Birthdays of important personalities on July 7

1053: Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
1119: Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)
1528: Anna of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of Ferdinand I (d. 1590)
1586: Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d. 1646)
1656: Guru Har Krishan, 8th Guru of Sikhism (d. 1664)
1746: Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (d. 1826)
1752: Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)
1766: Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815)
1843: Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and Nobel laureate (d. 1926)
1848: Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician (d. 1919)
1851: Charles Tindley, American Gospel Music Composer (d. 1933)
1855: Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920)
1860: Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)
1874: Erwin Bumke, German jurist (d. 1945)
1884: Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist (d. 1958)
1887: Marc Chagall, Russian painter (d. 1985)
1891: Virginia Rappe, Silent Film Actress (d. 1921)
1893: Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981)
1899: George Cukor, American director (d. 1983)
1900: Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (d. 1990)
1901: Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film producer (d. 1970)
1901: Sam Katzman, American film producer (d. 1973)
1901: Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d. 1974)
1902: Ted Double Duty Radcliffe, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1904: Simone Beck, French chef (d. 1991)
1906: Anton Karas, Viennese musician (d. 1985)
1906: Satchel Paige, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1906: William Feller, Croatian mathematician (d. 1970)
1907: Robert A. Heinlein, American writer (d. 1988)
1908: Revilo P. Oliver, American professor (d. 1994)
1911: Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (d. 2007)
1915: Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander, African American Novelist and poet (d. 1998)
1917: Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadorian politician (d. 2003)
1919: Jon Pertwee, British actor (d. 1996)
1921: Adolf von Thadden, German politician (d. 1996)
1921: Ezzard Charles, American boxer (d. 1975)
1922: Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer
1924: Mary Ford, American singer (d. 1977)
1925: Wally Phillips, American radio personality (d. 2008)
1927: Doc Severinsen, American composer and musician
1929: Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005)
1930: Henry (Hank) Mobley, American Jazz composer and saxophonist (d. 1986)
1931: David Eddings, American author
1932: Josef Zawinul, Austrian composer and musician (d. 2007)
1933: David McCullough, American historian and author
1933: Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner
1936: Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (d.1971)
1936: Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (d. 1980)
1937: Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong administrator
1940: Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)
1941: Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist
1941: Michael Howard, British politician
1942: Carmen Duncan, Australian actress
1943: Joel Siegel, American film critic (d. 2007)
1943: Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
1945: Michael Ancram, British politician
1947: Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
1947: Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal
1947: Howard Rheingold, American author
1947: Rob Townsend, English drummer (Family)
1947: Víctor Manuel, Spanish songwriter and singer
1948: Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian actor
1949: Shelley Duvall, American actress
1952: Mando Guerrero, Mexican professional wrestler
1955: Len Barker, American baseball player
1957: Berry Sakharof, Turkish-born Israeli guitarist (Minimal Compact)
1957: Jonathan Dayton, American film director
1959: Ben Linder, American engineer (d. 1987)
1959: Jessica Hahn, American model
1960: Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut
1963: Vonda Shepard, American singer
1965: Jeremy Kyle, English television presenter
1965: Mo Collins, American actress
1965: Paula Devicq, Canadian actress
1966: Gundula Krause, German folk violinist
1966: Jim Gaffigan, American comedian
1966: Neil Tobin, American magician
1967: Jackie Neal, American singer (d. 2005)
1967: Tom Kristensen, Danish race car driver
1968: Jeff VanderMeer, American writer
1968: Jorja Fox, American actress
1969: Cree Summer, Canadian voice actress
1969: Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player
1969: Nathalie Simard, French Canadian singer
1969: Robin Weigert, American actress
1969: Sylke Otto, German luger
1970: Erik Zabel, German cyclist
1970: Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer
1970: Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer
1971: Alistair Potts, British rower
1972: Lisa Leslie, American basketball player
1972: Manfred Stohl, Austrian rally driver
1973: José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
1973: Matt Mantei, American baseball player
1973: Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga-ka
1974: Karlis Skrastinš, Latvian ice hockey player
1974: Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player
1975: Michael Voss, Australian rules footballer
1975: Tony Benshoof, American luger
1976: Dominic Foley, Irish footballer
1977: Felix Vasquez, New York City Housing Authority employee
1979: Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter
1979: Carl Breeze, British racing driver
1980: Dan Whitesides, American drummer (The Used)
1980: Deidre Downs, American beauty queen
1980: John Buck, American baseball player
1980: Kaisa Jouhki, Finnish vocalist (Battlelore)
1980: Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
1981: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
1981: Synyster Gates, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold)
1982: Cassidy, American rapper
1982: George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
1982: Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail)
1983: D. Woods, American singer (Danity Kane)
1983: Justin Davies, Australian rules footballer
1984: Marie-Mai, Canadian singer
1984: Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler
1984: Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
1987: Lena Ma, Miss World Canada 4th runner-up
1988: Joseph Oshana, Assyrian magician
1988: Kaci Brown, American singer
1989: Giannoulis Fakinos, Greek footballer
1992: Nathalia Ramos, Spanish actress

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