History Births on July 08

Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (d. 1945)

#Käthe_Kollwitz

Joan Osborne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Joan_Osborne

Kevin Bacon, American actor and musician

#Kevin_Bacon

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 2009)

#Y._S._Rajasekhara_Reddy

George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (d. 1995)

#George_W._Romney

Melville Ruick, American actor (d. 1972)

#Melville_Ruick

Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer

#Talal_El_Karkouri

Beck, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Beck

Mat McBriar, American football player

#Mat_McBriar

Alejandra Soler, Spanish politician (d. 2017)

#Alejandra_Soler

Dario Gradi, Italian-English footballer, coach, and manager

#Dario_Gradi

Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (d. 2017)

#Maurice_Hayes

Rich Peverley, Canadian ice hockey player

#Rich_Peverley

Milo Ventimiglia, American actor, director, and producer

#Milo_Ventimiglia

Ben Jelen, Scottish-American singer-songwriter

#Ben_Jelen

Oluf Reed-Olsen, Norwegian resistance member and pilot (d. 2002)

#Oluf_Reed-Olsen

Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (d. 1961)

#Percy_Grainger

Charles C. Droz, American politician

#Charles_C._Droz

Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place (d. 2005)

#Philip_Johnson

Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist (d. 1911)

#Alfred_Binet

David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (d. 2014)

#David_Malet_Armstrong

Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper

#Jaden_Smith

Craig Stevens, American actor (d. 2000)

#Craig_Stevens_(actor)

Carlos, Prince of Asturias (d. 1568)

#Carlos,_Prince_of_Asturias

Anjelica Huston, American actress and director

#Anjelica_Huston

Phil Gramm, American economist and politician

#Phil_Gramm

Bryce Love, American football player

#Bryce_Love

John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company (d. 1937)

#John_D._Rockefeller

Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter (d. 1973)

#Stanton_Macdonald-Wright

Ellen MacArthur, English sailor

#Ellen_MacArthur

Edward D. DiPrete, American politician

#Edward_D._DiPrete

Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th President of West Germany (d. 2016)

#Walter_Scheel

Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company (d. 1917)

#Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin

Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)

#Marco_Cé

Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (d. 1979)

#Nelson_Rockefeller

David Kennedy, American guitarist and songwriter

#David_Kennedy_(musician)

Todd Martin, American tennis player and coach

#Todd_Martin

Sylvain Gaudreault, Canadian educator and politician

#Sylvain_Gaudreault

Bob Beckham, American country singer (d. 2013)

#Bob_Beckham

Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (d. 2012)

#Raquel_Correa

Dave Taylor, Australian rugby league player

#David_Taylor_(rugby_league)

Edward B. Giller, U.S Major General (d. 2017)

#Edward_B._Giller

Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player and coach

#Neil_Jenkins

Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1977)

#Ernst_Bloch

John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (d. 1916)

#John_Murray_(Victorian_politician)

Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

#Pyotr_Kapitsa

Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d. 1842)

#Dominique_Jean_Larrey

Robbie Keane, Irish footballer

#Robbie_Keane

Virgil van Dijk, Dutch footballer

#Virgil_van_Dijk

Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (d. 1580)

#Emmanuel_Philibert,_Duke_of_Savoy

Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster

#Jack_Lambert_(American_football)

Jaimoe, American drummer

#Jaimoe

Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league player and coach

#Mal_Meninga

Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation

#Micheline_Calmy-Rey

Larry Garner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Larry_Garner

Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (d. 2005)

#Johnnie_Johnson_(musician)

Son Heung-min, Korean footballer

#Son_Heung-min

Sophia Bush, American actress and director

#Sophia_Bush

Mark Christopher, American director and screenwriter

#Mark_Christopher_(director)

Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player

#Anastasia_Myskina

Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)

#Artemisia_Gentileschi

Sugizo, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

#Sugizo

Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (d. 1695)

#Jean_de_La_Fontaine

Richard Aldington, English author and poet (d. 1962)

#Richard_Aldington

Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1914)

#Joseph_Chamberlain

Karl Seglem, Norwegian saxophonist and record producer

#Karl_Seglem

Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)

#Frederick_W._Seward

R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author (d. 1968)

#R._Carlyle_Buley

Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2010)

#Vitaly_Sevastyanov

Andrew Fletcher, English keyboard player

#Andy_Fletcher_(musician)

Tzipi Livni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 18th Justice Minister of Israel

#Tzipi_Livni

Neil D. Van Sickle, American Air Force major general

#Neil_D._Van_Sickle

Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company (d. 1898)

