July 31 Births, Anniversaries, & Deaths

 

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1143 – Emperor Nijō of Japan (d. 1165)
1396 – Philip the Good, French son of John the Fearless (d. 1467)
1527 – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576)
1598 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (d. 1654)
1702 – Jean Denis Attiret, French missionary and painter (d. 1768)
1704 – Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1752)
1718 – John Canton, English physicist (d. 1772)
1724 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801)
1737 – Princess Augusta of Great Britain (d. 1813)
1777 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (d. 1849)
1796 – Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Czech-French actor and mime (d. 1846)
1800 – Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist and academic (d. 1882)
1803 – John Ericsson, Swedish engineer (d. 1889)
          co-designed the Novelty Locomotive
1816 – George Henry Thomas, American general (d. 1870)
1825 – William S. Clark, American colonel and politician (d. 1886)
1835 – Henri Brisson, French politician (d. 1912)
          50th Prime Minister of France
1835 – Paul du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and explorer (d. 1903)
1836 – Vasily Sleptsov, Russian writer and social reformer (d. 1878)
1837 – William Quantrill, American captain (d. 1865)
1839 – Ignacio Andrade, Venezuelan politician (d. 1925)
          25th President of Venezuela
1843 – Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (d. 1918)
1847 – Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1905)
1854 – José Canalejas, Spanish politician (d. 1912)
          Prime Minister of Spain
1858 – Richard Dixon Oldham, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1936)
1860 – Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter and illustrator (d. 1940)
1867 – S. S. Kresge, American businessman (d. 1966)
          founded Kmart
1880 – Munshi Premchand, Indian author and playwright (d. 1936)
1883 – Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (d. 1959)
1884 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician (d. 1945)
1886 – Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mobster (d. 1931)
1886 – Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (d. 1965)
1886 – Harry Tate, American soccer player (d. 1954)
1887 – Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1969)
1892 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist and publisher (d. 1986)
          founded Worldwide Church of God
1892 – Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (d. 1959)
1894 – Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer (d. 1972)
1901 – Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (d. 1985)
1904 – Brett Halliday, American author (d. 1977)
1907 – Roy Milton, American singer, drummer, and bandleader (d. 1983)
1909 – Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Austrian theorist and author (d. 1999)
1911 – George Liberace, American violinist (d. 1983)
1912 – Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008)
1912 – Dr. Milton Friedman  American economist and academic (d. 2006)
          Nobel Prize laureate

