Celebrities Who Were Born on 4th July
July 4, 1330 - Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)
July 4, 1546 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)
July 4, 1694 - Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (d. 1772)
July 4, 1715 - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (d. 1769)
July 4, 1719 - Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (d. 1797)
July 4, 1790 - George Everest, Welsh surveyor and namesake of Mt. Everest (d. 1866)
July 4, 1799 - King Oscar I of Sweden, French general (d. 1859)
July 4, 1804 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864)
July 4, 1807 - Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot (d. 1882)
July 4, 1816 - Hiram Walker, American grocer and distiller (d. 1899)
July 4, 1826 - Stephen Foster, American songwriter (d. 1864)
July 4, 1845 - Thomas Barnardo, Irish humanitarian (d. 1905)
July 4, 1847 - James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (d. 1906)
July 4, 1854 - Victor Babes, Romanian bacteriologist (d. 1926)
July 4, 1872 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)
July 4, 1881 - Ulysses S. Grant III, 18th President of the United States. (d. 1968)
July 4, 1882 - Louis B. Mayer, American film producer (d. 1957)
July 4, 1883 - Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)
July 4, 1895 - Irving Caesar, American lyricist and composer (d. 1996)
July 4, 1896 - Mao Dun, Chinese writer (d. 1981)
July 4, 1898 - Dr. Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican historian (d. 1997)
July 4, 1898 - Gertrude Lawrence, English-born actress (d. 1952)
July 4, 1902 - Meyer Lansky, Russian-born American gangster (d. 1983)
July 4, 1902 - George Murphy, American entertainer (d. 1992)
July 4, 1903 - Flor Peeters, Belgian composer, organist and teacher (d. 1986)
July 4, 1904 - Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976)
July 4, 1905 - Irving Johnson, American adventurer (d. 1991)
July 4, 1907 - Gordon Griffith, American director (d. 1958)
July 4, 1907 - Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (d. 1996)
July 4, 1910 - Gloria Stuart, American actress
July 4, 1911 - Mitch Miller, American entertainer
July 4, 1912 - Viviane Romance, French actress (d. 1991)
July 4, 1916 - Iva Toguri D’Aquino, American thought to be Tokyo Rose in World War II (d. 2006)
July 4, 1917 - Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)
July 4, 1918 - Ann Landers, American advice columnist (d. 2002)
July 4, 1918 - Abigail Van Buren, American advice columnist (”Dear Abby”)
July 4, 1918 - King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV of Tonga (d. 2006)
July 4, 1920 - Norm Drucker, American basketball referee
July 4, 1920 - Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (d. 2007)
July 4, 1921 - Gerard Debreu, French economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
July 4, 1921 - Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist (d. 2003)
July 4, 1923 - Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss Federal Councilor
July 4, 1924 - Eva Marie Saint, American actress
July 4, 1926 - Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer
July 4, 1927 - Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
July 4, 1927 - Neil Simon, American playwright
July 4, 1929 - Al Davis, American football team owner (Oakland Raiders)
July 4, 1929 - Chuck Tanner, American baseball player
July 4, 1929 - Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (d. 1998)
July 4, 1930 - Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor
July 4, 1930 - George Steinbrenner, American businessman & baseball team owner (New York Yankees)
July 4, 1930 - Yuri Tyukalov, Soviet Olympic rower
July 4, 1931 - Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (d. 1977)
July 4, 1931 - Sébastien Japrisot, French author, film director and sreenwriter (d. 2003)
July 4, 1934 - Colin Welland, English actor
July 4, 1935 - Paul Scoon, Governor General of Grenada
July 4, 1937 - Sonja Haraldsen, Queen of Norway (spouse of King Harald V of Norway)
July 4, 1938 - Bill Withers, American singer and songwriter
