| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Arletty |
Actor |
15-May-1898 |
23-Jul-1992 |
Les Enfants du paradis |
| Donald Barthelme |
Author |
7-Apr-1931 |
23-Jul-1989 |
Come Back, Dr. Caligari |
| Ernest S. Brown |
Attorney |
25-Sep-1903 |
23-Jul-1965 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1954 |
| Peter Campbell Brown |
Attorney |
12-Aug-1913 |
23-Jul-1994 |
Corporation Counsel of NYC, 1955-58 |
| Montgomery Clift |
Actor |
17-Oct-1920 |
23-Jul-1966 |
From Here to Eternity |
| Andrew Cunanan |
Criminal |
31-Aug-1969 |
23-Jul-1997 |
Murdered Gianni Versace |
| Glenn Curtiss |
Aviator |
21-May-1878 |
23-Jul-1930 |
American aviation pioneer |
| Esther Dale |
Actor |
10-Nov-1885 |
23-Jul-1961 |
Curly Top |
| Henry Dale |
Scientist |
9-Jun-1875 |
23-Jul-1968 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
| Floyd Dell |
Journalist |
28-Jun-1887 |
23-Jul-1969 |
Moon-Calf |
| Ernst Otto Fischer |
Chemist |
10-Nov-1918 |
23-Jul-2007 |
Organometallic "sandwich" compounds |
| Hamilton Fish IV |
Politician |
3-Jun-1926 |
23-Jul-1996 |
Congressman from New York, 1969-95 |
| Robert J. Flaherty |
Film Director |
16-Feb-1884 |
23-Jul-1951 |
Nanook of the North |
| Myron Floren |
Musician |
5-Nov-1919 |
23-Jul-2005 |
Accordionist for Lawrence Welk |
| Lloyd Gough |
Actor |
21-Sep-1907 |
23-Jul-1984 |
Blacklisted character actor |
| Ulysses S. Grant |
Head of State |
27-Apr-1822 |
23-Jul-1885 |
Eighteenth President of the United States |
| Claude Harmon |
Golf |
14-Jul-1916 |
23-Jul-1989 |
Winner, 1948 Masters Tournament |
| E. Lynn Harris |
Novelist |
20-Jun-1955 |
23-Jul-2009 |
Invisible Life |
| Van Heflin |
Actor |
13-Dec-1910 |
23-Jul-1971 |
Till the Clouds Roll By |
| Cordell Hull |
Government |
2-Oct-1871 |
23-Jul-1955 |
US Secretary of State, 1933-44 |
| Frank M. Johnson |
Judge |
30-Oct-1918 |
23-Jul-1999 |
11th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1981-99 |
| Kay Kyser |
Musician |
18-Jun-1897 |
23-Jul-1985 |
The Ol' Professor, eleven #1 records |
| Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa |
Author |
23-Dec-1896 |
23-Jul-1957 |
Il gattopardo |
| Olivia Manning |
Novelist |
2-Mar-1908 |
23-Jul-1980 |
Fortunes of War |
| George Perkins Marsh |
Author |
15-Mar-1801 |
23-Jul-1882 |
Ecologist and camel enthusiast |
| Leo McKern |
Actor |
16-Mar-1920 |
23-Jul-2002 |
Travelling North, Rumpole of the Bailey |
| Jessica Mitford |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1917 |
23-Jul-1996 |
The American Way of Death |
| Joseph Morgan |
Business |
4-Jan-1780 |
23-Jul-1847 |
Patriarch of the Morgan family of millionaires |
| Vic Morrow |
Actor |
14-Feb-1929 |
23-Jul-1982 |
Sgt. Chip Saunders on Combat |
| Philippe Pétain |
Head of State |
24-Apr-1856 |
23-Jul-1951 |
Leader of Vichy France |
| William Pierce |
Author |
11-Sep-1933 |
23-Jul-2002 |
The Turner Diaries |
| Chaim Potok |
Novelist |
17-Feb-1929 |
23-Jul-2002 |
The Chosen |
| Sir William Ramsay |
Chemist |
2-Oct-1852 |
23-Jul-1916 |
Discovered noble gases |
| Eddie Rickenbacker |
Aviator |
8-Oct-1890 |
23-Jul-1973 |
Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI |
| Sally Ride |
Astronaut |
26-May-1951 |
23-Jul-2012 |
First American woman in space |
| Domenico Scarlatti |
Composer |
26-Oct-1685 |
23-Jul-1757 |
Composed 555 sonatas |
| Daniel Schorr |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1916 |
23-Jul-2010 |
Veteran journalist, Nixon enemy |
| Thomas N. Schroth |
Journalist |
21-Dec-1920 |
23-Jul-2009 |
Editor of Congressional Quarterly, 1955-69 |
| Mohammed Zahir Shah |
Royalty |
16-Oct-1914 |
23-Jul-2007 |
King of Afghanistan, 1933-73 |
| John Shalikashvili |
Military |
27-Jun-1936 |
23-Jul-2011 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1993-97 |
| Mickey Shaughnessy |
Actor |
5-Aug-1920 |
23-Jul-1985 |
Jailhouse Rock |
| Roger Sherman |
Politician |
19-Apr-1721 |
23-Jul-1793 |
Architect of the Connecticut Compromise |
| Isaac Merritt Singer |
Business |
26-Oct-1811 |
23-Jul-1875 |
Built a better sewing machine |
| Carl von Cosel |
Criminal |
8-Feb-1877 |
23-Jul-1952 |
Florida's favorite necrophile |
| Eudora Welty |
Author |
13-Apr-1909 |
23-Jul-2001 |
The Optimist's Daughter |
| Amy Winehouse |
Singer |
14-Sep-1983 |
23-Jul-2011 |
Rehab |