1912 – Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist (d. 2003)
1913 – Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
1914:  Raymond Aubrac  [French Resistance leader, civil engineer] (10 Apr 2012)
1914 – Paul J. Christiansen, American conductor and composer (d. 1997)
1914 – Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1983)
1916 – Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (d. 1986)
1916 – Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006)
1916 – Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1979)
1917 – Jini Dellaccio, American photographer (d. 2014)
1918 – Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and academic
          Nobel Prize laureate
1918 – Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2010)
1918 – Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (d. 1998)
1919 – Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (d. 2006)
1919 – Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (d. 1987)
1920 – James E. Faust, American religious leader, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007)
1920 – Percy Herbert, English actor (d. 1992)
1921 – Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist (d. 2005)
          founded Amnesty International
1921 – Donald Malarkey, American sergeant
1921 – Whitney Young, American activist (d. 1971)
1922 – Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
1923 – Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American record producer (d. 2006)
          founded Atlantic Records
1923 – Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer (d. 2014)
1926 – Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (d. 2011)
1926 – Hilary Putnam, American mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher
1927 – Peter Nichols, English author and playwright
1928 – Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)
1929 – Lynne Reid Banks, English author
1929 – Gilles Carle, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1929 – Don Murray, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1929 – José Santamaría, Uruguayan footballer and manager
1930 – Oleg Popov, Russian clown
1931 – Nick Bollettieri, American tennis player and coach
1931 – Kenny Burrell, American guitarist
1931 – Ivan Rebroff, German singer (d. 2008)
1932 – Ted Cassidy, American actor (d. 1979)
1932 – John Searle, American philosopher and academic
1933 – Cees Nooteboom, Dutch journalist, author, and poet
1935 – Yvon Deschamps, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer
1935 – Geoffrey Lewis, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1935 – Anthony Scrivener, English lawyer (d. 2015)
1936 – Vic Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player
1939 – Steuart Bedford, English pianist and conductor
1939 – Susan Flannery, American actress and director
1939 – France Nuyen, French actress
1940 – Carol J. Clover, American author and academic
1940:  Stanley R. Jaffe  [American film producer]
1940 – Roy Walker, Northern Irish comedian, actor, and game show host
1941 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (d. 2004)
          8th Chief Minister of Gujarat
1943 – Lobo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – William Bennett, American politician
          3rd United States Secretary of Education
1943:  Susan Cheever  [American author]
1943 – Sab Shimono, American actor
1944 – Geraldine Chaplin, American actress
1944 – Jonathan Dimbleby, English journalist
1944 – Sherry Lansing, American actress and producer
1944 – Robert C. Merton, American economist and academic
          Nobel Prize laureate
1944 – David Norris, Irish scholar, politician, and activist
1945 – Gary Lewis, American singer and drummer
          (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
1945 – William Weld, American lawyer and politician
          68th Governor of Massachusetts
1946 – Karen Zerby, American cult leader
1947 – Richard Griffiths, English actor (d. 2013)
1947 – Hubert Védrine, French politician
          Minister of Foreign Affairs for France
1947:  Joe Wilson  [American politician]
          U.S. Representative, R. SC, 2001-present
1948 – Russell Morris, Australian singer-songwriter
1949 – Mike Jackson, former NBA player
1949 – Alan Meale, English politician
1950 – Richard Berry, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1950 – Lane Davies, American actor
1951 – Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player
1951 – Werner Novak, German footballer
1951 – Barry Van Dyke, American actor and screenwriter
1952 – Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player
1952 – Alan Autry, American football player, actor, and politician
          23rd Mayor of Fresno, California
1952 – Helmuts Balderis, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
1952 – João Barreiros, Portuguese author and critic
1952 – Faye Kellerman, American author
1953 – Ted Baillieu, Australian architect and politician
          46th Premier of Victoria
1953 – Jimmy Cook, South African cricketer and coach
1953 – James Read, American actor
1953 – Tōru Furuya, Japanese voice actor
1954 – Rainer Bock, German actor
1954 – Manivannan, Indian actor and director (d. 2013)
1954 – Derek Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
1955:  Thomas Leonard  [American businessman, personal coach] (d. 11 Feb 2003)
1955 – Jakie Quartz, French singer
1956 – Michael Biehn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Bill Callahan, American football player and coach
1956 – Ernie Dingo, Australian actor, comedian, and television host
1956 – Ron Kuby, American lawyer and radio host
1956 – Deval Patrick, American lawyer and politician
          71st Governor of Massachusetts
1956 – Lynne Rae Perkins, American author and illustrator
1956 – Mark Arden, English actor-comedian
1957 – Daniel Ash, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
          (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, and Tones on Tail)
1957 – Jane Bennett, American sociologist, theorist, and academic
1957 – Dirk Blocker, American actor
1957 – Leon Durham, American baseball player and actor
1957 – Shan Goshorn, Cherokee artist
1957 – Mark Thompson, English businessman
1958 – Bill Berry, American singer-songwriter and drummer
          (R.E.M. and Hindu Love Gods)
1958 – Mark Cuban, American businessman, entrepreneur, and television personality

1958 – Wally Kurth, American actor and singer
1959 – Stanley Jordan, American guitarist and songwriter
1959 – Andrew Marr, Scottish journalist
1959:  Kim Newman  [English writer and journalist]
1960 – Dale Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960 – Malcolm Ross, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Josef K)
1961 – Frank Gardner, English captain and journalist
1962 – John Chiang, American politician, 31st California State Controller
1962 – Kevin Greene, American football player and coach
1962 – Wesley Snipes, American martial artist, actor, and producer
1963:  Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim  [English musician]
1963 – Fergus Henderson, English chef and author
1963 – Brian Skrudland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1964 – C. C. Catch, German singer
1964 – Jim Corr, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Corrs)
1964 – Urmas Hepner, Estonian footballer
1965 – Scott Brooks, American basketball player and coach
1965 – Pat Finn, American actor
1965 – John Laurinaitis, American wrestler and producer
1965 – Julian Richards, Welsh director and producer
1965 – Ian Roberts, English-Australian rugby league player and actor
1965 – J. K. Rowling, English author
1966 – Dean Cain, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Tatsuya Ishihara, Japanese animator and director
1966 – Kevin Martin, Canadian curler
1967 – Minako Honda, Japanese singer and actress (d. 2005)
1967 – Mitsuo Iwata, Japanese voice actor
1967 – Tony Massenburg, American basketball player
1967 – Peter Rono, Kenyan runner
1967 – Tim Wright, Welsh composer

