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Actors Born on July 2

  • 1867 Herbert Prior, British actor (Caught Short, Slave of Desire), born in Oxfordshire, England (d. 1954)
  • 1889 Cor Hermus, Dutch actor, director, and writer (Bleeke Bet; William of Orange; De Jantjes; A Mother), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1953)
  • 1900 Tyrone Guthrie, British actor, producer, writer and director, born in Tunbridge Wells, England (d. 1971)
  • 1906 Alan Webb, British stage and screen character actor (King Lear; Taming of Shrew; Challenge of Lassie), born in York, England (d. 1982)
  • 1913 Edith Heerdegen, German actress (Serpent's Egg, Monpti), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1982)
  • 1916 Ken Curtis, American actor (Ripcord, Festus - Gunsmoke), born in Lamar, Colorado (d. 1991)
  • 1921 Maria Britneva, Russian actress (A Room with a View, Maurice), born in Petrograd, Russia (d. 1994)
  • 1924 Rick Besoyan, American singer, actor, playwright, composer and director (Little Mary Sunshine), born in Reedley, California (d. 1970)
  • 1927 Brock Peters [George Fisher], American actor and singer (Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird), born in New York City (d. 2005)
  • 1928 Estelita Rodriguez, Cuban actress (Rio Bravo, Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose), born in Guanajay, Cuba (d. 1966)
  • 1928 Line Renaud [Jacqueline Ente], French pop and cabaret singer, actress, and AIDS activist, born in Pont-de-Nieppe, France
  • 1931 Frank Williams, English actor (Dad's Army - "Reverend Farthing"), born in Edgware, Middlesex, England (d. 2022)
  • 1931 Robert Ito, Canadian-born actor (Quincy, ME - "Sam"), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
  • 1932 Kenneth McMillan, American actor (Malone, Concrete Beat), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
  • 1937 Polly Holliday, American actress known for her catchphrase "Kiss my grits!" (Alice - "Flo", Flo -"Flo"), born in Jasper, Alabama
  • 1941 Stéphane Venne, French Canadian songwriter and film score composer, born in Verdun, Quebec
  • 1946 Ron Silver, American actor (Reversal of Fortune, Timecop) and political activist, born in New York City (d. 2009)

Larry David (77 years old)

1947 American actor, comedian and screenwriter (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm), born in Brooklyn, New York

  • 1948 Saul Rubinek, Canadian actor (Warehouse 13) and director, born in Föhrenwald Camp, Germany
  • 1949 Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor ("Exit...But No Panic"; "Tales from the Vienna Woods"), born in Vienna, Austria
  • 1951 Anne Garrels, American broadcast journalist (ABC; NBC; NPR), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 2022)
  • 1954 Wendy Schaal, American actress (It's a Living, Julie-Fantasy Is), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1955 Andrew Divoff, Venezuelan actor, know for "The Blacklist", born in San Tomé, Venezuela
  • 1956 Jerry Hall, American model and actress, married to Mick Jagger and Rupert Murdoch (Batman, Freejack), born in Mesquite, Texas
  • 1957 Brett "the Hitman" Hart, Canadian WWF champion, born in Alberta
  • 1960 Julia Montgomery, American actress (One Life to Live, Revenge of the Nerds), born in Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1960 Terry Rossio, American screenwriter (Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean series), born in Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • 1961 Alba Parietti, Italian TV presenter and actress (Galagoal, Abbronzatissima), born in Torino Italy
  • 1961 James McNichol, American actor (Fitzpatricks, California Fever), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1962 Brandel Chamblee, American golfer, broadcaster (Golf Channel, 1 PGA Tour title), born in St Louis, Missouri
  • 1963 Mark Kermode, English film critic, radio and TV presenter, born in London, England
  • 1964 Doug Benson, American comedian (The LEGO Batman Movie), born in San Diego, California
  • 1967 Debee Ashby, English topless model (There's Girl in My Soup), born in Coventry, England
  • 1970 Scotty 2 Hotty, American wrestler
  • 1973 Peter Kay, British comedian, actor and writer ( Peter Kay's Car Share), born in Farnworth, England
  • 1974 Moon So-ri, South Korean actress, director and screenwriter (Oasis), born in Busan, South Korea
  • 1980 Nicole Manske, American beauty queen and motorsports television commentator
  • 1983 Sammy J [Samuel McMillan ], Australian comedian (Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane), born in Mornington, Victoria
  • 1984 Johnny Weir, American figure skater (World Junior C'ships gold men's singles 2001; World C'ship bronze 2008) and broadcaster (NBC), born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania
  • 1984 Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress, known for "The Lost World: Jurassic Park", born in Brooklyn, New York

Ashley Tisdale (39 years old)

1985 American actress and singer (High School Musical), born in Monmouth County, New Jersey

Lindsay Lohan (38 years old)

1986 American actress (Another World; Freaky Friday; Mean Girls), born in New York City

  • 1987 Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model who died in unexplained circumstances, born in Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2008)

Margot Robbie (34 years old)

1990 Australian actress and producer (The Wolf of Wall Street, Focus), born in Dalby, Queensland