Birthdays of important personalities on July 4

1330: Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)
1546: Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)
1694: Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (d. 1772)
1715: Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (d. 1769)
1719: Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (d. 1797)
1790: George Everest, Welsh surveyor (d. 1866)
1799: King Oscar I of Sweden, French general (d. 1859)
1804: Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864)
1807: Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot (d. 1882)
1816: Hiram Walker, American grocer and distiller (d. 1899)
1826: Stephen Foster, American songwriter (d. 1864)
1845: Thomas Barnardo, Irish humanitarian (d. 1905)
1847: James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (d. 1906)
1854: Victor Babes, Romanian bacteriologist (d. 1926)
1872: Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)
1881: Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (d. 1968)
1882: Louis B. Mayer, American film producer (d. 1957)
1883: Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)
1895: Irving Caesar, American lyricist and composer (d. 1996)
1896: Mao Dun, Chinese writer (d. 1981)
1898: Dr. Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican historian (d. 1997)
1898: Gertrude Lawrence, English-born actress (d. 1952)
1902: George Murphy, American entertainer (d. 1992)
1902: Meyer Lansky, Russian-born American gangster (d. 1983)
1903: Flor Peeters, Belgian composer, organist and teacher (d. 1986)
1904: Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976)
1905: Irving Johnson, American adventurer (d. 1991)
1907: Gordon Griffith, American director (d. 1958)
1907: Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (d. 1996)
1910: Gloria Stuart, American actress
1911: Mitch Miller, American entertainer
1912: Viviane Romance, French actress (d. 1991)
1916: Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American World War II figure (d. 2006)
1917: Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)
1918: Abigail Van Buren, American advice columnist
1918: Ann Landers, American advice columnist (d. 2002)
1918: King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga (d. 2006)
1920: Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (d. 2007)
1920: Norm Drucker, American basketball referee
1921: Gerard Debreu, French economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
1921: Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist (d. 2003)
1923: Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss Federal Councilor
1924: Eva Marie Saint, American actress
1926: Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer
1927: Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
1927: Neil Simon, American playwright
1929: Al Davis, American businessman
1929: Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1929: Chuck Tanner, American baseball player
1930: Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor
1930: George Steinbrenner, American businessman
1930: Yuri Tyukalov, Soviet Olympic rower
1931: Sébastien Japrisot, French author, film director and sreenwriter (d. 2003)
1931: Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (d. 1977)
1934: Colin Welland, English actor
1935: Paul Scoon, Governor General of Grenada
1937: Sonja Haraldsen, Queen of Norway (spouse of King Harald V of Norway)
1937: Thomas Nagel, American philosopher
1938: Bill Withers, American singer and songwriter
1942: Floyd Little, American football player
1942: Hal Lanier, American baseball player
1942: Stefan Meller, Polish foreign minister (d. 2008)
1943: Alan Blind Owl Wilson, American musician (d. 1970)
1943: Emerson Boozer, American football player
1943: Geraldo Rivera, American reporter
1943: Konrad Conny Bauer, German musician
1943: Milan Mácala, Czech football coach
1944: Ray Meagher, Australian actor
1946: Ed O'Ross, American actor
1946: Michael Milken, American financier
1946: Ron Kovic, American peace activist
1946: Tish Howard, American model
1947: Morganna Roberts, American entertainer
1948: Ed Armbrister, baseball player
1948: Jeremy Spencer, English musician
1948: René Arnoux, French race car driver
1948: Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer and actor
1950: David Jensen, Canadian-born British radio DJ
1951: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American politician
1952: Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Colombian politician
1954: Jim Beattie, American baseball player
1955: John Waite, English singer
1958: Kirk Pengilly, Australian musician
1959: Victoria Abril, Spanish actress
1960: Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1994)
1960: Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler
1961: Richard Garriott, English video game designer
1962: Neil Morrissey, English actor
1962: Pam Shriver, American former tennis player
1963: Henri Leconte, French former tennis player
1963: José Oquendo, Puerto Rican baseball player
1963: Matt Malley, American musician
1964: Cle Kooiman, American soccer player
1964: Mark Slaughter, American singer
1965: Horace Grant, American basketball player
1966: Lee Reherman, American actor
1967: Andy Walker, Canadian television personality
1967: Rick Wilkins, American baseball player
1967: Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player
1968: Jack Frost, American musician
1970: Tony Vidmar, Australian former footballer
1971: Andrew Murray, English entrepreneur
1971: Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician
1971: Brendan Donnelly, American baseball player
1971: Koko, sign-language gorilla
1971: Ned Zelic, Australian soccer player
1973: Gackt, Japanese singer
1973: Jan Magnussen, Danish racing driver
1973: Keiko Ihara, Japanese racing driver
1973: Michael Johnson, English-born Jamaican footballer
1973: Tony Popovic, Australian soccer player
1974: La'Roi Glover, American football player
1974: Vince Spadea, American tennis player
1975: Tania Davis, Australian violist
1976: Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1977: Katia Zygouli, Greek supermodel
1978: Becki Newton, American actress
1978: Emile Mpenza, Belgian footballer
1978: Stephen McNally, British singer and songwriter (BBMak)
1978: Vicky Kaya, Greek supermodel and actress
1981: Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player
1983: Andy Mrotek, American musician
1983: Ben Jorgensen, American musician
1983: Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model
1984: Akanishi Jin, Japanese singer
1984: Gina Glocksen, American singer
1986: Kriss Donald, Scottish murder victim (d. 2004)
1986: Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer
2003: Alessia di Matteo, Italian medical figure (d. 2005)

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