Birthdays Date 1924 July | History by KabAstro

Jul 11 César Lattes, Brazilian experimental physicist, co-discoverer of the pion, born in Curitiba, Brazil (d. 2005)
Jul 11 Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer, 1944-60 (Celtic) and team manager, 1964-71 (Bangor), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 1971)
Jul 11 Claus Bremer, German dramatist, born in Hamburg (d. 1996)
Jul 12 Jaap Geraedts, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2003)
Jul 13 Carlo Bergonzi, Italian operatic tenor, born in Vidalenzo, Italy (d. 2014)
Jul 15 David Cox, English statistician and warden (Nuffield College, Oxford), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2022)
Jul 15 Jeremiah Denton, American politician (Senator-R-Alabama, 1981-86), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2014)
Jul 16 Bess Myerson, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2014)
Jul 18 Earl Beal, American doo-wop baritone (The Silhouettes - "Get A Job"), born in Demora, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
Jul 18 Howard A. Roberts, American choral director (Leslie Uggams Show), born in Burlington, New Jersey (d. 2011)
Jul 18 Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer (youngest female Olympic Games medalist in an individual event [12] bronze 200m breaststroke 1936), born in Skovshoved, Denmark (d. 2011)
Jul 18 John Cruickshank, Northern-Irish born scholar of French literature, born in Belfast (d. 1995)
Jul 19 Arthur Rankin, Jr, American director, producer, and screenwriter (Rankin/Bass Productions -The Year Without A Santa Claus; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; Frosty The Snowman), born in New York City (d. 2014)
Jul 19 Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle, American actor (Hang 'em High, Splendor in the Grass, Batman Returns), born in Miami, Florida (d. 2009)
Jul 19 Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (27th Governor of Wyoming), born in Osceola, Nebraska (d. 2005)

Jul 20 Hans Lodeizen [Johannes Frederik], Dutch poet (Het innerlijk behang (The Inner Wallpaper)), born in Naarden, Netherlands (d. 1950)
Jul 20 Lola Albright, American singer and actress (Delta Country; Kid Galahad; A Cold Wind in August), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2017)
Jul 20 Mort Garson, Canadian-American composer ("Our Day Will Come") and Moog synthesizer pioneer, born in St. John, New Brunswick (d. 2008)
Jul 20 Robert D. Maurer, American scientist and co-inventor of optical fiber, born in St. Louis, Missouri
Jul 20 Thomas Berger, American novelist (Vital Parts, Little Big Man), born in Cincinnati, Ohio, (d. 2014)
Jul 21 Don Knotts, American actor (Andy Griffth Show, 3's Company), born in Morgantown, West Virginia (d. 2006)
Jul 22 Bill Perkins, American cool jazz tenor saxophonist (Woody Herman; Stan Kenton; Bud Shank; The Tonight Show Band, 1970-82), and recording engineer, born in San Francisco, California, (d. 2003)
Jul 22 Margaret Whiting, American singer ("It Might As Well Be Spring"; "Time After Time"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2011)
Jul 23 Betsy Haworth, Church of England deaconess and minister, born in Leigh, Lancashire (d. 2007)
Jul 23 Gavin Lambert, British-American screenwriter (Inside Daisy Clover), born in East Grinstead, England (d. 2005)
Jul 24 Charles K. Johnson, American President of the Flat Earth Society, born in San Angelo, Texas (d. 2001)
Jul 24 David Loram, British vice-admiral (Supreme Allied Commander), born in London (d. 2011)
Jul 24 Edward Digby, 12th Baron Digby, British Army (Coldstream Guards) officer (d. 2018)
Jul 24 Glenn Loren Glasow, American composer, born in Pine County, Minnesota (d. 2002)
Jul 24 Janine Charrat, French ballerina and choreographer, born in Grenoble, France (d. 2017)

Jul 25 Frank Church, American lawyer and politician (United States Senator from Idaho), born in Boise, Idaho (d. 1984)
Jul 26 Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter and anti-apartheid activist, born in Phokoane, Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (d. 1994)
Jul 26 John Kilgour, British physician and director of prison medical services (Home Office), born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 2008)
Jul 27 Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili, Georgian composer, conductor, teacher, and musicologist, born in Tbilisi, Georgia SSR (d. 1989)
Jul 27 Vincent Canby, American movie critic (NY Times), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)
Jul 28 Irving Burgie [Lord Burgess], American Caribbean music composer and musician ("Day-O"), born in New York City (d. 2019)
Jul 28 Peter Green, British insurance underwriter, who had to resign as CEO of Lloyd's of London (d. 1996)
Jul 29 Arnold Weinstock, English industrialist (GEC managing director), born in London, England (d. 2002)

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Jul 29 American victim in the Black Dahlia case, born in Boston, Massachusetts

Jul 29 Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (Point Blank, Dynasty, Batman), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2005)
Jul 29 Robert Horton [Meade Howard Horton Jr.], American actor and singer (Kings Row; Wagon Train; Arena), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
Jul 30 C. T. Vivian, American civil rights activist, worked with Martin Luther King, born in Boonville, Missouri (d. 2020)
Jul 30 Christopher Shaw, British composer, chiefly of choral music (Peter and the Lame Man), born in London (d. 1995)
Jul 30 William H. Gass, American novelist and philosopher (Omensetter's Luck), born in Fargo, North Dakota (d. 2017)
Jul 31 Alec Head, French horse trainer and breeder (6 x champion trainer France; 4 x Arc de Triomphe; owner Haras du Quesnay), born in Maisons-Laffitte, France (d. 2022)