1967:  Elizabeth Wurtzel  [American Writer]

1968 – Saeed-Al-Saffar, Emirati cricketer

1969 – Loren Dean, American actor

1969 – Kid Kash, American wrestler

1969 – Kenneth D. Schisler, American lawyer and politician

1970 – Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian author and poet

1970 – Ben Chaplin, English actor

1970 – Andrzej Kobylański, Polish footballer and manager

1970 – Giorgos Sigalas, Greek basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

1970 – Amanda Stepto, Canadian actress

1970 – Dave Wedge, American journalist and author

1971 – John 5, American guitarist and songwriter
          (2wo, Loser, and Red Square Black)
1971:  Eve Best  [English actress and director]

1971 – Christina Cox, Canadian actress and stunt woman

1971 – Gus Frerotte, American football player and coach

1972 – Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Greek actor and screenwriter

1973 – Wail al-Shehri, Saudi Arabian terrorist (d. 11 Sep 2001)
          hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11

1973 – Nathan Brown, Australian rugby player and coach

1973 – Fabulous Flournoy, American basketball player and coach

1974 – Emilia Fox, English actress

1974 – Leona Naess, American-English singer-songwriter

1974 – Jonathan Ogden, American football player

1975 – Randy Flores, American baseball player

1975 – Andrew Hall, South African cricketer

1975 – Simon Hirst, English radio host

1975 – Gabe Kapler, American baseball player and manager
1975:  Annie Parisse  [American actress]

1975 – Ruben Patterson, American basketball player

1975 – Allan von Schenkel, American bassist and composer

1976 – Joshua Cain, American guitarist and producer
          (Motion City Soundtrack)

1976 – Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer

1977 – Tim Couch, American football player

1978 – Will Champion, English drummer and singer (Coldplay)

1978 – Zeta Makripoulia, Greek model and actress

1978 – Nick Sorensen, American football player and sportscaster

1978 – Justin Wilson, English race car driver

1979 – Jaco Erasmus, South African-Italian rugby player

1979 – J. J. Furmaniak, American baseball player

1979 – Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer

1979 – Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer

1979 – Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer

1979 – B. J. Novak, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1980 – Rina Aiuchi, Japanese singer

1980 – Mikko Hirvonen, Finnish race car driver

1980 – Mils Muliaina, New Zealand rugby player

1981 – Titus Bramble, English footballer

1981 – Vernon Carey, American football player

1981 – J.Son Dinant, American comedian and actor

1981 – Eric Lively, American actor

1981 – Ira Losco, Maltese singer

1981 – M. Shadows, American singer-songwriter
          (Avenged Sevenfold)

1982 – Jeff DaRosa, American singer and banjo player
          (Dropkick Murphys and The Exit)

1982 – Jack Korpela, American sportscaster

1982 – Blessing Mahwire, Zimbabwean cricketer

1982 – Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish tennis player

1982 – Raymond Pickard, English actor

1982 – DeMarcus Ware, American football player

1984 – Joseph Benavidez, American mixed martial artist

1984 – Felipe dal Belo, Brazilian footballer

1985 – Daniel Ciofani, Italian footballer

1985 – Shannon Curfman, American singer and guitarist

1985 – Rémy Di Gregorio, French cyclist

1986 – Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player

1986 – Brian Orakpo, American football player

1987 – Michael Bradley, American soccer player

1987 – Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress

1987 – Juelz Ventura, American pornographic actress

1987 – Mike Tompkins, Canadian musician

1988 – Charlie Carver, American actor

1988 – A. J. Green, American football player

1988 – Krystal Meyers, American singer-songwriter

1989 – Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player

1989 – Alexis Knapp, American actress and singer

1989 – Joey Richter, American actor and singer

1989 – Jessica Williams, American actress

1989 – Zelda Williams, American actress

1990 – Mirela, Spanish singer

1990 – Besart Abdurahimi, Croatian footballer

1991 – Réka-Luca Jani, Hungarian tennis player

1992 – Lizzy, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
          (After School and Orange Caramel)

