List of Famous people born in July
Wendy Williams
Wendy Joan Williams is an American broadcaster, businesswoman, media personality, and writer. Since 2008, she has hosted the nationally syndicated television talk show The Wendy Williams Show.
Virgil van Dijk
Virgil van Dijk is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Netherlands national team. Considered one of the best defenders in the world, he is known for his strength, leadership, and aerial ability. He is the only defender to win UEFA Men's Player of the Year, and has finished runner-up for the Ballon d'Or and Best FIFA Men's Player.
Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Valerie Kudrow is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. After making appearances in several 1980s television sitcoms, Kudrow came to international prominence in the 1990s portraying Phoebe Buffay in the American sitcom Friends, which earned her Primetime Emmy and Screen Actors Guild awards. Kudrow also portrayed Phoebe’s twin sister Ursula on both Friends and Mad About You. Kudrow has received several awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series from six nominations, two Screen Actors Guild Awards from 12 nominations, and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Her Friends character was widely popular while the series aired and was later recognized as one of the greatest female characters in American television.
Victoria Abril
Victoria Mérida Rojas, better known as Victoria Abril, is a Spanish film actress and singer. She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performance in the film ¡Átame! by director Pedro Almodóvar.
Serge Gnabry
Serge David Gnabry is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama 14 Tendzin Gyatso
The 14th Dalai Lama is the current Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader of Tibet, and considered a living Bodhisattva, an emanation of Avalokiteśvara. The Dalai Lamas are also leaders of the Gelug school, which is the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism and was formally headed by the Ganden Tripas. From the time of the 5th Dalai Lama to 1959, the central government of Tibet, the Ganden Phodrang, invested the position of Dalai Lama with temporal duties.
Corey Feldman
Corey Scott Feldman is an American actor, voice actor, singer, and activist. He became well known during the 1980s, with roles as a youth in films such as Gremlins (1984), The Goonies (1985), and Stand by Me (1986). In 1987, Feldman starred in the horror film The Lost Boys with Corey Haim; they became known as "The Two Coreys" and went on to appear in other films together, including License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989).
Oliver Marmol
Oliver J. Marmol is an American professional baseball player and manager. As of 2021, he is the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB) and, at 35, the youngest manager in the league.
Marc Cohn
Marc Craig Cohn is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1992. Cohn is best known for the song "Walking in Memphis" from his eponymous 1991 album; the song, which was a Top 40 hit, has been described as "an iconic part of the Great American Songbook."
Sebastian Maniscalco
Sebastian Maniscalco is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Born in the Chicagoland area in Arlington Heights, Illinois, Maniscalco began his career in 1998 performing at open mics. He has since released five comedy specials. Maniscalco has also had supporting acting roles in the films Green Book (2018) and The Irishman (2019), playing mobster Joe Gallo in the latter.