William Gilbert “W.G.” Grace, MRCS, LRCP (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time. Known as “W.G.”, he played first-class cricket for a...
James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American actor, first on stage, then in film, best remembered for playing tough guys. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth...
Gareth Frank Bale (born 16 July 1989) is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team as a winger. Bale began his professional career at Southampton, playing at left back. Since transferring to Tottenham in 2007, he...
Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, stage, radio and television. She made a total of 73 films, and...
Inigo Jones (15 July 1573 – 21 June 1652) is the first significant British architect of the early modern period. He is noted for buildings such as the Banqueting House, Whitehall, and in area design for Covent Garden square which...
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history
Inigo Jones (15 July 1573 – 21 June 1652) is the first significant British
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television.
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American film actor and producer. He is famous for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. He is also...
Josiah Wedgwood (12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795) was an English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company and credited with the industrialisation of the manufacture of pottery.
Yul Brynner (Yuliy Borisovich Briner; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born United States-based actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the King of Siam in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, as Rameses...
Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to February 1974 and as Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975.
Marc Zaharovich Chagall (7 July 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Russian artist associated with several major artistic styles and one of the most successful artists of the 20th century. He created works in virtually every artistic...
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946), known as Sylvester Stallone, is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. Stallone is well known for his Hollywood action roles such as the boxer Rocky Balboa and soldier John Rambo....
William John Clifton “Bill” Haley (July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was one of the first American rock and roll musicians. He is widely associated with his group Bill Haley & His Comets. His hits...
Sarah Siddons (5 July 1755 – 8 June 1831) was a Welsh actress, born in Brecon. She was the elder sister of John Philip Kemble, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton and Elizabeth Whitlock, and the aunt of Fanny Kemble. The Sarah Siddons Society ...
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Cocteau is best known for his novel Les Enfants Terribles (1929), and the...
(2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped to put forward the argument for...
Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor and director. Among Laughton’s biggest film-hits were The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Mutiny on the Bounty, Jamaica Inn and The Hunchback of...
Michael Gerard “Mike” Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is a retired American professional boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at...
