Famous Birthdays for July 1Gottfried Von Leibniz 1649 George Sand 1804 - Author Amandine Aurore Lucile Dudevant Louis Bleriot 1872 - Aviator, first to fly an airplane across the English Channel Susan Glapell 1882 James M. Cain 1892 Thomas Andrew Dorsey 1899 - Musician, "Father of Gospel Music," pianist, composed more than 1,000 gospel songs Charles Laughton 1899 - Actor ("Captain Kidd") Myron Cohen 1902 - Comedian, actor ("When Nature Calls") William Wyler 1902 - Director Estee Lauder 1908 - Cosmetics company founder William James "Willie" Dixon 1915 - Musician (Big Three Trio) Olivia DeHavilland 1916 - Actress ("The Heiress," "Gone with the Wind") Farley Granger (Farley Earle II) 1925 - Actor ("The Purple Heart") Bobby Day (Byrd) 1930 - Singer ("Rockin' Robin') Leslie Caron 1931 - Actress ("Lili," "Gigi," "An American in Paris") Jamie Farr 1934 - Actor ("M*A*S*H") Jean Marsh 1934 - Actress ("Frenzy") Claude Berri 1934 - Actor, director Sydney Pollack 1934 - Director David Prowse 1935 - Actor James Cotton 1935 - Blues musician Wally Amos, Jr. 1936 - Entrepreneur, created Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies Delaney Bramlett 1939 - Musician, singer (Delaney & Bonnie) Frank Parker 1939 - Singer (Ciccio) Twyla Tharp 1941 - Dancer, choreographer Rod Gilbert 1941 - Hockey player Karen Black (Ziegler) 1942 - Actress ("The Great Gatsby") Geneviève Bujold 1942 - Actress ("Coma") Deborah Harry 1945 - Singer (Blondie) Harold McLinton 1947 - Football player David Earnest Duke 1950 - Former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Trevor Eve 1951 - Actor Daryl Anderson 1951 - Actor ("Lou Grant") Fred Schneider 1951 - Musician (B-52's, Shake Society) Dan Aykroyd 1952 - Comedian, actor ("Driving Miss Daisy," "Saturday Night Live," "Ghostbusters," "The Blues Brothers") Pat Donovan 1953 - Football player Keith Whitley 1954 - Singer Alan Ruck 1956 - Actor Lorna Patterson 1956 - Actress ("Airplane!," "Private Benjamin") Lisa Blount 1957 - Actress Evelyn "Champagne" King 1960 Carl (Frederick Carlton) Lewis 1961 - Olympic Gold Medalist Michelle Wright 1961 - Country singer Princess Diana (Spencer) 1961 - Princess of Wales Andre Brougher 1962 - Actor Roddy Bottum 1963 - Musician (Faith No More) Pamela Anderson 1967 - Actress ("Baywatch") Mark Pirro 1970 - Musician (Tripping Daisy) Henry Simmons 1970 - Actor ("NYPD Blue") Liv Tyler 1977 - Model , Acress ("Armagedon," "Lord of the Rings") Andrew Cavarno 1992 - Actor ("Party of Five") Stephen Cavarno 1992 - Actor ("Party of Five") Raini Rodriguez 1993 - Actress (TV: "Austin & Ally," Movie: "Paul Blart: Mall Cop") |
