- Jul 2 Alba Parietti, Italian TV presenter and actress (Galagoal, Abbronzatissima), born in Torino Italy
- Jul 2 James McNichol, American actor (Fitzpatricks, California Fever), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 4 Richard Allen Garriott, English-American computer game designer (Origin), born in Austin, Texas
- Jul 6 Kimberly Foster, American actress (It Takes Two), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Jul 6 Richard Mofe-Damijo, Nigerian actor (The Black Book), born in Aladja, Nigeria
- Jul 10 Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor (Bullet in the Head), born in Hong Kong
- Jul 14 Jackie Earle Haley, American actor (Breaking Away), born in Northridge, California
Forest Whitaker (63 years old)
Jul 15 American actor and director ("The Last King of Scotland"; "Platoon"), born in Longview, Texas
- Jul 15 Jean-Christophe Grangé, French mystery writer and screenwriter known for "The Crimson Rivers", born in Paris, France
- Jul 15 Lolita Davidovich, Canadian actress (Blaze, Jungle2Jungle), born in London, Ontario
- Jul 17 Jonathan Potts, Canadian actor, born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jul 18 Elizabeth McGovern, American actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer), born in Evanston, Illinois
- Jul 19 Benoît Mariage, Belgian film director, born in Virton, Belgium
- Jul 19 Campbell Scott, American actor, director and producer (Saint Ralph, Big Night), born in New York City
- Jul 19 Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director, born in Okayama, Japan
- Jul 23 André Ducharme, Canadian (Québécois) humorist (Rock et Belles Oreilles) and author, born in Montreal, Quebec
Woody Harrelson (63 years old)
Jul 23 American Emmy Award-winning actor (Cheers - "Woody Boyd"; Natural Born Killers), born in Midland, Texas
- Jul 25 Bobbie Eakes, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), born in Warner Robins, Georgia
- Jul 25 Illeana Douglas [Hessellberg], American actress (Picture Perfect; To Die For; Six Feet Under), born in Quincy, Massachusetts [some sources give birth year as 1965, some New Haven as birthplace]
- Jul 25 Katherine Kelly Lang, American actress (Bold & Beautiful - "Brooke"), born in Los Angeles, California
Laurence Fishburne (63 years old)
Jul 30 American actor (The Matrix, CSI, Apocalypse Now), born in Augusta, Georgia
About July 1961
How Old? 63 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
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