| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| George Biddell Airy |
Astronomer |
27-Jul-1801 |
2-Jan-1892 |
British Astronomer Royal |
| Ross Alexander |
Actor |
27-Jul-1907 |
2-Jan-1937 |
Captain Blood |
| Joe Allbaugh |
Government |
27-Jul-1952 |
|
FEMA Director, 2001-03 |
| Norman Augustine |
Business |
27-Jul-1935 |
|
CEO of Martin Marietta, 1996-97 |
| Kenneth Bainbridge |
Physicist |
27-Jul-1904 |
14-Jul-1996 |
Director of the Trinity atomic test |
| Hilaire Belloc |
Author |
27-Jul-1870 |
16-Jul-1953 |
The Bad Child's Book of Beasts |
| Johann Bernoulli |
Mathematician |
27-Jul-1667 |
1-Jan-1748 |
L'Hôpital's rule |
| Bourvil |
Actor |
27-Jul-1917 |
23-Sep-1970 |
La Grande Vadrouille |
| Rex Brown |
Bassist |
27-Jul-1964 |
|
Former bassist for Pantera |
| Beverly B. Byron |
Politician |
27-Jul-1932 |
|
Congresswoman from Maryland, 1979-93 |
| Vincent Canby |
Critic |
27-Jul-1924 |
15-Sep-2000 |
Film/Theater Critic, The New York Times |
| Giosuè Carducci |
Poet |
27-Jul-1835 |
16-Feb-1907 |
Odi barbare |
| Daniel H. Case III |
Business |
27-Jul-1957 |
27-Jun-2002 |
Hambrecht & Quist |
| Adolfo Celi |
Actor |
27-Jul-1922 |
19-Feb-1986 |
And Then There Were None |
| Maury Chaykin |
Actor |
27-Jul-1949 |
27-Jul-2010 |
A Nero Wolfe Mystery |
| Nikolai Cherkasov |
Actor |
27-Jul-1903 |
14-Sep-1966 |
Aleksandr Nevsky |
| Lacy Clay |
Politician |
27-Jul-1956 |
|
Congressman, Missouri 1st |
| Marlow W. Cook |
Politician |
27-Jul-1926 |
|
US Senator from Kentucky, 1968-74 |
| Donald Crisp |
Actor |
27-Jul-1880 |
25-May-1974 |
Silent film actor, survived into talkies |
| Cliff Curtis |
Actor |
27-Jul-1968 |
|
Whale Rider |
| John Deutch |
Government |
27-Jul-1938 |
|
CIA Director, 1995-96 |
| Bob Diamond |
Business |
27-Jul-1951 |
|
Group CEO at Barclays, 2011-12 |
| Ernst von Dohnányi |
Composer |
27-Jul-1877 |
9-Feb-1960 |
Opus 25 |
| Wayne Dowdy |
Politician |
27-Jul-1943 |
|
Congressman from Mississippi, 1981-89 |
| Leo Durocher |
Baseball |
27-Jul-1905 |
7-Oct-1991 |
Leo the Lip |
| Bill Engvall |
Comic |
27-Jul-1957 |
|
Blue Collar Comedy Tour |
| Indiana Evans |
Actor |
27-Jul-1990 |
|
Matilda Hunter on Home and Away |
| Michael Evans |
Actor |
27-Jul-1920 |
4-Sep-2007 |
The Young and the Restless |
| Alexandre Dumas fils |
Playwright |
27-Jul-1824 |
27-Nov-1895 |
La dame aux camélias |
| Hans Fischer |
Chemist |
27-Jul-1881 |
31-Mar-1945 |
Synthesized hemin |
| Peggy Fleming |
Figure Skating |
27-Jul-1948 |
|
Olympic gold medal winning ice skater |
| John R. Freeman |
Engineer |
27-Jul-1855 |
6-Oct-1932 |
Charles River Dam |
| Don Galloway |
Actor |
27-Jul-1937 |
8-Jan-2009 |
Det. Sgt. Ed Brown on Ironside |
| Bobbie Gentry |
Singer |
27-Jul-1944 |
|
Ode to Billie Joe |
| Gwynne Gilford |
Actor |
27-Jul-1946 |
|
Abby Stone on A New Kind of Family |
| Susan Gordon |
Actor |
27-Jul-1949 |
11-Dec-2011 |
The Five Pennies |
| Enrique Granados |
Composer |
27-Jul-1867 |
24-Mar-1916 |
Goyescas |
| Bill Guthridge |
Basketball |
27-Jul-1937 |
|
UNC Head Coach, 1997-2000 |
| Gary Gygax |
Inventor |
27-Jul-1938 |
4-Mar-2008 |
Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons |
| Matt Hale |
Religion |
27-Jul-1971 |
|
White supremacist |
| Phil Hardberger |
Politician |
27-Jul-1934 |
|
Mayor of San Antonio |
| Elizabeth Hardwick |
Critic |
27-Jul-1916 |
2-Dec-2007 |
Seduction and Betrayal |
| Roxanne Hart |
Actor |
27-Jul-1952 |
|
Highlander |
| Juliana Hatfield |
Musician |
27-Jul-1967 |
|
Juliana Hatfield Three |
| Nick Hogan |
Relative |
