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People on July 1st: birthdates

Wally Amos: 1936 (is 74 in 2010, 75 in 2011)
Businessperson, Baptist, Famous Amos Chocolate Chip cookie founder & ex-king, now Famous Noname (Noh-NAH-may) cookie king
Daryl Anderson: 1951 (is 59 in 2010, 60 in 2011)
Actor, Lou Grant's Dennis Animal Price
Pamela Anderson: 1967 (is 43 in 2010, 44 in 2011)
TV/Movie Actress, Playmate, Canadian, MN:Denise; Home Improvement's Lisa the Tool Time Girl, Baywatch's C.J. Parker, Barb Wire, VIP's Vallery Irons, 1993 Playboy cover girl; aka Pamela Lee; Stripperella, , Stacked's Skyler Dayton
Dan Aykroyd: 1952 (is 58 in 2010, 59 in 2011)
TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, Harmonicaist, Blues Singer, Movie Director, Comedy Writer, Canadian, b. in Ottawa, Ont.; Second City troupe, Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update anchor, Jimmy Carter, Tom Snyder, Beldar Conehead, & member 1975-79; Donna Dixon's hubby; Hard Rock Cafe owner; Blues Brothers' Elwood; Ghostbusters, Dr. Detroit, 1941 (a bomb), My Stepmother is an Alien, Dragnet, Driving Miss Daisy, C.C.P.D., Exit to Eden, My Fellow Americans, Blues Brothers 2000; hosts radio's House of Blues; Soul Man star
Steven W. Bailey: 1971 (is 39 in 2010, 40 in 2011)
Actor, Grey's Anatomy's Joe
Lynsey Bartilson: 1983 (is 27 in 2010, 28 in 2011)
Actress, Grounded For Life's Lily Finnerty
Sabrina Rose Bell: 1998 (is 12 in 2010, 13 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, Maria and Bill Jr.'s daughter
Karen Black: 1939 (is 71 in 2010, 72 in 2011)
Movie Actress, Dancer, b. in Park Ridge, Ill.; RLN:Blanchie Ziegler; some say b. 1942
Lisa Blount: 1957 (is 53 in 2010, 54 in 2011)
Actress
Roddy Bottoum: 1963 (is 47 in 2010, 48 in 2011)
Alternative Rock Performer, Keyboardist, of Faith No More
Vito Bratta: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, Singer, ex-White Lion
Andre Braugher: 1962 (is 48 in 2010, 49 in 2011)
TV Actor, Homicide: Life On The Street's Det. Frank Pembleton, Frequency, Hack's Marcellus Washington
Genevieve Bujold: 1942 (is 68 in 2010, 69 in 2011)
Movie/Stage Actress, Canadian, b. in Montreal; Coma
Hilarie Burton: 1982 (is 28 in 2010, 29 in 2011)
Actress, One Tree Hill's Peyton Sawyer
Poi Burton: 1964 (is 46 in 2010, 47 in 2011)
Alternative Rock Performer, of Transvision Vamp
Leslie Caron: 1931 (is 79 in 2010, 80 in 2011)
Movie Actress, Ballet Dancer, French, b. in Paris; An American in Paris, Gigi
Andrew Cavarno: 1992 (is 18 in 2010, 19 in 2011)
Actor, Party of Five's Owen Salinger #2; Stephen's Twin
Stephen Cavarno: 1992 (is 18 in 2010, 19 in 2011)
Actor, Party of Five's Owen Salinger #2; Andrew's Twin
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler: 1952 (is 58 in 2010, 59 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Drummer, of Santana
James Cotton: 1935 (is 75 in 2010, 76 in 2011)
Harmonicaist, Drummer, Guitarist, Blues Singer, Songwriter
Andrae Edward Crouch: 1942 (is 68 in 2010, 69 in 2011)
Gospel Singer, Pianist, Keyboardist, Songwriter
Olivia de Havilland: 1916 (is 94 in 2010, 95 in 2011)
TV/Movie Actress, Japanese, b. in Tokyo; Gone With the Wind, Roots; Movie queen of 30s-40s; Joan Fontaine's sister
Nina Nadeja DeNiro: 1982 (is 28 in 2010, 29 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, Helena Lisandrello Springs & NOT Robert's daughter
Sam Denoff: 1928 (is 82 in 2010, 83 in 2011)
TV Producer, Screen/Scriptwriter, That Girl, Dick Van Dyke Show
