| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Shmuel Agnon |
Author |
17-Jul-1888 |
17-Feb-1970 |
'Tmol Shilshom |
| Brandy Alexandre |
Pornstar |
17-Jul-1964 |
|
Twin Peeks, Whore of the Roses |
| Hardy Amies |
Fashion Designer |
17-Jul-1909 |
5-Mar-2003 |
Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II |
| Elena Anaya |
Actor |
17-Jul-1975 |
|
In the Land of Women |
| Alun Armstrong |
Actor |
17-Jul-1946 |
|
Brian Lane on New Tricks |
| Lucie Arnaz |
Actor |
17-Jul-1951 |
|
Daughter of Lucy and Desi |
| Ron Asheton |
Guitarist |
17-Jul-1948 |
1-Jan-2009 |
Guitarist for the Stooges |
| John Jacob Astor |
Business |
17-Jul-1763 |
29-Mar-1848 |
Wealthiest man in America |
| Giacomo Balla |
Painter |
17-Jul-1871 |
1-Mar-1958 |
Italian futurist painter |
| Donald Barlett |
Journalist |
17-Jul-1936 |
|
Barlett & Steele |
| Shlomo Ben-Ami |
Politician |
17-Jul-1943 |
|
Israeli Foreign Minister, 2000-01 |
| Hiram Bingham IV |
Diplomat |
17-Jul-1903 |
12-Jan-1988 |
Consul signed visas for 2000 Jews |
| Julie Bishop |
Politician |
17-Jul-1956 |
|
Deputy Leader, Australian Liberal Party |
| Nils Bohlin |
Engineer |
17-Jul-1920 |
26-Sep-2002 |
Three-point safety belt |
| Lou Boudreau |
Baseball |
17-Jul-1917 |
10-Aug-2001 |
MLB Shortstop, Hall of Famer |
| Camilla Parker Bowles |
Relative |
17-Jul-1947 |
|
Prince Charles's wife, former mistress |
| Luke Bryan |
Country Musician |
17-Jul-1976 |
|
Tailgates & Tanlines |
| Mark Burnett |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Jul-1960 |
|
Survivor, Eco-Challenge, etc. |
| Acquanetta |
Actor |
17-Jul-1921 |
16-Aug-2004 |
Captive Wild Woman |
| Geezer Butler |
Bassist |
17-Jul-1949 |
|
Bass player for Black Sabbath |
| James Cagney |
Actor |
17-Jul-1899 |
30-Mar-1986 |
New York tough guy |
| Diahann Carroll |
Singer |
17-Jul-1935 |
|
Claudine |
| John Carroll |
Actor |
17-Jul-1906 |
24-Apr-1979 |
Flying Tigers |
| Thomas Carter |
Film Director |
17-Jul-1953 |
|
Coach Carter |
| Willis Carto |
Activist |
17-Jul-1926 |
|
Founder of Liberty Lobby, IHR |
| Benjamin R. Civiletti |
Attorney |
17-Jul-1935 |
|
US Attorney General, 1979-81 |
| Jack Conway |
Film Director |
17-Jul-1887 |
11-Oct-1952 |
Too Hot to Handle |
| Alan Cottrell |
Scientist |
17-Jul-1919 |
15-Feb-2012 |
Metallurgist at Cambridge |
| Marcel Dalio |
Actor |
17-Jul-1900 |
20-Nov-1983 |
The Sun Also Rises |
| Phyllis Davis |
Actor |
17-Jul-1940 |
|
Beatrice Travis on Vega$ |
| Darren Day |
TV Personality |
17-Jul-1968 |
|
British tabloid fodder |
| Paul Delaroche |
Painter |
17-Jul-1797 |
4-Nov-1856 |
French academic painter; The Young Martyr |
| Phyllis Diller |
Comic |
17-Jul-1917 |
20-Aug-2012 |
The original female stand-up comic |
| Cory Doctorow |
Blogger |
17-Jul-1971 |
|
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom |
| Randolph M. Ferlic |
Doctor |
17-Jul-1936 |
|
Thoracic surgeon |
| W. Frank Fountain |
Business |
17-Jul-1944 |
|
Senior VP at Chrysler |
| Erle Stanley Gardner |
Novelist |
17-Jul-1889 |
11-Mar-1970 |
Creator of Perry Mason |
| William Gargan |
Actor |
17-Jul-1905 |
17-Feb-1979 |
Martin Kane, Private Eye |
| Gale Garnett |
Singer |
17-Jul-1942 |
|
We’ll Sing In The Sunshine |
| Elbridge Gerry |
Politician |
17-Jul-1744 |
23-Nov-1814 |
Patron saint of Gerrymandering |
| Connie Gilchrist |
Actor |
17-Jul-1895 |
3-Mar-1985 |
Character actress |
| Nancy Giles |
Actor |
17-Jul-1960 |
|
China Beach |
| Gordon Gould |
Physicist |
17-Jul-1920 |
16-Sep-2005 |
Invented the laser, arguably |
| F. Gary Gray |
Film Director |
17-Jul-1969 |
|
The Italian Job |
| Steven J. Green |
Business |
17-Jul-1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Singapore, 1998-2001 |
| Roger L. Gregory |
Judge |
17-Jul-1953 |
|
4th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Guru |
Rapper |
17-Jul-1962 |
19-Apr-2010 |
Rapper from Gang Starr |
| John P. Harbin |
