List of Famous people born in July
Dado Dolabella
Carlos Eduardo Bouças Dolabella Filho, best known as Dado Dolabella, is a Brazilian actor and singer. In 2016 he became an advocate for the vegan lifestyle.
Daneliya Tuleshova
Daneliya Tuleshova is a Kazakhstani singer. She represented Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus with her song "Ózińe sen", finishing sixth.
Gus Van Sant
Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American film director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician, and author who has earned acclaim as both an independent and mainstream filmmaker. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultures, in particular homosexuality; as a result, Van Sant is considered one of the most prominent auteurs of the New Queer Cinema movement.
Fumiya Hōjō
Fumiya Hojo is a Japanese professional baseball infielder, playing for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Alexander Vasilyev
Alexander Georgievich Vasilyev is a singer, songwriter, and frontman of the Russian rock group "Splean". Vasilyev also released one solo album, and sometimes assisted other groups and artists.
Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto is a Japanese racing driver. He is currently driving in the Super GT and Super Formula championships. He won the Super Formula championship in 2013, 2018, and 2020, along with the Super GT championship in 2018 and 2020. In 2018, he became the first driver to win both the Super Formula and Super GT titles in the same year for 14 years; he accomplished this feat for a second time in 2020. His successes in both series has allowed him to reach the 40-point threshold required for an F1 superlicence.
Marc Silverstein
Marc Silverstein is an American screenwriter, producer and film director.
Darius Leonard
Darius Shaquille Leonard is an American football linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Carolina State and was drafted in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Colts. In his rookie season, Leonard led the league in tackles and was named a First-Team All-Pro and Defensive Rookie of the Year; he was also voted into the NFL Top 100 the following offseason. Leonard has been informally nicknamed "Maniac" due to his energetic and productive on-field play.
Zarina Wahab
Zarina Wahab is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Hindi and Malayalam films. Known for critically acclaimed roles in Chitchor and Gopal Krishna in Bollywood and in Malayalam Cinema with films like Madanolsavam, Chamaram, Palangal and Adaminte Makan Abu. She is better known for her motherly roles in the 2000s decade and on, earning rave reviews for her performances.
Sputniko!
Hiromi Marissa Ozaki, better known by the pseudonym Sputniko!, is a British/Japanese artist and designer who specializes in the field of speculative and critical design. After majoring in BSc Mathematics and Computer Science at Imperial College, London, she went on to pursue a master's degree in design at the Royal College of Art. Sputniko! is known for her film and multi-media installation works inspired by how technology impacts society and people's values – in particular focusing on gender issues. She has recently presented her works in exhibitions such as the 2019 Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, 'Japanorama' in Pompidou Centre-Metz, Setouchi Art Trienniale, New Sensorium at the ZKM Art Center in Germany (2016), Future and the Arts at the Mori Art Museum (2016), Collecting Future Japan – Neo Nipponica at the Victoria & Albert Museum (2016). From 2013 to 2017, Sputniko! was an assistant professor at the MIT Media Lab where she found and directed the Design Fiction research group. To date, she has had pieces included in the permanent collections of museums such as the V&A and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. Currently, she resides as the associate professor of RCA-IIS Design Lab in the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo as well as associate professor of the Department of Design at Tokyo University of the Arts.