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July 1 birthdays

377 notable historical figures were born on July 1, and 216 died on this day. Everyone born on July 1 is a Cancer.

17% of July 1 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (92) than any other country.

Born on July 1

• Pamela Anderson (born 1967. Canadian-American actress and model (born 1967))
• Diana Spencer (1961 to 1997. Member of the British royal family (1961–1997))
• Olivia de Havilland (1916 to 2020. British actress (1916–2020))
• Sydney Pollack (1934 to 2008. American filmmaker and actor (1934–2008))
• Karen Black (1939 to 2013. American actress, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter (1939–2013))
• Ignaz Semmelweis (1818 to 1865. Early pioneer of antiseptic procedures)
• Indiana Jones (character) (1899 to 1990. Title character of the Indiana Jones franchise)
• Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914 to 1982. President of Iraq from 1968 to 1979)
• Seretse Khama (1921 to 1980. First President of Botswana (1921–1980))
• Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1942 to 2020. 6th Vice president of Iraq)
• Louise Penny (born 1958. Canadian author (born 1958))
• Frederick II of Denmark (1534 to 1588. King of Denmark and Norway from 1559 to 1588)
• Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882 to 1962. Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1950 to 1962)
• Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725 to 1807. French Royal Army officer (1725–1807))
• Fern Brady (born 1986. Scottish comedian, podcaster, writer and journalist)
• Louis (1506 to 1526. King of Hungary and Croatia from 1516 to 1526)
• Laszlo Toth (1938 to 2012. 1972 act of damage to a 15th-century sculpture)
• Louis Blériot (1872 to 1936. French aviator, inventor and engineer)
• Myron Scholes (born 1941. Canadian–American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941))
• Ruud van Nistelrooy (born 1976. Dutch professional footballer and manager)
• Ginés Jesús Hernández (born 1959. Palmarian Catholic Church pope (born 1959))
• Liv Tyler (born 1977. American actress (born 1977))
• Thomas A. Dorsey (1899 to 1993. American blues and gospel musician and composer (1899–1993))
• Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 to 1799. German scientist and satirist (1742–1799))
• Abbas I of Egypt (1816 to 1854. Wāli of Egypt and Sudan from 1848 to 1854)
• Ivan Kaye (born 1961. British actor (b. 1961))
• Jeongjong of Joseon (1357 to 1419. King of Joseon from 1398 to 1400)
• Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (born 1930. President of Bolivia (1993–-1997; 2002–-2003))
• Alok Vaid-Menon (born 1991. American performance artist and activist (born 1991))
• Walter Kaufmann (philosopher) (1921 to 1980. German-American philosopher (1921–1980))
• Benjamin O. Davis Sr. (1877 to 1970. United States Army general (1877-1970))
• Rashid Khan (musician) (1968 to 2024. Indian classical musician (1968–2024))
• Linda L. Fagan (born 1963. US Coast Guard admiral (born 1963))
• Thomas Boni Yayi (born 1952. President of Benin from 2006 to 2016)
• Christian Estrosi (born 1955. French sportsman and politician (born 1955))
• Baba Anujka (1838 to 1938. Romanian serial killer)
• Gerald Edelman (1929 to 2014. American biologist)
• Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed (born 1952. Prime Minister of Djibouti (2013-present))
• Jadranka Kosor (born 1953. Prime Minister of Croatia from 2009 to 2011)
• Leon Chancler (1952 to 2018. American drummer (1952–2018))
• Léa Seydoux (born 1985. French actress (born 1985))
• Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (1654 to 1712. French noble and general (1654–1712))
• Hasan Jahangir (born 1962. Pakistani pop singer (born 1962))
• Hans Werner Henze (1926 to 2012. German composer (1926–2012))
• Daniel Ricciardo (born 1989. Australian racing driver (born 1989))
• Qasar (1164 to 1214. Brother of Genghis Khan)
• Aeneas Mackintosh (1879 to 1916. British officer and explorer (1879–1916))
• Liu Ji (1311 to 1375. Chinese philosopher and politician (1311–1375))
• Lawrence Gonzi (born 1953. Maltese politician (born 1953))
• Alfred G. Gilman (1941 to 2015. American pharmacologist (1941–2015))
• Abu Quhafa (542 to 635. Father of Abu Bakr)
• Irna Phillips (1901 to 1973. American screenwriter and actress (1901–1973))
• Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans (1336 to 1375. French prince (1336–1375))
• István Friedrich (1883 to 1951. Hungarian Prime Minister, footballer and factory owner (1883–1951))
• Sergey Sokolov (1911 to 2012. Defense Minister of the Soviet Union)
• Missy Elliott (born 1971. American rapper (born 1971))
• Mohammad Shariff (1920 to 2020. Pakistani admiral (1920–2020))
• Baghdadi Mahmudi (born 1945. Prime Minister of Libya, 2006–2011)
• Seyni Kountché (1931 to 1987. Military leader of Niger from 1974 to 1987)
• Tsatsos (1899 to 1987. Greek politician (1899–1987))

Died on July 1

• Marlon Brando (1924 to 2004. American actor (1924–2004))
• Juan Perón (1895 to 1974. President of Argentina (1946–1955, 1973–1974))
• Ernst Röhm (1887 to 1934. German Nazi military officer (1887–1934))
• Erik Satie (1866 to 1925. French composer and pianist (1866–1925))
• Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 to 1896. American abolitionist and author (1811-1896))
• Mikhail Bakunin (1814 to 1876. Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876))
• Mahmud II (1785 to 1839. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839)
• Public Universal Friend (1752 to 1819. American preacher (1752–1819))
• Decius (201 to 251. Roman emperor from 249 to 251)
• Ahmed III (1673 to 1736. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1703 to 1730)
• Rukn al-Din Baybars (1223 to 1277. Sultan of Egypt and Syria from 1260 to 1277)
• Ismail Kadare (1936 to 2024. Albanian writer (1936–2024))
• Gwanghaegun of Joseon (1575 to 1641. King of Joseon from 1608 to 1623)
• Marcel Breuer (1902 to 1981. Hungarian-American architect and designer (1902–1981))
• Pauli Murray (1910 to 1985. American writer and activist (1910–1985))
• Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882 to 1962. Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1950 to 1962)
• Alfonso (1040 to 1109. King of León (1065–1109), Castile (1072–1109), and Galicia (1071–1109))
• Pope Leo II (611 to 683. Head of the Catholic Church from 682 to 683)
• Harriet Quimby (1875 to 1912. American aviation pioneer (1875–1912))
• Lawrence Bragg (1890 to 1971. Australian-born British X-ray crystallographer (1890–1971))
• Robert Mitchum (1917 to 1997. American actor (1917–1997))
• Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730 to 1782. Prime Minister of Great Britain (1765–1766; 1782))
• Oliver Plunkett (1629 to 1681. Irish Catholic archbishop and saint (1625–1681))
• Alan L. Hart (1890 to 1962. Transgender American physician and writer (1890–1962))
• Thomas Francis Meagher (1823 to 1867. Irish nationalist and American Union army officer (1823–1867))
• Eliel Saarinen (1873 to 1950. Finnish and American architect (1873–1950))
• C. P. Snow (1905 to 1980. English novelist and physical chemist (1905–1980))
• George Frederic Watts (1817 to 1904. English painter (1817–1904))
• Georg Ratzinger (1924 to 2020. German Catholic prelate and brother of Pope Benedict XVI (1924–2020))
• Herennius Etruscus (227 to 251. Roman emperor in 251)

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