Business |
17-Jul-1917 |
|
CEO of Halliburton, 1972-83 |
| Carey Hart |
Sports Figure |
17-Jul-1975 |
|
Motocross racer |
| David Hasselhoff |
Actor |
17-Jul-1952 |
|
Knight Rider, Baywatch |
| Sarah Jones |
Actor |
17-Jul-1983 |
|
Det. Rebecca Madsen on Alcatraz |
| Johnny Kerr |
Basketball |
17-Jul-1932 |
26-Feb-2009 |
Chicago Bulls coach, commentator |
| Heather Langenkamp |
Actor |
17-Jul-1964 |
|
A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| Nicolette Larson |
Singer |
17-Jul-1952 |
16-Dec-1997 |
Lotta Love |
| Art Linkletter |
TV Personality |
17-Jul-1912 |
26-May-2010 |
Kids Say the Darndest Things |
| Beth Littleford |
Comic |
17-Jul-1968 |
|
Daily Show correspondent |
| Maxim Litvinov |
Government |
17-Jul-1876 |
31-Dec-1951 |
Soviet foreign minister, ousted in nod to Hitler |
| Verne Lundquist |
Sports Journalist |
17-Jul-1940 |
|
Sportscaster |
| Joseph W. Luter III |
Business |
17-Jul-1939 |
|
CEO of Smithfield Foods, 1975-2006 |
| Irene Manning |
Actor |
17-Jul-1912 |
28-May-2004 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Angela Merkel |
Politician |
17-Jul-1954 |
|
Chancellor of Germany |
| John Cameron Monjo |
Diplomat |
17-Jul-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1992-95 |
| Matti Nykänen |
Skier |
17-Jul-1963 |
|
Olympic ski jumper |
| Barbara O'Neil |
Actor |
17-Jul-1910 |
3-Sep-1980 |
Ellen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind |
| Timothy Pickering |
Politician |
17-Jul-1745 |
29-Jan-1829 |
US Secretary of State, 1795-1800 |
| James Purdy |
Author |
17-Jul-1914 |
13-Mar-2009 |
Eustance Chisholm and the Works |
| Stanley Ridges |
Actor |
17-Jul-1890 |
22-Apr-1951 |
Black Friday |
| Robert Romanus |
Actor |
17-Jul-1956 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| Bill Sage |
Actor |
17-Jul-1962 |
|
Simple Men |
| Juan Antonio Samaranch |
Sports Figure |
17-Jul-1920 |
21-Apr-2010 |
Former Olympic Committee President |
| Catherine Schell |
Actor |
17-Jul-1944 |
|
Maya on Space: 1999 |
| Bitty Schram |
Actor |
17-Jul-1968 |
|
A League of Their Own |
| Jimmy Scott |
Singer |
17-Jul-1925 |
|
Jazz soprano vocalist |
| Santiago Segura |
Actor |
17-Jul-1965 |
|
Torrente, the Stupid Arm of the Law |
| Robin Shou |
Actor |
17-Jul-1960 |
|
Mortal Kombat |
| Phoebe Snow |
Jazz Musician |
17-Jul-1952 |
26-Apr-2011 |
Jazz vocalist |
| Solé |
Musician |
17-Jul-1973 |
|
Skin Deep |
| P. J. Soles |
Actor |
17-Jul-1950 |
|
Rock 'n' Roll High School |
| Lewis C. Solmon |
Economist |
17-Jul-1942 |
17-Dec-2007 |
Education reformer |
| Soundarya |
Actor |
17-Jul-1971 |
17-Apr-2004 |
Indian superstar actress, Dweepa |
| Red Sovine |
Country Musician |
17-Jul-1918 |
4-Apr-1980 |
The Old Syrup Sopper |
| Christina Stead |
Novelist |
17-Jul-1902 |
31-Mar-1983 |
The Man Who Loved Children |
| Eleanor Steber |
Singer |
17-Jul-1914 |
3-Oct-1990 |
Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Mattie Stepanek |
Poet |
17-Jul-1990 |
22-Jun-2004 |
Muscular-dystrophic boy-poet |
| Donald Sutherland |
Actor |
17-Jul-1935 |
|
The Dirty Dozen |
| Terence Tao |
Mathematician |
17-Jul-1975 |
|
Prolific math prodigy |
| Katharine Towne |
Actor |
17-Jul-1978 |
|
Evolution |
| Bryan Trottier |
Hockey |
17-Jul-1956 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Charles Tufts |
Business |
17-Jul-1781 |
24-Dec-1876 |
Founder of Tufts University |
| Piero Umiliani |
Composer |
17-Jul-1926 |
14-Feb-2001 |
Mah Na Mah Na |
| John Ventimiglia |
Actor |
17-Jul-1963 |
|
Artie Bucco on The Sopranos |
| Mike Vogel |
Actor |
17-Jul-1979 |
|
Grind |
| Helen Walker |
Actor |
17-Jul-1920 |
10-Mar-1968 |
Call Northside 777 |
| Andy Whitfield |
Actor |
17-Jul-1974 |
11-Sep-2011 |
Spartacus: Blood and Sand |
| Alex Winter |
Actor |
17-Jul-1965 |
|
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure |
| Eric Winter |
Actor |
17-Jul-1976 |
|
Days of Our Lives |
