List of Famous people born in July

Jóhannes "Joey" Harðarson is an Icelandic football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach in Norwegian Eliteserien club Start.

Josh Olson is an American former professional ice hockey player who played five National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Florida Panthers during the 2003–04 season. He was drafted by the Panthers in the sixth round, 190th overall, at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Olson moved with his family to Roseau, Minnesota when he was nine years old and he grew up playing hockey for Roseau High School.

John Edward Francis Hooper is a British journalist, author and broadcaster. He is currently the Italy and Vatican correspondent of The Economist.

Matilda is a 1996 American fantasy comedy film co-produced and directed by Danny DeVito, from a screenplay written by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord. Based on Roald Dahl's 1988 novel of the same name, the film stars Mara Wilson as the title character with DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz and Pam Ferris in supporting roles. The film centers on a young genius girl named Matilda Wormwood, who develops psychokinetic abilities and uses them to deal with her disreputable family and Agatha Trunchbull, the ruthless, oppressive and tyrannical principal of Crunchem Hall Elementary School. Produced by DeVito's Jersey Films and released theatrically in the United States on August 2, 1996 by Sony Pictures Releasing through TriStar Pictures label. Critics praised DeVito's direction and faithfulness to the spirit of the source material. The film grossed $33.5 million in the United States on a $36 million budget.

Makoto Furukawa is a Japanese writer. In January 2020, he won the 162nd Akutagawa Prize for his book Seitaka Awadachisō.

Affonso Henrique Beato is a Brazilian cinematographer. He has served as the President of the Brazilian Society of Cinematographers, receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. He is also a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. In 2017, he became a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Maurizio Minghella is an Italian serial killer, sentenced to life in prison for the murders of ten sex workers in Turin between 1997 and 2001 when he was on parole for killing five women in his hometown in 1978. He had also been convicted of robbery, kidnapping and escape from prison.