July 3 Births, Anniversaries, & Deaths

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1423 – Louis XI of France (d. 1483)
1442 – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
1518 – Li Shizhen, Chinese physician and mineralogist (d. 1593)
1530 – Claude Fauchet, French historian and author (d. 1601)
1550 – Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (d. 1591)
1590 – Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana, Italian singer, organist, and composer (d. 1662)
1676 – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1747)
1683:  Edward Young, English Poet  (d. 5 Apr 1765)
1685 – Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (d. 1768)
1728 – Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect, designed Culzean Castle (d. 1792)
1743 – Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (d. 1813)
1789 – Johann Friedrich Overbeck, German-Italian painter and engraver (d. 1869)
1823 – Ahmed Vefik Pasha  (d. 1891)
      Greek-Ottoman statesman, diplomat, playwright, and translator
1846 – Achilles Alferaki  (d. 1919)
      Russian composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog
1851 – Charles Bannerman, English-Australian cricketer and umpire (d. 1930)
1852:  Theodore Robinson, American painter  (d. 2 Apr 1896)
1854 – Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and theorist (d. 1928)
1860 – Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (d. 1935)
1866 – Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (d. 1906)
1869 – Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (d. 1933)
1870 – R. B. Bennett  (d. 1947)
      Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada
1871:  William Henry Davies, Welsh poet and writer  (d. 26 Sep 1940)
1874 – Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (d. 1928)
1875 – Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon and academic (d. 1951)
1876 – Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (d. 1957)
1878 – George M. Cohan, American songwriter, actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1942)
1879 – Alfred Korzybski  (d. 1950)
      Polish-American mathematician, linguist, and philosopher
1880 – Carl Schuricht, Polish-German conductor (d. 1967)
1883 – Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian author (d. 1924)
1886 – Raymond A. Spruance  (d. 1969)
      American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines
1888 – Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1963)
1889 – Richard Cramer, American actor (d. 1960)
1893 – Sándor Bortnyik, Hungarian painter and graphic designer (d. 1976)
1893 – Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1966)
1896 – Doris Lloyd, English-American actress (d. 1968)
1899:  Ernst Fischer  (d. 31 Jul 1972)
      Bohemian Austrian journalist, writer and politician
1900 – Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
1900:  John Mason Brown, American journalist and author  (d. 16 Mar 1969)
1901 – Ruth Crawford Seeger, American composer (d. 1953)
1903 – Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)
1905 – Johnny Gibson, American hurdler and coach (d. 2006)
1906 – Jack Earle, American actor (d. 1952)
1906 – George Sanders, Russian-English actor and singer (d. 1972)
1906:  Francis Steegmuller  (d. 20 Oct 1994)
      American biographer, translator, and fiction writer
1908 – M. F. K. Fisher, American author (d. 1992)
1908 – Robert B. Meyner  (d. 1990)
      American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey

1909:  Earl Butz  (d. 2 Feb 2008)