Denice Duff: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Young & The Restless' Amanda
David Duke: 1950 (is 60 in 2010, 61 in 2011)
Politician, Racist, ex-KKK, or so we think
Evan Ellingson: 1988 (is 22 in 2010, 23 in 2011)
Actor
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott: 1971 (is 39 in 2010, 40 in 2011)
Rap Singer
Trevor Eve: 1951 (is 59 in 2010, 60 in 2011)
Actor
Jamie Farr: 1934 (is 76 in 2010, 77 in 2011)
TV Actor, Panelist, b. in Toledo, Oh.; RN:Jameel Farah; MASH's & AfterMASH's Cpl. Maxwell Klinger, Gong Show & $1.98 Beauty Show panelist, Port Charles' Ernie
Claire Forlani: 1972 (is 38 in 2010, 39 in 2011)
Actress, Mystery Men
Travis Carter Gibson: 2002 (is 8 in 2010, 9 in 2011)
Celebrity Son, Cristina and Thomas's son
Farley Granger: 1925 (is 85 in 2010, 86 in 2011)
Movie Actor
Franny Griffiths: 1970 (is 40 in 2010, 41 in 2011)
Musician, of Space
James Monroe Hanson: 2008 (is 2 in 2010, 3 in 2011)
Celebrity Son, Nikki and Isaac's son
Deborah Harry: 1945 (is 65 in 2010, 66 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, b. in Miami, Florida; lead of Blondie; soloist
Adam Haynes: 1979 (is 31 in 2010, 32 in 2011)
Bluegrass Performer, of Dailey and Vincent
Syl Johnson: 1939 (is 71 in 2010, 72 in 2011)
Music Figure
Bryant Jones: 1992 (is 18 in 2010, 19 in 2011)
Soap Actor, Young and the Restless's Nate Hastings
Dominic Keating: yr unknown
Actor, Enterprise's Lieutenant Malcolm Reed
Evelyn King: 1960 (is 50 in 2010, 51 in 2011)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, NN:Champagne; AP says b. Jun 29
Pele Valentina Lee: 2005 (is 5 in 2010, 6 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, Kennedy and Dave Lee's daughter
Theresa Lynn: 1964 (is 46 in 2010, 47 in 2011)
Actress, Private Parts
Terrence Mann: 1951 (is 59 in 2010, 60 in 2011)
Soap Actor, All My Children's Earl Jordan, Days of Our Lives' Daniel, One Life to Live's Daniel, As the World Turns' Robert Stanton, Guiding Light's Ted
Jean Marsh: 1934 (is 76 in 2010, 77 in 2011)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Writer, English, MN:Lyndsey Torren; Master of the Game, 9 to 5's Roz Keith, Upstairs-Downstairs' Rose the parlor maid, Dr. Who's Sara
Ron Masak: 1936 (is 74 in 2010, 75 in 2011)
TV Actor, Murder She Wrote's Sheriff Metzger
Finnigan Holden McCormack: 2002 (is 8 in 2010, 9 in 2011)
Celebrity Son, Janet and Eric's son
Julianne Nicholson: 1971 (is 39 in 2010, 40 in 2011)
Actress, of Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Ally McBeal
Frank Parker: 1939 (is 71 in 2010, 72 in 2011)
Soap Actor, Days of Our Lives' Shawn Brady #1
Frank Parker: yr unknown
Soap Actor, Days of Our Lives's grandpa Shawn Brady
Lorna Patterson: 1956 (is 54 in 2010, 55 in 2011)
TV/Movie Actress, Working Stiffs, Goodtime Girls, Private Benjamin's Pvt. Judy Benjamin
Melissa Peterman: 1970 (is 40 in 2010, 41 in 2011)
Actress, Reba's Barbra Jean "BJ" Booker Hart
Giovanna Marie Pietro: 1997 (is 13 in 2010, 14 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, Vanna White and George Santo's daughter (People reports July 7)
Mark Pirro: 1970 (is 40 in 2010, 41 in 2011)
Musician, of Tripping Daisy
Michael Pressman: 1950 (is 60 in 2010, 61 in 2011)
TV/Movie Producer
David Prowse: 1935 (is 75 in 2010, 76 in 2011)
Actor
Sally Quinn: 1941 (is 69 in 2010, 70 in 2011)
Journalist
Alan Ruck: 1956 (is 54 in 2010, 55 in 2011)
Actor, Spin City's Stuart Bondek; b. 1960?
