Birthdays Date 1920 July | History by KabAstro

David Brinkley (1920-2003)

Jul 10 American NBC news anchor (The Huntley-Brinkley Report), born in Wilmington, North Carolina

Owen Chamberlain (1920-2006)

Jul 10 American physicist (antiproton, Nobel-1959), born in San Francisco, California

Yul Brynner (1920-1985)

Jul 11 Russian-Swiss Tony and Academy Award-winning stage and screen actor (The King and I; The Ten Commandments), born in Primorsky Krai, Russia

Jul 12 Beah Richards, American actress, poet, playwright and author (Roots, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), born in Vicksburg, Mississippi (d. 2000)
Jul 12 Honoré Desmond Sharrer, American artist (Tribute to the American Working People), born in West Point, New York (d. 2009)
Jul 12 Keith Andes, American actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats), born in Ocean City, New Jersey (d. 2005)
Jul 12 Paul Foster, American gospel singer (The Soul Stirrers), born in Grand Cane, Louisiana (d. 1995)

Pierre Berton (1920-2004)

Jul 12 Canadian author (War of 1812), born in Whitehorse, Yukon

Jul 13 Hans Blumenberg, German philosopher (metaphorology), born in Lübeck, Germany (d. 1996)
Jul 14 Marijohn Wilkin, American songwriter ("One Day At A Time"), born in Kemp, Texas (d. 2006)
Jul 15 Eldon Rudd, American politician (Rep-R-AZ, 1977-87), born in Camp Verde, Arizona (d. 2002)
Jul 15 Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal (d. 2001)
Jul 16 Anwar Hussain, Pakistani cricket batsman (4 Tests, Pakistan's first Test; Karachi, Mumbai, Sind, Northern India), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2002)
Jul 17 Bill Monroe, American newscaster (NBC-TV, Congressional Report), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2011)
Jul 17 Esperanza Baur, Mexican film actress, and John Wayne's second wife, born in Mexico City (d. 1961)

Gordon Gould (1920-2005)

Jul 17 American physicist (inventor of the laser), born in New York City

Jul 17 Helen Walker, American actress (Brewster's Million, Lucky Jordan), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
Jul 17 Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports administrator (7th President International Olympic Committee 1980-2001), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2010)
Jul 17 Rudolf Kárpáti, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold sabre team 1948, 52, 56, 60; individual 1956, 60; World C'ship gold x 7), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1999)
Jul 18 Adolphus "Dolph" Sweet, American actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up), born in New York City (d. 1985)
Jul 18 Eric Brandon, British auto racer (closely associated with development Cooper Car Company), born in London, England (d. 1982)
Jul 19 Robert Christiani, West Indian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 107; British Guiana), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 2005)
Jul 19 Robert Mann, American composer and violinist (String Quartet 1952), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2018)
Jul 20 Elliot Richardson, American attorney and administrator (Secretary of Defense, 1973; Attorney General, 1973; Ambassador to UK, 1975-76; Secretary of Commerce, 1976-77), and WWII veteran, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1999)
Jul 21 Constant [Nieuwenhuys], Dutch painter (Uprising of Homo Ludens), and sculptor, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2005)
Jul 21 Isaac Stern, Ukrainian-American violinist (debut San Francisco Symphony), born in Kremenets, Ukraine, Soviet Union (d. 2001)
Jul 21 Manuel Valls, Spanish composer, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1984)
Jul 22 Hugh Dundas, British WWII fighter pilot and businessman, born in Doncaster, England (d. 1995)
Jul 22 Malcolm Hughes, British artist, born in Manchester, England (d. 1997)
Jul 23 Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1999)
Jul 23 Marcel Maeyer, Belgian sculptor and graphic artist, born in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (d. 1993)
Jul 24 Alexander H. Cohen, Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe), born in New York City (d. 2000)
Jul 24 Bella Abzug "Battling Bella", American politician, feminist and activist (Rep-D-NY, 1970-74), born in New York City (d. 1998)
Jul 24 James Eric Storrar, English pilot (WWII - Operation Mosquito, destruction of Hitler's 'Eagle's Nest') and veterinarian, born in Ormskirk, England (d. 1995)

Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958)

Jul 25 English chemist and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, born in London [1]

Jul 26 Bob Waterfield, American football quarterback (NFL MVP 1945; First-team All-Pro 1945, 46, 49; Pro Bowl 1950, 51; Cleveland/LA Rams), born in Elmira, New York (d. 1983)
Jul 27 (Henry) "Homer" Haynes, American country music comedian and guitarist (Homer & Jethro - "The Battle of Kookamonga"), born near Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 1971)
Jul 27 James Munn, Scottish educationalist and commissioner (1977 Munn Report on education), born in Stirling, Scotland (d. 2009)
Jul 29 Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia, born in Sydney (d. 2007)
Jul 29 Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-American character actor (Salón México, The Fugitive, Littlest Outlaw), born in Chamizal, Texas (d. 1974)
Jul 31 James Esdras Faust, American religious leader, born in Delta, Utah (d. 2007)
Jul 31 Rudolf Halaczinsky, German composer, born in Emma-Grube, Upper Silesia (d. 1999)