1992 – José Fernández, Cuban baseball player

1992 – Kyle Larson, American race car driver

1992 – Ryan Johansen, Canadian ice hockey player

1993 – Christian Byers, Australian actor
1996:  Blake Michael  [American actor and musician]

1998 – Rico Rodriguez, American actor

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1875 – Andrew Johnson, American general and politician
          17th President of the United States (b. 1808)

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54 BC – Aurelia Cotta, Roman wife of Gaius Julius Caesar (b. 120 BC)
450 – Peter Chrysologus, Italian bishop and saint (b. 380)
1358 – Étienne Marcel, French rebel leader (b. 1302)
1396 – William Courtenay, English archbishop (b. 1342)
1508 – Na'od, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1494)
1556 – Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish priest and theologian
          founded the Society of Jesus (b. 1491)
1653 – Thomas Dudley, English-American politician (b. 1576)
          3rd Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
1726 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1695)
1750 – John V of Portugal (b. 1689)
1762 – Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla Spanish sailor and commander (b. 1711)
1784 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (b. 1713)
1805 – Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (b. 1756)
1864 – Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
1884 – Kien Phuc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
1886 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
1914 – Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859; murdered by Raoul Villain)
1917 – Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
1917 – Hedd Wyn, Welsh soldier and poet (b. 1887)
1920 – Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat and philosopher (b. 1878)
1940 – Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
1943 – Hedley Verity, English cricketer (b. 1905)
1944 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)
1953 – Robert A. Taft, American politician (b. 1889)
1953 – Georg Zacharias, German swimmer (b. 1884)
1954 – Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
1963 – Sir Robert Chapman, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. 1880)
1964 – Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
1966 – Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)
1970 – Walter Briggs, Jr., American businessman (b. 1912)
1971 – Walter P. Carter, American activist (b. 1923)
1972 – Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician
          40th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1899)
1973 – Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (b. 1921)
1979 – Beatrix Lehmann, English actress and director (b. 1903)
1980 – Pascual Jordan, German physicist and author (b. 1902)
1980 – Mohammed Rafi, Indian singer (b. 1924)
1981 – Omar Torrijos, Panamanian general and politician
          Military Leader of Panama (b. 1929)
1985 – Eugene Carson Blake, American religious leader (b. 1906)
1986 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
1986 – Teddy Wilson, American pianist and educator (b. 1912)
1987 – Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b, 1905)
1988 – Trinidad Silva, American actor (b. 1950)
1990 – Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1992 – Leonard Cheshire, English pilot and captain (b. 1917)
1993 – Baudouin of Belgium (b. 1930)
2000 – William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American journalist and author (b. 1908)
2001 – Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926)
2001 – Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician
          15th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
2001 – Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
2003 – Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1933)
2004 – Laura Betti, Italian actress and singer (b. 1927)
2004 – Virginia Grey, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2005 – Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician
          1st President of the European Central Bank (b. 1935)
2006 – Paul Eells, American sportscaster (b. 1935)
2009 – Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
2009 – Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)
2012 – César Amaro, Uruguayan guitarist (b. 1948)
2012 – Mollie Hunter, Scottish author (b. 1922)
2012 – Lucio Quarantotto, Italian songwriter (b. 1957)
2012 – Alfredo Ramos, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
2012 – Gore Vidal, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2013 – Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (b. 1922)
2013 – Michel Donnet, English-Belgian general and pilot (b. 1917)
2013 – John Graves, American author (b. 1920)
2013 – Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (b. 1930)
2013 – Alvis Wayne, American singer (b. 1937)
2014 – Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic (b. 1925)
2014 – Nabarun Bhattacharya, Indian journalist and author (b. 1948)
2014 – Jeff Bourne, English footballer (b. 1948)
2014 – Wilfred Feinberg, American lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
2014 – Kenny Ireland, Scottish actor and director (b. 1945)

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