Supreme Court Justice, 1923-30
Walter Schottky
Physicist
23-Jul-1886 4-Mar-1976 Solid-state physics and electronics
Haile Selassie
Royalty
23-Jul-1892 27-Aug-1975 Last Emperor of Ethiopia
Hubert Selby
Author
23-Jul-1928 26-Apr-2004 Requiem for a Dream
Brent Sexton
Actor
23-Jul-1953   Stan Larsen on The Killing
Stephanie Seymour
Model
23-Jul-1968   Cover 1990 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue
Slash
Guitarist
23-Jul-1965   Former lead guitarist, Guns n' Roses
Barbara R. Snyder
Educator
23-Jul-1955   President, CWRU
Frank Soskice
Politician
23-Jul-1902 1-Jan-1979 UK Home Secretary, 1964-65
Annie Sprinkle
Pornstar
23-Jul-1954   Pornstar turned performance artist
Joel Stein
Columnist
23-Jul-1971   LA Times columnist
Stephanie Sun
Singer
23-Jul-1978   Singaporean pop singer
Arthur Treacher
Actor
23-Jul-1894 14-Dec-1975 The Merv Griffin Show
Julia Gardiner Tyler
First Lady
23-Jul-1820 10-Jul-1889 Second wife of US President John Tyler
Nick Udall
Politician
23-Jul-1913 15-Jun-2005 Mayor of Phoenix, 1948-52
Eugène François Vidocq
Government
23-Jul-1775 11-May-1857 Criminal-turned-criminologist
Elio Vittorini
Novelist
23-Jul-1908 13-Feb-1966 Conversations in Sicily
Robert J. Walker
Politician
23-Jul-1801 11-Nov-1869 Mississippi Senator, Treasury Secretary
Marlon Wayans
Comic
23-Jul-1972   A Wayans Brother
Paul Wesley
Actor
23-Jul-1982   Tommy Callahan on Everwood
Michael Wilding
Actor
23-Jul-1912 8-Jul-1979 Torch Song
Michelle Williams
Singer
23-Jul-1980   One-third of Destiny's Child
Hank Worden
Actor
23-Jul-1901 6-Dec-1992 The Searchers




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