      American public servant

      18th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1971-1976

1909 – Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (d. 16 Apr 1996)
1910 – Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1954)
1913 – Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, actress, and author (d. 1965)
1915:  Jerry Gray  (d. 10 Aug 1976)
      American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
1916 – John Kundla, American basketball player and coach
1917 – João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (d. 1990)
1918 – S. V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1974)
1919 – Cecil FitzMaurice, 8th Earl of Orkney (d. 1998)
1919 – Gerald W. Thomas, American soldier and academic (d. 2013)
1920 – Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (d. 2012)
1920 – Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (d. 1978)
1921 – Susan Peters, American actress (d. 1952)
1921 – François Reichenbach, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1922 – Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian painter and sculptor (d. 2010)
1924 – Sellapan Ramanathan (bka S. R. Nathan)
      Singaporean social worker and politician, 6th president of Singapore
1926 – Johnny Coles, American trumpet player (d. 1997)
1927 – Ken Russell, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2011)
1928 – Evelyn Anthony, English author
1928 – Roger Horchow, American producer and publisher
1929 – Clément Perron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1929 – Béatrice Picard, Canadian actress
1930 – Pete Fountain, American clarinet player
1930 – Carlos Kleiber, German-Austrian conductor (d. 2004)
1930 – Tommy Tedesco, American guitarist (The Wrecking Crew) (d. 1997)
1931 – Frits Helmuth, Danish actor (d. 2004)
1932 – Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman (d. 2014)
1933 – Edward Brandt, Jr., American physician and mathematician (d. 2007)
1935 – Cheo Feliciano  (d. 2014)
      Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (Fania All-Stars)
1935 – Harrison Schmitt, American geologist, astronaut, and politician
1936 – Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician
1936 – Baard Owe, Norwegian-Danish actor
1937 – Nicholas Maxwell, English philosopher and academic
1937 – Tom Stoppard, Czech-English playwright and screenwriter
1938 – Jean Aitchison, English linguist and academic
1939 – Brigitte Fassbaender, German soprano and director
1939 – László Kovács
      Hungarian politician and diplomat, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1939 – Coco Laboy, Puerto Rican baseball player
1940 – Lamar Alexander
      American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Education
1940 – Fontella Bass, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
1940 – Jerzy Buzek, Polish engineer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Poland
1940 – César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1994)
1941 – Gloria Allred, American lawyer and activist
1942 – Eddy Mitchell, French singer-songwriter and actor (Les Chaussettes Noires)
1942 – Paco Stanley, Mexican actor (d. 1999)
1943 – Judith Durham, Australian singer-songwriter (The Seekers)
1943 – Kurtwood Smith, American actor
1944 – Michel Polnareff, French singer-songwriter
1945 – Michael Cole, American actor
1945 – Robert Crawford, English historian and curator
1945 – Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn
      Scottish politician, Speaker of the House of Commons
1945 – Saharon Shelah, Israeli mathematician and academic
1946 – Johnny Lee, American singer and guitarist
1946 – Leszek Miller
      Polish political scientist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Poland
1946 – Michael Shea, American author (d. 2014)
1946 – Yang Sze (bka Bolo Yeung), Hong Kong bodybuilder and actor
1947 – Dave Barry, American journalist and author
1947 – Betty Buckley, American actress and singer
1948 – Paul Barrere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Little Feat)
1948 – Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish author and illustrator
1949 – Bo Xilai, Chinese politician, Chinese Minister of Commerce

1949:  Elizabeth Edwards  (d. 7 Dec 2010)

      American attorney and author; wife of John Edwards

1949 – Susan Penhaligon, British actress
1949:  Jan Smithers, American actress
1949 – John Verity, English guitarist (Argent)
1949 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006)
1950 – Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer
1950 – James Hahn, American judge and politician, 40th Mayor of Los Angeles
1951 – Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier  (d. 4 Oct 2014)
      Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti
1951 – Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer and footballer
1952 – Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 26 Aug 2004)
1952 – Andy Fraser  (d. 2015)
      English singer-songwriter and bass player
      (Free, Sharks, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
1952 – Amit Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and director
1952 – Rohinton Mistry, Indian-Canadian author
1955 – Claude Rajotte, Canadian radio and television host
1956 – Vincent Margera (bka Don Vito), American television personality
1956 – Montel Williams, American talk show host and television personality
1957 – Ken Ober, American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2009)
1957 – Poly Styrene, British musician (X-Ray Spex) (d. 2011)
1958 – Matthew Fraser, Canadian-English journalist and academic
1958 – Charlie Higson, English actor, singer, and author (The Higsons)
1958 – Siân Lloyd, Welsh meteorologist and journalist
1958 – Didier Mouron, Swiss-Canadian painter
1958 – Aaron Tippin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1959 – Julie Burchill, English journalist and author
1959 – Ian Maxtone-Graham, American screenwriter and producer
1959 – Stephen Pearcy, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist
      (Ratt, Arcade, Vertex, and Vicious Delite)
1959 – David Shore, Canadian screenwriter and producer
1960 – Vince Clarke, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
      (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure, and VCMG)
1961 – Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer and choreographer
1961 – Tim Smith, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer
      (Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys Japs, and Panixphere)
1962 – Tom Cruise, American actor and producer
1962 – Thomas Gibson, American actor and director
1962 – Hugh Page, South African cricketer
1962 – Hunter Tylo, American actress
1963 – Tracey Emin, English painter and photographer
1964 – Joanne Harris, English author and academic
1964:  Peyton Reed, American director
1964 – Yeardley Smith, French-American actress, singer, and producer
1965 – Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler (d. 2005)
1965 – Connie Nielsen, Danish-American actress
1965 – Komsan Pohkong, Thai lawyer and academic
1966 – Moisés Alou, American baseball player
1966:  Sandra Lee, American chef and author
1967 – Brian Cashman, American businessman
1967 – Katy Clark, Scottish lawyer and politician
1968 – Ramush Haradinaj
      Kosovo-Albanian soldier and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Kosovo
1968 – Aku Louhimies, Finnish director and screenwriter
1969 – Kevin Hearn, Canadian singer and keyboard player
      (Barenaked Ladies, Rheostatics, and Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle)
1970 – Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
1970 – Audra McDonald, American actress and singer
1970 – Teemu Selänne, Finnish-American ice hockey player
1970 – Shawnee Smith, American actress and singer (Smith & Pyle)
1970 – Aşkın Nur Yengi, Turkish singer and actress
1971 – Julian Assange, Australian journalist, publisher, and activist
      founded WikiLeaks
1972:  Matt Schulze, American actor
1973 – Paul Rauhihi, New Zealand rugby player
1973 – Ólafur Stefánsson, Icelandic handball player
1973 – Fyodor Tuvin, Russian footballer (d. 2013)
1973 – Patrick Wilson, American actor and singer

