List of Famous people born in July
Emile Smith Rowe
Emile Smith Rowe is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal. He is nicknamed "Croydon De Bruyne" by Arsenal fans due to his similar playing style as the Belgian midfield maestro Kevin De Bruyne.
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd, is a Canadian actor, producer, comedian, musician, and filmmaker who was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on Saturday Night Live (1975–1979). A musical sketch he performed with John Belushi on SNL, the Blues Brothers, turned into an actual performing band and then the 1980 film The Blues Brothers.
David Gulpilil
David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM is a Yolngu traditional dancer and actor.
Kristen Bell
Kristen Anne Bell is an American actress, singer, and producer. She began her professional acting career by starring in stage productions while attending the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. In 2001, she made her Broadway stage debut as Becky Thatcher in the comedy musical The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and appeared in a Broadway revival of The Crucible the following year. In 2004, she appeared in the action thriller film Spartan and received critical praise for her performance in the television drama film Gracie's Choice.
Juno Temple
Juno Violet Temple is an English actress. She has appeared in the films Killer Joe, Black Mass, The Other Boleyn Girl, Wild Child, Atonement, Maleficent, The Three Musketeers, Afternoon Delight, and The Dark Knight Rises. She also had a starring role in the HBO period drama series Vinyl, the Bravo true-crime drama series Dirty John and the Apple TV+ comedy series Ted Lasso.
Israel Adesanya
Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya is a Nigerian-born New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, and retired kickboxer and boxer. As a mixed martial artist, he is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), representing his native Nigeria, where he is the UFC Middleweight Champion and has an undefeated record of 20 wins and no losses. In kickboxing, he is the former Glory middleweight contender winner and King in the Ring two-time cruiserweight and heavyweight champion. As of 29 September 2020, he is #3 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings. Adesanya is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the world of mixed martial arts.
Bert Newton
Albert Watson Newton, AM, MBE, is an Australian media personality. He is a Logie Hall of Fame inductee, quadruple Gold Logie award-winning entertainer and radio, theatre and television personality/presenter. Newton has hosted the Logie Awards ceremony on seventeen occasions.
Max Scherzer
Maxwell M. Scherzer, nicknamed "Mad Max", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). A right-handed starting pitcher, Scherzer is a seven-time MLB All-Star, has won three Cy Young Awards, has pitched two no-hitters, and was a member of the 2019 World Series champion Washington Nationals.
Emmett Till
Emmett Louis Till was a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store. The brutality of his murder and the fact that his killers were acquitted drew attention to the long history of violent persecution of African Americans in the United States. Till posthumously became an icon of the civil rights movement.
Willem Dafoe
William James "Willem" Dafoe is an American-Italian actor. He is known for his distinct gravelly voice, and has received multiple accolades, including nominations for four Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, and Wes Anderson.