Today's Famous Birthdays - per Wikipedia

July 1

• 1481 – King Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1559)
• 1506 – King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1526)
• 1534 – King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig (d. 1588)
• 1574 – Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (d. 1656)
• 1586 – Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (d. 1630)
• 1633 – Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (d. 1698)
• 1646 – Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician (d. 1716)
• 1676 – Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)
• 1723 – Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman (d. 1802)
• 1725 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French nobleman and soldier (d. 1807)
• 1731 – Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan Royal Navy Admiral (d.1804)
• 1742 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (d. 1799)
• 1788 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (d. 1867)
• 1804 – George Sand, French writer (d. 1876)
• 1804 – Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist (d. 1886)
• 1807 – Thomas Green Clemson, American educator (d. 1888)
• 1818 – Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician (d. 1865)
• 1834 – Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet (d. 1908)
• 1863 – William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (d. 1892)
• 1869 – William Strunk, Jr., American grammarian (d. 1946)
• 1872 – Louis Blériot, French aviator (d. 1936)
• 1873 – Alice Guy-Blaché, American film director (d. 1968)
• 1879 – Léon Jouhaux, French labor figure, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1954)
• 1883 – Arthur Borton, English soldier (d. 1933)
• 1899 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American composer (d. 1993)
• 1899 – Charles Laughton, English actor (d. 1962)
• 1899 – Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek politician (d. 1987)
• 1902 – William Wyler, French-born American film director (d. 1981)
• 1903 – Amy Johnson, English pilot (d. 1941)
• 1906 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (d. 1992)
• 1906 – Estée Lauder, American entrepreneur (d. 2004)
• 1907 – Bill Stern, American sportscaster (d. 1971)
• 1911 – Sergei Sokolov, Soviet marshal
• 1912 – David R. Brower, American environmentalist (d. 2000)
• 1912 – Sally Kirkland, American fashion editor (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Frank Barrett, American baseball player (d. 1998)
• 1913 – Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician (d. 1979)
• 1915 – Willie Dixon, American blues vocalist and record producer (d. 1992)
• 1915 – Joseph Ransohoff, American neurosurgeon (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Olivia de Havilland, British-born actress
• 1917 – Humphry Osmond, British psychiatrist (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Harold Sakata, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1921 – Seretse Khama, Botswanan politician (d. 1980)
• 1925 – Farley Granger, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1926 – Robert Fogel, American economist, Nobel laureate
• 1926 – Carl Hahn, German automotive executive
• 1926 – Hans Werner Henze, German composer
• 1927 – Alan J. Charig, British palaeontologist (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Gerald Edelman, American biologist, Nobel laureate
• 1930 – Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American filmmaker (d. 2005)
• 1930 – Carol Chomsky, American linguist, wife of Noam Chomsky (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Bobby Day, American singer (d. 1990)
• 1931 – Leslie Caron, French actress
• 1932 – Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (d. 2007)
• 1933 – C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Claude Berri, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Jamie Farr, American actor
• 1934 – Jean Marsh, English actress
• 1934 – Sydney Pollack, American film director (d. 2008)
• 1935 – James Cotton, American blues harmonica player
• 1938 – Craig Anderson, American baseball player
• 1939 – Karen Black, American actress
• 1941 – Rod Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1941 – Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist, Nobel laureate
• 1941 – Myron Scholes, American economist, Nobel laureate
• 1941 – Twyla Tharp, American choreographer
• 1942 – Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress
• 1942 – Andraé Crouch, American singer
• 1942 – Mike Malloy, American talk radio host
• 1943 – Jeff Wayne, American pianist, keyboardist and composer
• 1943 – Marian Glinka, Polish actor (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Mike Burstyn, Israeli-born American actor
• 1945 – Debbie Harry, American singer (Blondie)
• 1947 – Shirley Hemphill, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1947 – Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese racing driver
• 1948 – John Ford, English songwriter and guitarist (Strawbs)
• 1949 – John Farnham, English-born Australian singer
• 1950 – David Duke, American politician and white supremacist
• 1951 – Trevor Eve, British actor
• 1951 – Anne Feeney, American protest singer
• 1951 – Terrence Mann, American actor and dancer
• 1951 – Fred Schneider, American singer (The B-52's)
• 1952 – Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor
• 1952 – Steve Shutt, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 – Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (d. 2006)
• 1953 – Lawrence Gonzi, Maltese politician
• 1953 – Jadranka Kosor, Croatian journalist and politician
• 1955 – Keith Whitley, American country music singer (d. 1989)
• 1956 – Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor (d. 2009)
• 1956 – Alan Ruck, American actor
• 1957 – Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1957 – Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (d. 2010)
• 1959 – Dale Midkiff, American actor
• 1960 – Kevin Swords, American rugby player
• 1961 – Kalpana Chawla, Indian-born American astronaut (d. 2003)
• 1961 – Malcolm Elliott, British cyclist
• 1961 – Carl Lewis, American athlete
• 1961 – Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Charles's ex wife (d. 1997)
• 1961 – Michelle Wright, Canadian country music singer and guitarist
• 1962 – Andre Braugher, American actor
• 1963 – Roddy Bottum, American musician (Faith No More, Imperial Teen)
• 1963 – David Wood, American environmentalist
• 1964 – Bernard Laporte, French rugby player and coach
• 1965 – Harald Zwart, Norwegian film director
• 1966 – Enrico Annoni, Italian footballer
• 1967 – Pamela Anderson, Canadian model
• 1968 – Tim Abell, American actor
• 1968 – Jordi Mollà, Spanish actor
• 1970 – Melissa Peterman, American actress
• 1970 – Henry Simmons, American actor
• 1971 – Steven W. Bailey, American actor
• 1971 – Amira Casar, French actress
• 1971 – Missy Elliott, American rapper and singer
• 1971 – Julianne Nicholson, American actress
• 1971 – Jamie Walker, American baseball player
• 1972 – Claire Forlani, English actress
• 1972 – Alex Machacek, Austrian musician
• 1974 – Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorian race walker
• 1975 – Sufjan Stevens, American singer and musician
• 1976 – Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer
• 1976 – Plies, American rapper
• 1976 – Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
• 1976 – Justin Lo, Hong Kong singer and songwriter
• 1976 – Hannu Tihinen, Finnish footballer
• 1977 – Tom Frager, French-born singer and surfer
• 1977 – Jarome Iginla, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Greg Pattillo, American beatboxing flautist
• 1977 – Birgit Schuurman, Dutch singer and actress
• 1977 – Pamela Rogers Turner, former elementary school physical education teacher/coach and convicted sex offender
• 1977 – Liv Tyler, American actress
• 1979 – Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist
• 1980 – Patrick Aufiero, American ice hockey player
• 1981 – Carlo del Fava, South African-born Italian rugby player
• 1981 – Amanda Diva, American actress and rapper
• 1981 – Tadhg Kennelly, Irish Australian rules footballer
• 1982 – Hilarie Burton, American actress
• 1982 – Carmella DeCesare, American glamor model
• 1982 – Justin Huber, Australian baseball player
• 1982 – Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
• 1982 – Adrian Ward, American football player
• 1983 – Lynsey Bartilson, American actress
• 1983 – Marit Larsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M)
• 1983 – Leeteuk (Park Jung Su), Korean singer
• 1986 – Andrew Lee, Australian rules footballer
• 1986 – Agnes Monica, Indonesian singer
• 1988 – Evan Ellingson, American actor
• 1989 – Mitch Hewer, English actor
• 1989 – Hannah Murray, English actress
• 1989 – Daniel Ricciardo, Australian racing driver
• 1998 – Hollie Steel, English singer