| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Augustus I |
Royalty |
31-Jul-1526 |
21-Jan-1586 |
Elector of Saxony, 1553-86 |
| Alan Autry |
Actor |
31-Jul-1952 |
|
In The Heat of the Night |
| Lynne Reid Banks |
Novelist |
31-Jul-1929 |
|
The Indian in the Cupboard |
| Mario Bava |
Film Director |
31-Jul-1914 |
27-Apr-1980 |
Black Sunday |
| Peter Benenson |
Activist |
31-Jul-1921 |
25-Feb-2005 |
Founder of Amnesty International |
| William Bennett |
Government |
31-Jul-1943 |
|
Former Drug Czar and gambling man |
| Matthew A. Berdon |
Business |
31-Jul-1919 |
27-Mar-2010 |
Senior Partner, F. B. & Co. |
| Eve Best |
Actor |
31-Jul-1971 |
|
Dr. Eleanor O'Hara on Nurse Jackie |
| Michael Biehn |
Actor |
31-Jul-1956 |
|
Aliens, The Rock, The Abyss |
| Dirk Blocker |
Actor |
31-Jul-1957 |
|
Baa Baa, Black Sheep |
| Paul D. Boyer |
Chemist |
31-Jul-1918 |
|
ATP process |
| Dean Cain |
Actor |
31-Jul-1966 |
|
Superman |
| Beatrice Campbell |
Actor |
31-Jul-1922 |
10-May-1979 |
Last Holiday |
| Ted Cassidy |
Actor |
31-Jul-1932 |
16-Jan-1979 |
Lurch on The Addams Family |
| Sidney J. Catts |
Politician |
31-Jul-1863 |
9-Mar-1936 |
Governor of Florida, 1917-21 |
| Ben Chaplin |
Actor |
31-Jul-1970 |
|
The Truth About Cats & Dogs |
| Geraldine Chaplin |
Actor |
31-Jul-1944 |
|
Doctor Zhivago |
| Pat Cooper |
Comic |
31-Jul-1929 |
|
Our Hero |
| Christina Cox |
Actor |
31-Jul-1971 |
|
Vicki Nelson on Blood Ties |
| Mark Cuban |
Basketball |
31-Jul-1958 |
|
Broadcast.com founder bought Dallas Mavericks |
| Bob Davis |
Politician |
31-Jul-1932 |
16-Oct-2009 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1979-93 |
| Loren Dean |
Actor |
31-Jul-1969 |
|
Mumford |
| Wolfgang Deml |
Business |
31-Jul-1945 |
|
CEO of BayWa Corporation |
| John Ericsson |
Inventor |
31-Jul-1803 |
8-Mar-1889 |
Built the ironclad USS Monitor |
| Susan Flannery |
Actor |
31-Jul-1940 |
|
The Bold and the Beautiful |
| Chet Forrest |
Songwriter |
31-Jul-1915 |
10-Oct-1999 |
Kismet |
| Emilia Fox |
Actor |
31-Jul-1974 |
|
Nikki Alexander on Silent Witness |
| William E. Frenzel |
Politician |
31-Jul-1928 |
|
Congressman from Minnesota, 1971-91 |
| Milton Friedman |
Economist |
31-Jul-1912 |
16-Nov-2006 |
1976 Nobel Prize for Economics |
| Louis de Funès |
Actor |
31-Jul-1914 |
27-Jan-1983 |
La Grande vadrouille |
| Carl Goerdeler |
Politician |
31-Jul-1884 |
2-Feb-1945 |
Politician, hanged by the Nazis |
| Evonne Goolagong |
Tennis |
31-Jul-1951 |
|
Aboriginal Australian tennis star |
| Curt Gowdy |
Sports Journalist |
31-Jul-1919 |
20-Feb-2006 |
Voice of the Red Sox |
| Richard Griffiths |
Actor |
31-Jul-1947 |
|
The History Boys |
| Rodney Harvey |
Actor |
31-Jul-1967 |
11-Apr-1998 |
Sodapop Curtis on The Outsiders |
| Percy Herbert |
Actor |
31-Jul-1920 |
6-Dec-1992 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| Abram Stevens Hewitt |
Politician |
31-Jul-1822 |
18-Jan-1903 |
Mayor of New York City, 1887-88 |
| Helen E. Hoens |
Judge |
31-Jul-1954 |
|
Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court |
| John 5 |
Guitarist |
31-Jul-1971 |
|
Marilyn Manson guitarist, 1998-2004 |
| Hank Jones |
Jazz Musician |
31-Jul-1918 |
16-May-2010 |
Jazz Piano Luminary |
| Stanley Jordan |
Guitarist |
31-Jul-1959 |
|
Touch-technique guitarist |
| Richard Kelly |
Politician |
31-Jul-1924 |
22-Aug-2005 |
Congressman snagged in ABSCAM sting |
| James Kent |
Judge |
31-Jul-1763 |
12-Dec-1847 |
Commentaries on American Law |
| S. S. Kresge |
Business |
31-Jul-1867 |
18-Oct-1966 |
Founder of K-Mart |
| Irv Kupcinet |
Columnist |
31-Jul-1912 |
10-Nov-2003 |
Kup's Column |
| Stephanie Kwolek |
Chemist |
31-Jul-1923 |
|
Invented Kevlar |
| Sherry Lansing |
