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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Rodolfo Acosta
Actor
29-Jul-1920 7-Nov-1974 Bandido
Captain Lou Albano
Wrestling
29-Jul-1933 14-Oct-2009 Pro wrestling manager
Fernando Alonso
Auto Racing
29-Jul-1981   Spanish Formula 1 racer
Jeannetta Arnette
Actor
29-Jul-1954   Bernadette Meara on Head of the Class
Theda Bara
Actor
29-Jul-1885 7-Apr-1955 A Fool There Was
Jean Baudrillard
Philosopher
29-Jul-1929 6-Mar-2007 Simulacra and Simulation
Claude Bébéar
Business
29-Jul-1935   CEO of AXA, 1985-2000
William Beebe
Scientist
29-Jul-1877 4-Jun-1962 Ocean explorer
Melvin Belli
Attorney
29-Jul-1907 9-Jul-1996 The King of Torts
Susan Blackmore
Author
29-Jul-1951   The Meme Machine
Jack Blessing
Actor
29-Jul-1951   Mr. Donner on The Naked Truth
Lloyd Bochner
Actor
29-Jul-1924 29-Oct-2005 It's a cookbook
Budd Boetticher
Film Director
29-Jul-1916 29-Nov-2001 Seven Men From Now
Clara Bow
Actor
29-Jul-1905 26-Sep-1965 Schizophrenic actress, Wings
George Bradshaw
Publisher
29-Jul-1801 1853 Bradshaw's Monthly Railway Guide
Ken Burns
Film Director
29-Jul-1953   Documentary filmmaker
Monica Calhoun
Actor
29-Jul-1971   Bagdad Café
Tommy Casanova
Football
29-Jul-1950   Former Cincinnati Bengals DB
Munro Chambers
Actor
29-Jul-1990   Degrassi: The Next Generation
Charlie Christian
Guitarist
29-Jul-1916 2-Mar-1942 The original guitar hero
Irwin Corey
Comic
29-Jul-1914   World's Foremost Authority
Thomas Corwin
Politician
29-Jul-1794 18-Dec-1865 Ohio Governor, Senator, Treasury Secretary
Simon Dach
Poet
29-Jul-1605 15-Apr-1659 German lyrical poet
Diana DeGette
Politician
29-Jul-1957   Congresswoman, Colorado 1st
Jeff Denham
Politician
29-Jul-1967   Congressman, California 19th
Elizabeth Dole
Politician
29-Jul-1936   US Senator from North Carolina, 2003-09
Stephen Dorff
Actor
29-Jul-1973   Blade
Jennifer Dunn
Politician
29-Jul-1941 5-Sep-2007 Congresswoman from Washington, 1993-2005
Sanjay Dutt
Actor
29-Jul-1959   Mission Kashmir
Anthony F. Earley, Jr.
Business
29-Jul-1949   CEO of DTE Energy
Leslie Easterbrook
Actor
29-Jul-1949   Drill Instructor in Police Academy
Richard Egan
Actor
29-Jul-1921 20-Jul-1987 Samuel Clegg on Capitol
Max Faulkner
Golf
29-Jul-1916 26-Feb-2005 Winner, 1951 British Open
Bill Forsyth
Film Director
29-Jul-1946   Local Hero
Robert Fuller
Actor
29-Jul-1933   Emergency!
Foster Furcolo
Politician
29-Jul-1911 5-Jul-1995 Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-61
Aleksandr Glazunov
Composer
29-Jul-1865 21-Mar-1936 Raymonda
Jo Grimond
Politician
29-Jul-1913 24-Oct-1993 Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1956-67
Tim Gunn
TV Personality
29-Jul-1953   Project Runway
Dean Haglund
Actor
29-Jul-1965   Langly on The X-Files
Dag Hammarskjold
Diplomat
29-Jul-1905 18-Sep-1961 UN Secretary General, 1953-61
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Head of State
29-Jul-1937 1-Jul-2006 Prime Minister of Japan, 1996-98
Mike Hodges
Film Director
29-Jul-1932   Get Carter
Jerry Hopper
Film Director
29-Jul-1907 17-Dec-1988 The Private War of Major Benson
Robert Horton
Actor
29-Jul-1924   Flint McCullough on Wagon Train
Wendy Hughes
Actor
29-Jul-1952   Careful, He Might Hear You
Peter Jennings
Journalist
29-Jul-1938 7-Aug-2005 Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight
Sue Johanson
Talk Show Host
29-Jul-1930   Talk Sex With Sue Johanson
Eyvind Johnson
Author
29-Jul-1900 25-Aug-1976 Rain at Dawn
Li Ka-Shing
Business
29-Jul-1928   Chinese billionaire, net worth $23B
Nancy Kassebaum
