List of Famous people born on July 1st
Soma Yamauchi
Soma Yamauchi is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chunichi Dragons from 2008 to 2014 and for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2016.
eric le marque
Eric LeMarque is an American-French author and a former professional ice hockey player. During his ice hockey career, he was a member of the French national ice hockey team and competed with the team at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Alfred G. Gilman
Alfred Goodman Gilman was an American pharmacologist and biochemist. He and Martin Rodbell shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells."
Lin Miaoke
The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It began at 20:00 China Standard Time (UTC+08:00) on Friday, 8 August 2008, as the number 8 is considered to be auspicious. The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture. The artistic part of the ceremony comprised two parts titled "Brilliant Civilization" and "Glorious Era" respectively. The first part highlighted the Chinese civilization and the second part exhibited modern China and its dream of harmony between the people of the world. The stadium was full to its 91,000 capacity according to organizers.
Yoshinori Yamaguchi
Yoshinori Yamaguchi is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Saga Prefecture located in Kyushu region of Japan.
Carl Hahn
Carl Horst Hahn is a German businessman and former head of the Volkswagen Group from 1982 to 1993. He served as the chairman of the board of management of the parent company, Volkswagen AG. During his tenure, the group's car production increased from two million units in 1982 to 3.5 million a decade later.
Redouane Asloum
Rédouane Asloum is a French boxer. He competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Julio Velarde
Julio Emilio Velarde Flores is a Peruvian banker who has been Chairman of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru since 7 September 2006.
Carles Santos Ventura
Carles Santos was a Spanish artist who began his career as a pianist and later worked in many other creative disciplines, including musical composition, filmmaking, screenwriting, acting, scenic musical shows, graphics, montage, sculpture, photography, poetry, and prose.
Zohre Esmaeli
Zohre Esmaeli is a model, designer and author from Afghanistan. She lives in Berlin, Germany. She was said to be the only international top model from Afghanistan in 2014.