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Birthdays
Today is July 26
These are today's birthdays
| 1975 | Joe Smith, NBA forward (Golden State Warriors) |
| 1974 | Bubba Wells, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks) |
| 1973 | Peter Heijsteek, soccer player (DFC/Dordrecht '90) |
| 1973 | Jean Fran‡ois Bergeron, St Jerome Quebec, boxer (Olympics-96) |
| 1972 | Ryan Christopherson, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars) |
| 1972 | Sean Graham, CFL slot back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) |
| 1972 | Tydus Winans, NFL/CFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins, Roughriders) |
| 1971 | Reggie Carthon, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) |
| 1971 | Neus Avila, Lerida Spain, tennis star (Futures-Valencia-ESP 1995) |
| 1970 | Phil Alley, cricketer (NSW left-arm pace bowler) |
| 1970 | Kenny Wilhite, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats) |
| 1969 | Patrick Alfred Bates, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1994 NIKE Dakota Open) |
| 1969 | Marc Boutte, NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins) |
| 1969 | Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman (brilliant fielder) |
| 1969 | Greg Colbrunn, Fontana CA, infielder (Florida Marlins) |
| 1968 | Mike Mohler, Dayton OH, pitcher (Oakland A's) |
| 1968 | Laura Leighton, Iowa City IA, actress (Sydney-Melrose Place) |
| 1967 | David McKenzie, Footscray VIC, Australasia golfer |
| 1965 | Jennifer Ashe, actress (As the World Turns) |
| 1964 | Jeremy Piven, NYC, actor (Spence-Ellen, Grosse Pointe Blank) |
| 1964 | Sandra Bullock, Wash DC, actress (Speed, Net, Love & War) |
| 1963 | Marianne Berglund, Sweden, cyclist (1983 Ruffles Tour of Texas) |
| 1963 | Andrew C Timmons, Scottsdale Az, guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It) |
| 1962 | Jody Reed, Tampa FL, infielder (San Diego Padres) |
| 1962 | Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper (world record 1988) |
| 1961 | Andy Connel, rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout) |
| 1961 | Gary Cherone, Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words) |
| 1961 | Terri Nunn, rock vocalist (Berlin-Takes My Breath Away) |
| 1961 | Yolanda Chen, Moscow Russia, triple jumper (indoor record) |
| 1960 | LaTaunya Pollard, East Chic Ind, (Olympics-1980, 84) |
| 1960 | Mitch Kahn, San Clemente Calif, kayak (alt-Olympics-96) |
| 1959 | Kevin Spacey, South Orange NJ, actor (Dad, Henry & June, Darrow) |
| 1958 | Ramona Neubert, German DR, long jumper/pentathlete (Oly-4th-80) |
| 1957 | Jeff Blatnick, Schenectady NY, wrestling (Oly-gold-1984) |
| 1957 | Nana Visitor, [Tucker], actress (Deep Space 9) |
| 1957 | Wayne Desmond Grady, Brisbane Australia, PGA golfer (1990 PGA) |
| 1957 | Wayne Grady, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer |
| 1956 | Dorothy Hamill, Riverside Ct, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| 1955 | Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor (Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital) |
| 1954 | Lawrence Watt-Evans, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Sword of Bheleu) |
| 1954 | Vitas Gerulaitis, Brooklyn NY, tennis star (Australia 1987) |
| 1952 | Scott David Cook, Glendale Ca, CEO (Intuit-Quicken) |
| 1952 | Ludmila Maslakova, USSR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1980) |
| 1951 | William Surles "Bill" McArthur Jr, NC, astro (STS 58, 74, sk: 92) |
| 1951 | Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open-2nd) |
| 1950 | Susan George, London England, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo) |
| 1950 | Paul McHale, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania) |
| 1949 | William M Shepherd, Oak Ridge Tn, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 27, 41, 52) |
| 1949 | Roger Taylor, British rock drummer (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody) |
| 1948 | Norair Nurikian, Bulgari, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1972, 76) |
| 1947 | Pauline Clare, Chief Constable (Lancashire) |
| 1946 | Helen Mirren, [Eleni Mironova], England, actress (Cook Thief Wife) |
| 1946 | Anne Wright, Vice-Chancellor (Sunderland U) |
| 1945 | Linda Harrison, Berlin Md, actress (Bracken's World, Planet of Apes) |
| 1944 | Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1944 | Micki J King, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| 1944 | Kiel Martin, Pitts Pa, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues) |
| 1943 | Peter Hyams, director (2010, Capricorn 1, Relic, Timecop) |
| 1943 | Mick Jagger, Eng, rock vocalist (Rolling Stone) |
| 1943 | Roger Smalley, composer |
| 1942 | Dobie Gray, Brookshire Tx, singer (In Crowd) |
| 1941 | Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer/songwriter (Sunny) |
| 1941 | Brenton Wood, Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign) |
| 1941 | Darlene Love, singer/actress (Lethal Weapon) |
| 1941 | Hans Gualth‚rie van Weezel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) |
| 1940 | Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's d(r)iving buddy |
| 1940 | Brian Mawhinney, chairman (British Conservative Party) |
| 1939 | J W Howard, Prime Minister of Australia |
| 1938 | Keith Peters, physician |
| 1938 | Peter Hall, diplomat |
| 1936 | Kathryn Hays, NYC, actress (Kim Hughes-As the World Turns) |
| 1936 | Antonio Mastrogiovanni, composer |
| 1934 | Anthony Gilbert, composer |