Politician
29-Jul-1932   US Senator from Kansas, 1979-97
Stanley Kunitz
Poet
29-Jul-1905 14-May-2006 US Poet Laureate, 2000
Owen Lattimore
Author
29-Jul-1900 31-May-1989 Scholar of Mongolia
Geddy Lee
Bassist
29-Jul-1953   Bassist for Rush
Ted Lindsay
Hockey
29-Jul-1925   Legendary hockey player
Allison Mack
Actor
29-Jul-1982   Chloe Sullivan on Smallville
Tim Mara
Football
29-Jul-1887 16-Feb-1959 Founder, Owner of NY Giants, 1925-59
Chris Marker
Film Director
29-Jul-1921 29-Jul-2012 La jetée
Don Marquis
Journalist
29-Jul-1878 29-Dec-1937 archy and mehitabel
Martina McBride
Country Musician
29-Jul-1966   My Baby Loves Me
Daniel L. McFadden
Economist
29-Jul-1937   Statistical analysis of individual and household behavior
Stephen McNally
Actor
29-Jul-1913 4-Jun-1994 Winchester '73
Rachel Miner
Actor
29-Jul-1980   The Guiding Light
Gordon Mitchell
Actor
29-Jul-1923 20-Sep-2003 Bodybuilder-Actor
Goenawan Mohammad
Journalist
29-Jul-1941   Muckraking Indonesian journalist
Danger Mouse
Music Producer
29-Jul-1977   The Grey Album
Richard W. Murphy
Diplomat
29-Jul-1929   US Ambassador to Syria, 1974-78
Ronnie Musgrove
Politician
29-Jul-1956   Governor of Mississippi, 2000-04
Benito Mussolini
Head of State
29-Jul-1883 28-Apr-1945 Fascist Dictator of Italy
Max Nordau
Critic
29-Jul-1849 23-Jan-1923 Zionist and cultural critic, Degeneration
Edwin O'Connor
Novelist
29-Jul-1918 23-Mar-1968 The Last Hurrah
Timothy Omundson
Actor
29-Jul-1969   Carlton Lassiter on Psych
James Otto
Country Musician
29-Jul-1973   Just Got Started Lovin' You
Maria Ouspenskaya
Actor
29-Jul-1876 3-Dec-1949 Waterloo Bridge
Sam Palmisano
Business
29-Jul-1951   CEO of IBM
Alexandra Paul
Actor
29-Jul-1963   Lt. Holden on Baywatch
William Powell
Actor
29-Jul-1892 5-Mar-1984 My Man Godfrey
Deborah Pryce
Politician
29-Jul-1951   Congresswoman from Ohio, 1993-2009
Joe Edward Purcell
Politician
29-Jul-1923 Mar-1987 Attorney General of Arkansas, 1967-71
Marilyn Quayle
First Lady
29-Jul-1949   Wife of Dan Quayle
Isidor Isaac Rabi
Physicist
29-Jul-1898 11-Jan-1988 Magnetic beam resonances
Josh Radnor
Actor
29-Jul-1974   How I Met Your Mother
Rodney Allen Rippy
Actor
29-Jul-1968   Jack in the Box commercials
Ian Roberts
Actor
29-Jul-1965   Upright Citizens Brigade
Genesis Rodriguez
Actor
29-Jul-1987   Prisionera
Sigmund Romberg
Composer
29-Jul-1887 9-Nov-1951 The New Moon
Cynthia Rowley
Fashion Designer
29-Jul-1958   Swell designer
Francis W. Sargent
Politician
29-Jul-1915 21-Oct-1998 Governor of Massachusetts, 1969-75
Charles Schwab
Business
29-Jul-1937   Founded Charles Schwab & Co.
Mary Lee Settle
Novelist
29-Jul-1918 27-Sep-2005 Beulah Land
Elizabeth Short
Victim
29-Jul-1924 15-Jan-1947 The Black Dahlia
Tony Sirico
Actor
29-Jul-1942   Paulie Walnuts
Ron Sommer
Business
29-Jul-1949   Chairman of Deutsche Telekom, 1995-2002
Mike Starr
Actor
29-Jul-1950   Goodfellas
Dave Stevens
Cartoonist
29-Jul-1955 10-Mar-2008 The Rocketeer
Booth Tarkington
Novelist
29-Jul-1869 19-May-1946 The Magnificent Ambersons
Stephen Timms
Politician
29-Jul-1955   Labour MP for East Ham, stabbed
Alexis de Tocqueville
Historian
29-Jul-1805 16-Apr-1859 Democracy in America
Thelma Todd
Actor
29-Jul-1905 16-Dec-1935 The Bohemian Girl
David Warner
Actor
29-Jul-1941   The Omen
Donald L. Wass
Business
29-Jul-1932   William Oncken Company
Wil Wheaton
Actor
29-Jul-1972   Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: TNG
Melvin O. Wright
Business
29-Jul-1928   Former Dean Witter Reynolds VP




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