27-Jul-1990 |
|
Son of Hulk Hogan |
| Kenneth C. Hogate |
Publisher |
27-Jul-1897 |
11-Feb-1947 |
President of Dow Jones, 1931-45 |
| John Hopkinson |
Engineer |
27-Jul-1849 |
27-Aug-1898 |
English electrical engineer |
| Simon Jones |
Actor |
27-Jul-1950 |
|
Arthur Dent on radio Hitchhiker's Guide |
| Jerry Juhl |
Screenwriter |
27-Jul-1938 |
27-Sep-2005 |
Head writer, The Muppet Show |
| Robert Keegan |
Business |
27-Jul-1947 |
|
CEO of Goodyear |
| Miguel Depedro |
Electronic Musician |
27-Jul-1979 |
|
Kid606 |
| Norman Lear |
Film/TV Producer |
27-Jul-1922 |
|
Creator of All in the Family |
| Carol Leifer |
Comic |
27-Jul-1956 |
|
Comic inspired Seinfeld's Elaine |
| Manuel II Palaeologus |
Royalty |
27-Jul-1350 |
21-Jul-1425 |
Byzantine Emperor, 1391-1425 |
| Donald F. Mazankowski |
Politician |
27-Jul-1935 |
|
Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 1986-93 |
| Maureen McGovern |
Singer |
27-Jul-1949 |
|
The Morning After |
| Julian McMahon |
Actor |
27-Jul-1968 |
|
Dr. Christian Troy on Nip/Tuck |
| Colin R. McMillan |
Politician |
27-Jul-1935 |
24-Jul-2003 |
US Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1990-92 |
| Joseph Mitchell |
Author |
27-Jul-1908 |
24-May-1996 |
The New Yorker |
| Sasha Mitchell |
Actor |
27-Jul-1967 |
|
Cody on Step by Step |
| Queen Mother Moore |
Activist |
27-Jul-1898 |
7-May-1997 |
Republic of New Africa |
| Bharati Mukherjee |
Novelist |
27-Jul-1940 |
|
The Tiger's Daughter |
| Charlie Norwood |
Politician |
27-Jul-1941 |
13-Feb-2007 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1995-2007 |
| Bev Oda |
Politician |
27-Jul-1944 |
|
Canadian MP, Durham |
| Vladimir de Pachmann |
Pianist |
27-Jul-1848 |
6-Jan-1933 |
Histrionic Russian pianist, known for Chopin |
| John Putch |
Film Director |
27-Jul-1961 |
|
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love |
| Liam Redmond |
Actor |
27-Jul-1913 |
28-Oct-1989 |
Irish stage and film actor |
| Jonathan Rhys-Meyers |
Actor |
27-Jul-1977 |
|
Velvet Goldmine |
| Martha Roby |
Politician |
27-Jul-1976 |
|
Congresswoman, Alabama 2nd |
| Alex Rodriguez |
Baseball |
27-Jul-1975 |
|
NY Yankees 3rd Baseman |
| Judith W. Rogers |
Judge |
27-Jul-1939 |
|
US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit |
| Maya Rudolph |
Actor |
27-Jul-1972 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Don W. Samuelson |
Politician |
27-Jul-1913 |
20-Jan-2000 |
Governor of Idaho, 1967-71 |
| Taylor Schilling |
Actor |
27-Jul-1984 |
|
Nurse Callahan on Mercy |
| John Seigenthaler |
Editor |
27-Jul-1927 |
|
Tennessean editor, RFK aide |
| Rade Serbedzija |
Actor |
27-Jul-1946 |
|
Dmitri Gredenko on 24 |
| Yahoo Serious |
Actor |
27-Jul-1953 |
|
Young Einstein |
| Roger Guenveur Smith |
Actor |
27-Jul-1959 |
|
A Huey P. Newton Story |
| Betty Thomas |
Film Director |
27-Jul-1948 |
|
Lucy Bates on Hill Street Blues |
| Lupita Tovar |
Actor |
27-Jul-1910 |
|
Spanish version of Dracula |
| Harry Towb |
Actor |
27-Jul-1925 |
24-Jul-2009 |
Northern Irish stage and film actor |
| Triple H |
Wrestling |
27-Jul-1969 |
|
Multiple WWE Champion |
| Jerry Van Dyke |
Actor |
27-Jul-1931 |
|
Assistant Coach on Coach |
| Charles Vidor |
Film Director |
27-Jul-1900 |
4-Jun-1959 |
A Farewell to Arms |
| Gregory Vlastos |
Philosopher |
27-Jul-1907 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Influential scholar of ancient philosophy |
| Keenan Wynn |
Actor |
27-Jul-1916 |
14-Oct-1986 |
Col. Bat Guano in Dr. Strangelove |
| Donnie Yen |
Actor |
27-Jul-1963 |
|
Ip Man |