| 1933 | Lance Percival, actor/singer (Darling Lili, Our Miss Fred) |
| 1931 | Takashi Ono, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60) |
| 1931 | A M F (Sandy) Ross, managing-director (Mary Quant) |
| 1930 | Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes |
| 1929 | Jean Shepherd, humorist (Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969) |
| 1929 | Alexis Weissenberg, Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948) |
| 1928 | Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (Giocosa) |
| 1928 | Stanley Kubrick, Bronx NY, director (2001, Dr Strangelove, Lolita) |
| 1928 | Hans Haselbock, composer |
| 1927 | G S Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India) |
| 1927 | M H W Wells, CEO (Charterhouse Japhet) |
| 1926 | James Best, Corydon Ind, actor (Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder) |
| 1926 | Don Carter, bowling great (1st PBA president) |
| 1926 | Barbara Jefford, actress (Saint, Reunion, Ulysses) |
| 1924 | Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant |
| 1924 | John Kilgour, director of prison medical services (Home Office) |
| 1924 | Louis Bellson, Rock Falls Ill, orch leader (Pearl Bailey Show) |
| 1923 | Peter Carey, permanent secretary (DTI) |
| 1923 | [James] Hoyt Wilhelm, knuckleball pitcher (Orioles) |
| 1922 | Andrzej Koszewski, composer |
| 1922 | Blake Edwards, OK, writer/director (10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's) |
| 1922 | Frank Price, CEO (British Waterways Board) |
| 1922 | Jason Robards Jr, Chicago, actor (A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday) |
| 1922 | Marjorie Lord, SF Calif, actress (Kathy-Danny Thomas Show) |
| 1920 | Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams) |
| 1919 | Kenneth Snowman, antiquarian |
| 1919 | James Lovelock, scientist |
| 1917 | Bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948) |
| 1917 | Richard Desborough Burnell, England, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1948) |
| 1914 | Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter |
| 1913 | Vivian Vance, comic sidekick |
| 1913 | Lou Salica, US, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1932) |
| 1912 | Derek Riches, diplomat |
| 1909 | Gerardina I "Diny" van Amstel, Dutch actress (Dijntje & Trijntje) |
| 1908 | Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73) |
| 1907 | Istvan Pelle, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1932) |
| 1907 | Gioconda de Vito, violinist |
| 1906 | Armando Jose Fernandes, composer |
| 1904 | Jack Allan Westrup, composer |
| 1903 | Donald Voorhees, Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour) |
| 1902 | Gracie Allen, SF Calif, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen) |
| 1901 | John Bleifer, Zawiercie Poland, actor (Highway to Heaven) |
| 1899 | Danton Walker, Mariette Ga, columnist (Broadway Spotlight) |
| 1899 | Carel C van Essen, Dutch archaeologist (Italian & Roman art) |
| 1897 | Paul Gallico, NY, novelist |
| 1896 | Charles Butterworth, US, lawyer/actor (Mad Genius) |
| 1896 | Evelyn Preer, US actress (Homesteader, Spider's Webs) |
| 1895 | Robert Graves, London England, writer/poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26] |
| 1895 | Jerry Verno, London England, actor (River of Unrest, Sweeney Todd) |
| 1894 | Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Henric van Veldeken) |
| 1894 | Aldous L Huxley, Surrey England, author (Brave New World) |
| 1893 | George Grosz, German painter (Gott mit uns) |
| 1892 | Philipp Jarnach, composer |
| 1892 | Pearl Buck, prize winning novelist |
| 1891 | Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian |
| 1888 | M Jouhandeau, writer |
| 1885 | Andr‚ Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer |
| 1881 | Alexander J Kropholler, architect |
| 1877 | Hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields) |
| 1876 | Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball) |
| 1875 | Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology) |
| 1874 | Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp) |
| 1872 | George Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies) |
| 1866 | Francesco Cilea, composer |
| 1865 | Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel |
| 1863 | Jazeps Witols, composer |
| 1860 | Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama) |
| 1858 | Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player) |
| 1856 | George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) |
| 1842 | Alfred Marshall, London, economist |
| 1829 | August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909) |
| 1820 | John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 |
| 1805 | Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock) |
| 1802 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician |
| 1801 | John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867 |
| 1799 | Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings |
| 1796 | George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) |
| 1791 | Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM |
| 1782 | John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) |
| 1739 | George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) |
| 1694 | Johann Samuel Endler, composer |
| 1678 | Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) |
| 1467 | Ferdinand II, King of Naples |
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