List of Famous people born in July
Andrés Roemer
Andrés Roemer Slomianski is a Mexican writer, producer and former Ambassador to UNESCO. His name rose to prominence in public debate in the context of the Me Too movement, as several sexual abuse accusations were put forward by women who interacted with him throughout his career. In the aftermath of these events, Roemer moved to Israel to escape public scrutiny, where he was again accused of sexual misconduct. On 5 May 2021, an arrest warrant for the felony of rape was issued by the Attorney General of Mexico.
Yushin Okami
Yushin Okami is a Japanese mixed martial artist, currently signed to ONE Championship. A professional competitor since 2002, Okami had competed for the UFC, PRIDE, Pancrase, M-1 Global, World Series of Fighting, DEEP, and Professional Fighters League.
Gareth Gates
Gareth Paul Gates is an English singer-songwriter. He was the runner-up in the first series of the ITV talent show Pop Idol in 2002. Gates has sold over 3.5 million records in the UK. He is also known for having a stutter, and has talked about his speech impediment publicly. Gates used the McGuire Programme to manage his stutter and is now a speech coach with the programme.
Gauri Shinde
Gauri Shinde is an Indian film director. Shinde has made her directional debut with the highly acclaimed English Vinglish (2012), which marked the comeback of actress Sridevi. Shinde featured in the Financial Times 2012 list of '25 Indians To Watch'. She also featured on Rediff's list of 'Bollywood's 5 Best Directors of 2012.'.
Brandon Thatch
Brandon Michael Mathew Thatch is an American professional mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Arthur Rinderknech
Arthur Rinderknech is a French tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 79 achieved on 2 August 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 162 achieved on 8 February 2021.
Rina Aiuchi
Rika Kakiuchi , previously known by her stage name, Rina Aiuchi and now professionally known as R, is a Japanese singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. Born in Higashiōsaka, Japan, she won the first season of the audition Super Starlight Contest, winning a recording contract with Giza Studio. Her eurobeat-sounding debut album, Be Happy (2001) was certified gold in Japan and spawned a top-five single, "Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense", which served as the theme song to the Japanese anime television series Case Closed. Aiuchi's second album Power of Words became her best-selling album, selling over 419,000 copies nationwide and certificated platinum in Japan.
Kumiko Ogura
Kumiko Ogura is a Japanese badminton player, affiliated with the Sanyo Electric team.
Mehdi Taremi
Mehdi Taremi is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primeira Liga club FC Porto and the Iran national team.
Merve Özbey
Merve Özbey is a Turkish singer and songwriter. Due to her collaborations with Erdem Kınay in the songs "Duman" and "Helal Ettim", she became famous in Turkey.