1974:  Corey Reynolds, American actor

1975:  Ryan McPartlin, American actor

1976 – Andrea Barber, American actress

1976 – Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1976 – Shane Lynch, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Boyzone)
1976 – Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer and sportscaster
1976 – Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian-American mixed martial artist
1976 – Bobby Skinstad, Zimbabwean-South African rugby player
1977 – David Bowens, American football player
1978:  Ian Anthony Dale, American actor
1978:  Julie Klausner, American author and comedienne
1978 – Mizuki Noguchi, Japanese runner
1979 – Jamie Grove, English cricketer
1979 – Ludivine Sagnier, French actress and singer
1980 – Mazharul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer (d. 2013)
1980 – Jenny Jones, English snowboarder
1980 – Olivia Munn, American actress
1980 – Boštjan Nachbar, Slovenian basketball player
1980 – Roland Schoeman, South African swimmer
1980 – Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricketer
1980:  Shoshannah Stern, American actress
1980 – Giorgos Theodoridis, Greek footballer
1981 – Aoi Tada, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1981 – Justin Torkildsen, American actor
1982 – Kanika, Indian actress and singer
1983 – Steph Jones, American singer-songwriter
1983 – Matt Papa, American singer-songwriter
1983 – Edinson Volquez, Dominican baseball player
1984 – Satomi Hanamura, Japanese actress
1984 – Manny Lawson, American football player
1984 – Churandy Martina, Dutch sprinter

1984 – Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer

1984 – Nicolas Roche, Irish cyclist

1984 – Corey Sevier, Canadian actor and producer
1985 – Dean Cook, English actor
1985 – Keisuke Minami, Japanese actor and singer (PureBoys)
1986 – Marco Antônio de Mattos Filho, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Robina Muqimyar, Afghan Sprinter
1986 – Kisenosato Yutaka, Japanese sumo wrestler
1987 – Chris Hunter, American actor
1987 – Sebastian Vettel, German race car driver
1988:  Matty Mullins, American rock musician
1988 – Winston Reid, New Zealand-Danish footballer
1988 – Vladislav Sesganov, Russian figure skater
1988 – James Troisi, Australian footballer
1989 – Mitchell Dodds, Australian rugby player
1989 – Elle King, American singer-songwriter and actress
1989 – Godfrey Walusimbi, Ugandan footballer
1990 – Nathan Gardner, Australian rugby player
1990 – Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer
1990 – Lucas Mendes, Brazilian footballer
1991 – Tomomi Itano, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48)
1991 – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russian tennis player

1992 – Nathalia Ramos, Spanish actress and singer

1992 – Molly Sandén, Swedish singer and voice actress

1992 – Maasa Sudo, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo and ZYX)

