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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gracie Allen
Actor
26-Jul-1895 27-Aug-1964 Say goodnight Gracie
Salvador Allende
Head of State
26-Jul-1908 11-Sep-1973 Chilean President, deposed by Pinochet
Gerard Arpey
Business
26-Jul-1958   CEO of American Airlines
Sam Beam
Musician
26-Jul-1974   Iron & Wine
Kate Beckinsale
Actor
26-Jul-1973   Pearl Harbor
Auguste Beernaert
Diplomat
26-Jul-1829 6-Oct-1912 Belgian Prime Minister, Nobel recipient
Charlotte Beers
Business
26-Jul-1935   CEO, Ogilvy & Mather 1992-97
James Best
Actor
26-Jul-1926   Roscoe P. Coltrane on Dukes
Yuen Biao
Actor
26-Jul-1957   Once Upon a Time in China
Emmet D. Boyle
Politician
26-Jul-1879 3-Jan-1926 Governor of Nevada, 1915-23
Roger D. Branigin
Politician
26-Jul-1902 19-Nov-1975 Governor of Indiana, 1965-69
C. Farris Bryant
Politician
26-Jul-1914 1-Mar-2002 Governor of Florida, 1961-65
Sandra Bullock
Actor
26-Jul-1964   The Net
Noelle Bush
Relative
26-Jul-1977   Niece of George W. Bush
Charles Butterworth
Actor
26-Jul-1896 14-Jun-1946 This is the Army
George Catlin
Painter
26-Jul-1796 23-Dec-1872 Portraitist painted Native Americans
Gary Cherone
Singer
26-Jul-1961   Former Extreme, Van Halen vocalist
Buddy Clark
Singer
26-Jul-1912 1-Oct-1949 How Are Things in Glocca Mora
George Clinton
Military
26-Jul-1739 20-Apr-1812 US Vice President, 1805-12
George B. Cortelyou
Politician
26-Jul-1862 23-Oct-1940 US Treasury Secretary, 1907-09
Francesco Cossiga
Head of State
26-Jul-1928 17-Aug-2010 President of Italy, 1985-92
Blake Edwards
Film Director
26-Jul-1922 15-Dec-2010 The Pink Panther
Donald Evans
Government
26-Jul-1946   US Secretary of Commerce, 2001-05
John Field
Composer
26-Jul-1782 23-Jan-1837 Irish composer of Nocturnes
Paul Gallico
Author
26-Jul-1897 15-Jul-1975 The Snow Goose
Susan George
Actor
26-Jul-1950   Straw Dogs
Vitas Gerulaitis
Tennis
26-Jul-1954 18-Sep-1994 Winner, 1977 Australian Open
Elizabeth Gillies
Actor
26-Jul-1993   Jade West on Victorious
Genevieve Gorder
TV Personality
26-Jul-1974   Interior decorator on Trading Spaces
Wayne Grady
Golf
26-Jul-1957   Winner, 1990 PGA Championship
William T. Granahan
Politician
26-Jul-1895 25-May-1956 Congressman from Pennsylvania
Dobie Gray
Singer/Songwriter
26-Jul-1940 6-Dec-2011 Drift Away
George Grosz
Artist
26-Jul-1893 6-Jul-1959 German social caricaturist
Dorothy Hamill
Figure Skating
26-Jul-1956   Olympic figure skater, gold medal 1976
Kathryn Hays
Actor
26-Jul-1933   Kim Hughes on As the World Turns
Edward M. House
Diplomat
26-Jul-1858 28-Mar-1938 Advisor to Woodrow Wilson
John Howard
Head of State
26-Jul-1939   Prime Minister of Australia, 1996-2007
Aldous Huxley
Author
26-Jul-1894 22-Nov-1963 Brave New World
Peter Hyams
Film Director
26-Jul-1943   Capricorn One
Joseph I
Royalty
26-Jul-1678 17-Apr-1711 Holy Roman Emperor, 1705-11
Joe Jackson
Relative
26-Jul-1929   Patriarch of the Jackson family
Mick Jagger
Singer/Songwriter
26-Jul-1943   Lead singer of the Rolling Stones
Leigh Jason
Film Director
26-Jul-1904 19-Feb-1979 The Mad Miss Manton
Terry Jeffrey
Journalist
26-Jul-1958   Editor at Large, CNSNews.com