#Eli_Lilly

Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer

#Steve_Lawrence

Balakh Sher Mazari, former Prime Minister of Pakistan

#Balakh_Sher_Mazari

Alan Ashby, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster

#Alan_Ashby

Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (d. 2008)

#Henri_Cartan

Andreas Carlgren, Swedish educator and politician, 8th Swedish Minister for the Environment

#Andreas_Carlgren

Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer

#Jeffrey_Tambor

Dan Levinson, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader

#Dan_Levinson

Jerry Vale, American singer (d. 2014)

#Jerry_Vale

Kim Darby, American actress

#Kim_Darby

Marianne Williamson, American author and activist

#Marianne_Williamson

Joe B. Mauldin, American bass player and songwriter (d. 2015)

#Joe_B._Mauldin

John Bowker, American baseball player

#John_Bowker_(baseball)

Eric Chouinard, American-Canadian ice hockey player

#Eric_Chouinard

Christian Abbiati, Italian footballer

#Christian_Abbiati

Arthur Evans, English archaeologist and academic (d. 1941)

#Arthur_Evans

Paolo Tiralongo, Italian cyclist

#Paolo_Tiralongo

Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic (d. 1826)

#Christian_Kramp

Jesse Sergent, New Zealand cyclist

#Jesse_Sergent

Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)

#Alexandros_Papanastasiou

Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player

#Wang_Zhizhi

Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer

#Sourav_Ganguly

Hakim Warrick, American basketball player

#Hakim_Warrick

Carlos Betances Ramírez, Puerto Rican general (d. 2001)

#Carlos_Betances_Ramírez

Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)

#Marty_Feldman

Irwin Hasen, American illustrator (d. 2015)

#Irwin_Hasen

Yarden Gerbi, Israeli world champion and Olympic bronze medalist judoka

#Yarden_Gerbi

Billy Crudup, American actor

#Billy_Crudup

Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)

#Igor_Tamm

Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 2010)

#Jyoti_Basu

John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2019)

#John_Dingell

Sh?suke Tanihara, Japanese actor

#Sh?suke_Tanihara

Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2009)

#Paul_B._Fay

Faye Emerson, American actress (d. 1983)

#Faye_Emerson

Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian linguist, poet, and playwright (d. 1550)

#Gian_Giorgio_Trissino

Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)

#Miki_Roqué

Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer

#Renata_Costa

Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (d. 1975)

#Louis_Jordan

Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter

#Carlos_Cavazo

John David Crow, American football player and coach (d. 2015)

#John_David_Crow

Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur

#Wolfgang_Puck

Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler

#Harrison_Dillard

Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (d. 1993)

#Billy_Eckstine

Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

#Toby_Keith

Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player and coach

#Terry_Puhl

Peter Sainthill, English politician (d. 1648)

#Peter_Sainthill

Ariel Camacho, Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer (d. 2012)

Jaime Garcia, Mexican baseball player

Wolfram Müller, German runner

Urmas Rooba, Estonian footballer

Hu Liang, Chinese field hockey player

Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player

Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player and coach

Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer

Shadlog Bernicke, Nauruan politician

Ralf Altmeyer, German-Chinese virologist and academic

Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player and manager

Ces Drilon, Filipino journalist

Pauline Quirke, English actress

Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian journalist and author

Ruby Sales, American civil-rights activist

Raffi, Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter

Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader, founded the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae

Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (d. 2016)

Ed Lumley, Canadian businessman and politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Communications

Diane Clare, English actress (d. 2013)

Antonio Lamer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 2007)

Khensur Lungri Namgyel, Tibetan religious leader

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)

Martin Riesen, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender

Dominique Nohain, French actor, screenwriter and director (d. 2017)

Bill Mackrides, American football quarterback

Arthur Imperatore Sr., Italian-American businessman from New Jersey

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (d. 1995)

Julia Pirie, British spy working for MI5 (d. 2008)

J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1999)

Pamela Brown, English actress (d. 1975)

Jean Rouverol, American author, actress and screenwriter (d. 2017)

Lowell English, United States Marine Corps general (d. 2005)

Ken Farnes, English cricketer (d. 1941)

Ike Petersen, American football back (d. 1995)

Alan Brown, English soldier (d. 1971)

V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao, Indian economist, politician, professor and educator (d. 1991)

Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (d. 1997)

George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (d. 1959)

Pavel Korin, Russian painter (d. 1967)

Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (d. 1948)

John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola (d. 1888)

Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (d. 1907)

Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (d. 1851)

Alberto Bolognetti, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1585)