Business |
31-Jul-1944 |
|
Former Paramount executive |
| Primo Levi |
Author |
31-Jul-1919 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Survival in Auschwitz |
| Geoffrey Lewis |
Actor |
31-Jul-1935 |
|
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
| Eric Lively |
Actor |
31-Jul-1981 |
|
So Weird |
| Sandra L. Lynch |
Judge |
31-Jul-1946 |
|
1st Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Andrew Marr |
Journalist |
31-Jul-1959 |
|
BBC Political Editor, 2000-05 |
| Maximilian II |
Royalty |
31-Jul-1527 |
12-Oct-1576 |
Holy Roman Emperor, 1564-76 |
| Robert Mehrabian |
Business |
31-Jul-1941 |
|
CEO of Teledyne |
| Robert C. Merton |
Economist |
31-Jul-1944 |
|
Risk management and options |
| Col. Robert Morgan |
Military |
31-Jul-1918 |
15-May-2004 |
Pilot of The Memphis Belle |
| Don Murray |
Actor |
31-Jul-1929 |
|
Sid Fairgate on Knots Landing |
| Bernard Nathanson |
Activist |
31-Jul-1926 |
|
Pro-life activist, former abortionist |
| B. J. Novak |
Actor |
31-Jul-1979 |
|
Ryan Howard on The Office |
| France Nuyen |
Actor |
31-Jul-1939 |
|
The Joy Luck Club |
| Deval Patrick |
Politician |
31-Jul-1956 |
|
Governor of Massachusetts |
| Adam Putnam |
Politician |
31-Jul-1974 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 2001-11 |
| Hilary Putnam |
Philosopher |
31-Jul-1926 |
|
Philosophy of Mind |
| William Quantrill |
Criminal |
31-Jul-1837 |
6-Jun-1865 |
Quantrill's Raiders |
| Fred Quimby |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Jul-1886 |
16-Sep-1965 |
Producer of Tom and Jerry |
| The Madd Rapper |
Rapper |
31-Jul-1968 |
|
Tell 'Em Why U Madd |
| James Read |
Actor |
31-Jul-1953 |
|
North & South |
| Richard Rodriguez |
Essayist |
31-Jul-1944 |
|
Hunger of Memory |
| Larry Romano |
Actor |
31-Jul-1963 |
|
Richie on The King of Queens |
| Elmo Roper |
Business |
31-Jul-1900 |
30-Apr-1971 |
American pollster |
| J. K. Rowling |
Author |
31-Jul-1965 |
|
Author of Harry Potter series |
| M. Shadows |
Singer |
31-Jul-1981 |
|
Lead vocalist, Avenged Sevenfold |
| Fatboy Slim |
Musician |
31-Jul-1962 |
|
Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars |
| Theobald Smith |
Scientist |
31-Jul-1859 |
10-Dec-1934 |
Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Wesley Snipes |
Actor |
31-Jul-1962 |
|
New Jack City |
| Lupe Soza |
Auto Racing |
31-Jul-1965 |
|
El Toro Loco monster truck |
| Betty Sutton |
Politician |
31-Jul-1963 |
|
Congresswoman, Ohio 13th |
| John B. Swainson |
Politician |
31-Jul-1925 |
13-May-1994 |
Governor of Michigan, 1961-63 |
| Sydney Tafler |
Actor |
31-Jul-1916 |
8-Nov-1979 |
The Lavender Hill Mob |
| George Henry Thomas |
Military |
31-Jul-1816 |
28-Mar-1870 |
Union Army General |
| Bill Todman |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Jul-1916 |
29-Jul-1976 |
Goodson-Todman Productions |
| Barry Van Dyke |
Actor |
31-Jul-1951 |
|
Diagnosis Murder |
| Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn |
Historian |
31-Jul-1909 |
26-May-1999 |
Conservative ideologue |
| Andre Ware |
Football |
31-Jul-1968 |
|
Winner, 1989 Heisman Trophy |
| Chris Weinke |
Football |
31-Jul-1972 |
|
Winner, 2000 Heisman Trophy |
| Bill Weld |
Politician |
31-Jul-1945 |
|
Governor of Massachusetts, 1991-97 |
| Charles W. Whalen, Jr. |
Politician |
31-Jul-1920 |
27-Jun-2011 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1967-79 |
| Henry Willson |
Business |
31-Jul-1911 |
2-Nov-1978 |
Talent agent, cultivated gay clientele |
| Joe Wilson |
Politician |
31-Jul-1947 |
|
Congressman, South Carolina 2nd |
| Friedrich Wöhler |
Chemist |
31-Jul-1800 |
23-Sep-1882 |
Artificial creation of urea |
| Victor Wong |
Actor |
31-Jul-1927 |
12-Sep-2001 |
Egg Shen |