Carl Jung
Psychiatrist
26-Jul-1875 6-Jun-1961 Inventor of the collective unconscious
Estes Kefauver
Politician
26-Jul-1903 10-Aug-1963 US Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63
Mary Jo Kopechne
Victim
26-Jul-1940 18-Jul-1969 Dead woman in Ted Kennedy's car
Serge Koussevitzky
Conductor
26-Jul-1874 4-Jun-1951 Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1924-49
Stanley Kubrick
Film Director
26-Jul-1928 7-Mar-1999 2001: A Space Odyssey
Bob Lilly
Football
26-Jul-1939   Cowboys Defensive Tackle
Marjorie Lord
Actor
26-Jul-1918   Make Room for Daddy
James Lovelock
Scientist
26-Jul-1919   The Gaia Theory
Antonio Machado
Poet
26-Jul-1875 22-Feb-1939 Generation of '98
Alfred Marshall
Economist
26-Jul-1842 13-Jul-1924 Principles of Economics
Kiel Martin
Actor
26-Jul-1944 28-Dec-1990 J. D. LaRue on Hill Street Blues
André Maurois
Author
26-Jul-1885 9-Oct-1967 French biographer
John M. McConnell
Government
26-Jul-1943   Director of National Intelligence, 2007-09
George Barr McCutcheon
Novelist
26-Jul-1866 23-Oct-1928 Brewster's Millions
Miriam McDonald
Actor
26-Jul-1987   Degrassi: The Next Generation
Tommy McDonald
Football
26-Jul-1934   NFL Hall of Famer
Tom McGowan
Actor
26-Jul-1959   Kenny Daly on Frasier
Paul F. McHale
Politician
26-Jul-1950   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1993-99
Helen Mirren
Actor
26-Jul-1945   Prime Suspect
Taylor Momsen
Actor
26-Jul-1993   Gossip Girl
John J. Myers
Religion
26-Jul-1941   Catholic Archbishop of Newark
Edmund S. Phelps
Economist
26-Jul-1933   Golden Rules of Economic Growth
Jeremy Piven
Actor
26-Jul-1965   Ari Gold on Entourage
Jason Robards
Actor
26-Jul-1922 26-Dec-2000 All The President's Men
John Sawers
Diplomat
26-Jul-1955   Director-General Designate, MI6
Philipp Scheidemann
Head of State
26-Jul-1865 29-Nov-1939 German Chancellor, 1919
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright
26-Jul-1856 2-Nov-1950 Irish dramatist and pamphleteer
Jean Shepherd
Radio Personality
26-Jul-1921 16-Oct-1999 A Christmas Story
Thaksin Shinawatra
Head of State
26-Jul-1949   Prime Minister of Thailand, 2001-06
Kevin Spacey
Actor
26-Jul-1959   The Usual Suspects
James Cardinal Stafford
Religion
26-Jul-1932   Archbishop of Denver, 1986-96
Chez Starbuck
Actor
26-Jul-1982   The Thirteenth Year
Roger Taylor
Drummer
26-Jul-1949   Drummer for Queen
Peter Thorneycroft
Politician
26-Jul-1909 4-Jun-1994 UK Minister of Defence, 1962-64
John W. Tyson
Business
26-Jul-1905 15-Jan-1967 Founder of Tyson Foods
Vivian Vance
Actor
26-Jul-1909 17-Aug-1979 Ethel on I Love Lucy
James K. Vardaman
Government
26-Jul-1861 25-Jun-1930 The Great White Chief
Nana Visitor
Actor
26-Jul-1957   Maj. Kira Nerys on Star Trek: DS9
Sir Richard Wallace
Aristocrat
26-Jul-1818 20-Jul-1890 The Wallace Collection
Kim Walther
TV Personality
26-Jul-1977   Anna Nicole Smith's dykey assistant
Hoyt Wilhelm
Baseball
26-Jul-1923 23-Aug-2002 Knuckleball relief pitcher
Cress Williams
Actor
26-Jul-1970   Lavon Hayes on Hart of Dixie
Olivia Williams
Actor
26-Jul-1968   The Sixth Sense




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