1993 – Roy Kim, South Korean singer-songwriter


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458 – Anatolius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch and saint (b. 449)
710 – Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (b. 656)
1570 – Aonio Paleario, Italian academic and reformer (b. 1500)
1642 – Marie de' Medici, Italian-French wife of Henri IV of France (b. 1575)
1672 – Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (b. 1635)
1749 – William Jones, Welsh-English mathematician and academic (b. 1675)
1778 – Anna Maria Mozart, Austrian wife of Leopold Mozart (b. 1720)
1790 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1736)
1795 – Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French scholar and author (b. 1714)
1795 – Antonio de Ulloa  (b. 1716)
      Spanish general, astronomer, and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Louisiana
1809 – Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (b. 1746)
1863 – George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826)
1863 – Little Crow, American tribal leader (b. 1810)
1881 – Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1811)
1888 – Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Vietnamese poet and author (b. 1822)
1904 – Édouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)
1904 – Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and playwright (b. 1860)
1908 – Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (b. 1845)
1916 – Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (b. 1834)
1918 – Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1844)
1921 – James Mitchel, Irish-American weight thrower (b. 1864)
1927 – Gérard de Courcelles, French racing driver
1933 – Hipólito Yrigoyen (b. 1852)
      Argentinian educator and politician, 19th President of Argentina
1935 – André Citroën  (b. 1878)
      French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company
1937 – Jacob Schick  (b. 1877)
      American-Canadian captain and businessman, invented the electric razor
1940 – Nicolae Bivol  (b. 1882)
      Moldovan businessman and politician, Mayor of Chișinău
1941 – Friedrich Akel  (b. 1871)
      Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia
1954 – Siegfried Handloser, German physician and general (b. 1895)
1954 – Reginald Marsh  (b. 1898)
      French-American painter, illustrator, and academic
1957 – Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
1957 – Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (b. 1904)
1958 – Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe  (b. 1867)
      English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand
1960 – Noël Bas, French gymnast (b. 1877)
1966 – Leonie Taylor, American archer (b. 1870)
1969 – Brian Jones  (b. 1942)
      English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Rolling Stones)
1971 – Jim Morrison  (b. 1943)
      American singer-songwriter (The Doors and Rick & the Ravens)
1974 – John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (b. 1888)
1977 – Alexander Volkov, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1891)
1978 – James Daly, American actor (b. 1918)
1979 – Louis Durey, French pianist and composer (b. 1888)
1981 – Ross Martin, Polish-American actor and director (b. 1920)
1985 – Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1893)
1986 – Rudy Vallée, American singer, saxophonist, and actor (b. 1901)
1989 – Jim Backus, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1913)
1991 – Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
1993 – Joe DeRita, American actor (b. 1909)
1993 – Don Drysdale, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1936)
1994 – Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player and coach (b. 1934)
1995 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (b. 1928)
1995 – Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
1996 – Raaj Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor (b. 1926)
1997 – Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Mexican drug lord (b. 1956)
1997 – James Martin Graham, American Roman Catholic priest (b. 10 Feb 1956)
1998 – Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (b. 1949)
1999 – Mark Sandman  (b. 1952)
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Morphine and Treat Her Right)
2000 – Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor and producer (b. 1944)
2001 – Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2001 – Johnny Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
2004 – Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1929)
2005 – Alberto Lattuada, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
2005 – Pierre Michelot, French bassist (Jacques Loussier Trio) (b. 1928)
2005 – Gaylord Nelson  (b. 1916)
      American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Wisconsin
2006 – Joseph Goguen  (b. 1941)
      American computer scientist, developed the OBJ programming language
2006 – Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (b. 1950)
2007 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
2007 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (b. 1915)
2008 – Ernie Cooksey, English footballer (b. 1980)
2008 – Larry Harmon, American clown, actor, and producer (b. 1925)
2008 – Clive Hornby, English actor and drummer (The Dennisons) (b. 1944)
2008 – Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler, composer, and producer (b. 1956)
2009 – Alauddin Al Azad, Bangladeshi author and poet (b.1932)
2009 – John Keel, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
2009 – Antony Alda, American actor (b. 1956)
2010 – Abu Daoud, Palestinian terrorist, planned the Munich massacre (b. 1937)
2011 – Ali Bahar, Bahraini singer and guitarist (Al Ekhwa) (b. 1960)
2012 – Nguyễn Hữu Có, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1925)
2012 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1926)
2012 – Yvonne B. Miller, American educator and politician (b. 1934)
2012 – Sergio Pininfarina, Italian engineer and politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Hollie Stevens, American porn actress (b. 1982)
2012 – Richard Alvin Tonry, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
2013 – Roman Bengez, Slovenian footballer and manager (b. 1964)
2013 – Maria Pasquinelli, Italian murderer (b. 1913)
2013 – Francis Ray, American author (b. 1944)
2013 – PJ Torokvei, Canadian actress and screenwriter (b. 1951)
2013 – Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1942)
2013 – Bernard Vitet, French trumpet player and composer (b. 1934)
2013 – Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1948)
2014 – Jini Dellaccio, American photographer (b. 1917)
2014 – Tim Flood, Irish hurler and coach (b. 1927)
2014 – Volkmar Groß, German footballer (b. 1948)
2014 – Ira Ruskin, American politician (b. 1943)
2014 – Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (b. 1924)
2015 – Diana Douglas, Bermudian-American actress (b. 1923)
2015 – Boyd K. Packer, American religious leader and educator (b. 1924)
2015 – Jacques Sernas, Lithuanian-French actor (b. 1925)
2015 – Wayne Townsend, American farmer and politician (b. 1926)
2015 – Phil Walsh, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1960)


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