July 22 - Births

Births

• 1210 – Joan of England, Queen of Scots, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238)
• 1478 – King Philip I of Castile (d. 1506)
• 1510 – Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (d. 1537)
• 1535 – Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)
• 1559 – Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619)
• 1621 – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician (d. 1683)
• 1711 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (d. 1753)
• 1713 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (d. 1780)
• 1733 – Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1790)
• 1755 – Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (d. 1839)
• 1784 – Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1846)
• 1844 – William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (d. 1930)
• 1848 – Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1914)
• 1849 – Emma Lazarus, American poet (d. 1887)
• 1863 – Alec Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1952)
• 1878 – Janusz Korczak, Polish children's author and pediatrician (d. 1942)
• 1882 – Edward Hopper, American painter (d. 1967)
• 1887 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1975)
• 1888 – Kirk Bryan, American geologist (d. 1950)
• 1888 – Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born American biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
• 1889 – James Whale, English film director (d. 1957)
• 1890 – Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American Kennedy family matriarch (d. 1995)
• 1892 – Jack MacBryan, English cricketer and field hockey player (d. 1983)
• 1893 – Jesse Haines, American baseball player (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (d. 1990)
• 1895 – León de Greiff, Colombian poet (d. 1976)
• 1898 – Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer and novelist (d. 1943)
• 1898 – Alexander Calder, American sculptor and inventor (d. 1976)
• 1905 – Doc Cramer, American baseball player (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Amy Vanderbilt, American etiquette authority (d. 1974)
• 1909 – Dorino Serafini, Italian racing driver (d. 2000)
• 1913 – Licia Albanese, American opera singer
• 1913 – Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader (d. 1995)
• 1915 – Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984)
• 1916 – Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (d. 1949)
• 1921 – William V. Roth, Jr., American politician (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Dick Hoerner, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Bob Dole, American politician
• 1923 – The Fabulous Moolah, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976)
• 1924 – Margaret Whiting, American singer
• 1928 – Orson Bean, American film actor
• 1929 – John Barber, British racing driver
• 1932 – Oscar De la Renta, Dominican fashion designer
• 1934 – Louise Fletcher, American actress
• 1935 – Tom Cartwright, English cricketer (d. 2007)
• 1936 – Tom Robbins, American novelist
• 1937 – Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
• 1937 – John Price, English cricketer
• 1937 – Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer
• 1939 – Terence Stamp, English actor
• 1939 – Gila Almagor, Israeli actress
• 1940 – Judith Walzer Leavitt, American college professor
• 1940 – Alex Trebek, Canadian game show host
• 1941 – George Clinton, American singer and musician (Parliament, Funkadelic)
• 1941 – Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey
• 1942 – Peter Habeler, Austrian mountaineer
• 1943 – Kay Bailey Hutchison, American politician
• 1943 – Bobby Sherman, American singer and actor
• 1944 – Estelle Bennett, American singer (Ronettes) (d. 2009)
• 1944 – Rick Davies, British keyboardist (Supertramp)
• 1944 – Dennis Firestone, Australian racing driver
• 1944 – Sparky Lyle, American baseball player
• 1944 – Anand Satyanand, New Zealander politician
• 1946 – Danny Glover, American actor
• 1946 – Mireille Mathieu, French singer
• 1946 – Paul Schrader, American film director and screenwriter
• 1946 – Stephen M. Wolownik, American musicologist (d. 2000)
• 1946 – Johnson Toribiong, President of Palau
• 1947 – Albert Brooks, American comedian
• 1947 – Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician
• 1947 – Don Henley, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Eagles)
• 1948 – S. E. Hinton, American novelist
• 1948 – Otto Waalkes, German comedian
• 1949 – Alan Menken, American composer
• 1949 – Emir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai
• 1949 – Lasse Virén, Finnish long distance runner
• 1951 – J. V. Cain, American football player (d. 1979)
• 1953 – Jimmy Bruno, American jazz guitarist
• 1953 – Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress
• 1953 – Paul Quarrington, Canadian playwright and educator (d. 2010)
• 1954 – Pierre Lebeau, Canadian actor
• 1954 – Lonette McKee, American actress
• 1954 – Al Di Meola, American guitarist
• 1954 – Steve LaTourette, American politician
• 1955 – Willem Dafoe, American actor
• 1957 – Dave Stieb, American baseball player
• 1958 – David Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1984)
• 1958 – Tatsunori Hara, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1960 – Jon Oliva, American vocalist and keyboardist (Savatage)
• 1961 – Calvin Fish, English racing driver
• 1961 – Keith Sweat, American singer
• 1962 – Alvin Robertson, American basketball player
• 1962 – Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer
• 1963 – Emilio Butragueño, Spanish footballer
• 1963 – Rob Estes, American actor
• 1963 – Emily Saliers, American singer (Indigo Girls)
• 1964 – Adam Godley, British actor
• 1964 – John Leguizamo, Colombian actor
• 1964 – Don Van Natta, Jr., American journalist
• 1964 – David Spade, American actor and comedian
• 1965 – Patrick Labyorteaux, American actor
• 1965 – Shawn Michaels, American professional wrestler
• 1966 – Shaun Cohen, South African professional wrestler
• 1966 – Tim Brown, American football player
• 1967 – Irene Bedard, American actress
• 1967 – Lauren Booth, British journalist
• 1968 – Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor
• 1969 – Despina Vandi, Greek singer
• 1970 – Jason Becker, American musician
• 1970 – Craig Baird, New Zealander racing driver
• 1970 – Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1971 – Kristine Lilly, American footballer
• 1972 – Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor
• 1972 – Seth Fisher, American comic book artist and penciller (d. 2006)
• 1972 – Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
• 1973 – Ronald Ray Howard, American murderer (d. 2005)
• 1973 – Daniel Jones, English-born Australian musician (Savage Garden)
• 1973 – Mike Sweeney, American baseball player
• 1973 – Rufus Wainwright, Canadian singer
• 1974 – Franka Potente, German actress
• 1974 – Sonija Kwok, Hong Kong actress
• 1975 – Sam Jacobson, American basketball player
• 1976 – Kokia, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Ezio Galon, Italian rugby player
• 1977 – Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
• 1978 – A. J. Cook, Canadian actress
• 1978 – Martyn Lee, English radio presenter
• 1978 – Runako Morton, West Indian cricketer
• 1979 – Lucas Luhr, German racing driver
• 1979 – Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player
• 1979 – James Mason, British professional wrestler
• 1980 – Scott Dixon, New Zealand racing driver
• 1980 – Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Kate Ryan, Belgian singer
• 1980 – Tablo, Korean hip-hop musician (Epik High)
• 1982 – Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1983 – Steven Jackson, American football player
• 1983 – Arsenie Todiraş, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
• 1983 – Sharni Vinson, Australian actress and model
• 1983 – Clemens von Grumbkow, German rugby player
• 1983 – Dries Devenyns, Belgian cyclist
• 1984 – Stewart Downing, English footballer
• 1985 – Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born American rugby player
• 1985 – Akira Tozawa, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1988 – Paul Coutts, Scottish footballer
• 1991 – Matthew James, English footballer
• 1992 – Selena Gomez, American actress and pop singer
• 1993 – Amber Beattie, English actress
• 1996 – Skyler Gisondo, American actor
• 1997 – Field Cate, American actor
• 1998 – Madison Pettis, American actress
• 2002 – Prince Felix of Denmark, Danish royalty