July 4, 1942 - Hal Lanier, American baseball player
July 4, 1942 - Floyd Little, American football player
July 4, 1942 - Stefan Meller, Polish foreign minister
July 4, 1943 - Konrad “Conny” Bauer, German musician
July 4, 1943 - Geraldo Rivera, American reporter
July 4, 1943 - Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson, American musician (Canned Heat) (d. 1970)
July 4, 1943 - Emerson Boozer, American football player
July 4, 1944 - Ray Meagher, Australian actor
July 4, 1946 - Tish Howard, American model
July 4, 1946 - Ron Kovic, American peace activist
July 4, 1946 - Michael Milken, American financier
July 4, 1946 - Ed O’Ross, American actor
July 4, 1947 - Morganna Roberts, American personality (kissing bandit)
July 4, 1948 - Ed Armbrister, baseball player
July 4, 1948 - René Arnoux, French race car driver
July 4, 1948 - Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer and actor
July 4, 1948 - Jeremy Spencer, English musician
July 4, 1950 - David Jensen, Canadian-born British radio DJ
July 4, 1951 - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American politician
July 4, 1952 - Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Colombian politician
July 4, 1954 - Jim Beattie, American baseball player
July 4, 1955 - John Waite, English singer (The Babys)
July 4, 1958 - Kirk Pengilly, Australian musician (INXS)
July 4, 1959 - Victoria Abril, Spanish actress
July 4, 1960 - Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler
July 4, 1960 - Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1994)
July 4, 1961 - Richard Garriott, English video game designer
July 4, 1962 - Neil Morrissey, English actor
July 4, 1962 - Pam Shriver, American former tennis player
July 4, 1963 - Henri Leconte, French former tennis player
July 4, 1963 - Matt Malley, American musician (Counting Crows)
July 4, 1963 - José Oquendo, Puerto Rican baseball player
July 4, 1964 - Cle Kooiman, American soccer player
July 4, 1964 - Mark Slaughter, American singer (Slaughter)
July 4, 1966 - Lee Reherman, American actor
July 4, 1965 - Horace Grant, American basketball player
July 4, 1967 - Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player
July 4, 1967 - Andy Walker, Canadian television personality
July 4, 1967 - Rick Wilkins, American baseball player
July 4, 1970 - Tony Vidmar, Australian former footballer
July 4, 1971 - Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician (ex-Barenaked Ladies)
July 4, 1971 - Brendan Donnelly, American baseball player
July 4, 1971 - Koko, sign-language gorilla
July 4, 1971 - Andrew Murray, English entrepreneur
July 4, 1971 - Ned Zelic, Australian footballer
July 4, 1973 - Gackt, Japanese singer (ex-vocalist of Malice Mizer)
July 4, 1973 - Keiko Ihara, Japanese racing driver
July 4, 1973 - Michael Johnson, English-born Jamaican footballer
July 4, 1973 - Jan Magnussen, Danish racing driver
July 4, 1973 - Tony Popovic, Australian footballer
July 4, 1974 - La’Roi Glover, American football player
July 4, 1974 - Vince Spadea, American tennis player
July 4, 1975 - Tania Davis, Australian violist (bond)
July 4, 1976 - Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
July 4, 1977 - Katia Zygouli, Greek super model, winner of Elite Model Look contest 1996
July 4, 1978 - Vicky Kaya, Greek supermodel and actress
July 4, 1978 - Emile Mpenza, Belgian footballer
July 4, 1978 - Becki Newton, American actress
July 4, 1981 - Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player
July 4, 1983 - Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model
July 4, 1983 - Ben Jorgensen, American musician (Armor For Sleep)
July 4, 1983 - Andy Mrotek, American musician (The Academy Is…)
July 4, 1984 - Gina Glocksen, American Idol finalist
July 4, 1984 - Akanishi Jin, Japanese Idol (member of KAT-TUN)
July 4, 1986 - Takahisa Masuda, Japanese Idol (member of NEWS (band) and Tegomass)
July 4, 1998 - Hannah Lay, American Actress
July 4, 2003 - Alessia di Matteo, first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (d. 2005)
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