Fred III Schneider: 1951 (is 59 in 2010, 60 in 2011)
New Wave Singer, Keyboardist, Songwriter, of the B-52's, soloist (Monster In My Pants)
Henry Simmons: 1970 (is 40 in 2010, 41 in 2011)
Soap Actor, Another World's Tyrone Montgomery, NYPD Blue
Twyla Tharp: 1941 (is 69 in 2010, 70 in 2011)
Choreographer, Dancer, b. in Portland, Ind.; Play Director
Barbara Whinnery: yr unknown
Actress, St. Elsewhere's Dr. Cathy Martin
Dennis Whitted: 1942 (is 68 in 2010, 69 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Victor Willis: 1951 (is 59 in 2010, 60 in 2011)
Disco Singer, of The Village People
Michelle Wright: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Country Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Drummer, Canadian

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People on July 1st: birth anniversaries

Don Beddoe: 1903=d.Jan 19, 1991 (was 87)
Actor
Claude Berri: 1934=d.Jan 12, 2009 (was 74)
Director, French, Le Sex Shop
Louis Bleriot: 1872=d.Aug 2, 1936 (was 64)
Inventor, Engineer, Aviator, French, the first man to fly an airplane across English Channel
Delaney Bramlett: 1939=d.Dec 27, 2008 (was 69)
Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, of Delaney and Bonnie
Dorothy Walker Bush: 1901=d.Nov 19, 1992 (was 91)
Celebrity Relative, George's mom, Prescott's wife
James M. Cain: 1892=d.Oct 27, 1977 (was 85)
Author, Novelist, The Postman Always Rings Twice
Mary Calderone: 1904=d.Oct 24, 1998 (was 94)
Physician, Founder, Planned Parenthood
Thomas Green Clemson: 1807=d.Apr 6, 1888 (was 80)
Engineer, Clemson Univ. named after him
Myron Cohen: 1902=d.Mar 10, 1986 (was 83)
Comedian, Polish
Bobby Day: 1930=d.Jul 27, 1990 (was 60)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Author, Songwriter, Rockin' Robin; Doo Wop; RN:Robert James Byrd Sr.; some say 1932
Willie Dixon: 1915=d.Jan 29, 1992 (was 76)
HALL OF FAMER, Blues Singer, Songwriter, Arranger, Music Producer, Bassist, Composer, Guitarist, wrote over 500 blues & rock classics
Thomas Andrew Dorsey: 1899=d.Jan 23, 1993 (was 93)
Pianist, Songwriter, Blues Singer, Guitarist, Father of Gospel Music, a blend of blues, ragtime, & church songs
Madge Evans: 1909=d.Apr 26, 1981 (was 71)
Actress, Panelist, Masquerade Party
Constance Ford: 1923=d.Feb 26, 1993 (was 69)
Soap Actress, TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Another World's Ada Hobson
Alice Guy-Blanche: 1873=d.1968
Movie Director, French, world's 1st woman director
Shirley Hemphill: 1947=d.Dec 10, 1999 (was 52)
TV Actress, What's Happening's Shirley Wilson
Amy Johnson: 1903=d.Jan 5, 1941 (was 37)
Aviator, English, made many pioneering flights including England to Australia
Henry "Indiana" Jr. Jones: 1899=d.????
Adventurer, fictional characterpresumed deceased
Estee Lauder: 1906=d.Apr 24, 2004 (was 97)
Cosmetic Executive
Charles Laughton: 1899=d.Dec 15, 1962 (was 63)
Movie Actor, Movie Director, English, Gay, Elsa Lanchester's hubby; films: "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" '39, "Man on the Eiffel Tower" '48, "Witness For the Prosecution" '57, Mutiny on the Bounty, Spartacus
Irna Phillips: 1901=d.Dec 22, 1973 (was 72)
Entertainment Figure, created six soap operas
Sydney Pollack: 1934=d.May 26, 2008 (was 73)
Movie Producer/Director, Movie Actor, b. in South Bend, In.; They Shoot Horses Don't They, The Way Were Were, Tootsie, The Firm
Princess Diana: 1961=d.Aug 31, 1997 (was 36)
Princess, English, b. in Sandringham; MN:Frances Spencer; of Wales; Prince Charles' wife
Cecil John Rhodes: 1853?=d.Mar 26, 1902
Statesman, Financier, South African, diamond merchant; some say b. Jul 5, 1853
Harold Sakata: 1920=d.Jul 29, 1982 (was 62)
Actor, Wrestler, Goldfinger's Odd Job; aka The Great Tosh Tongo
George Sand: 1804=d.Jun 8, 1876 (was 71)
Novelist, French, RN:Amandine Lucille Aurore Dupin baronne Dudevant; d. in Nohant, France
Isaac Sears: 1730=d.Oct 28, 1786 (was 56)
Revolutionary, Patriot leader in New York City before the American War of Independence, who earned the nickname "King Sears" by virtue of his prominent role in inciting and commanding anti-British demonstrations.
Sara Seeger: 1914=d.Aug 12, 1990 (was 76)
TV/Movie Actress, Dennis the Menace's Mrs. John Wilson
Florence Stanley: 1924=d.Oct 3, 2003 (was 79)
Actress, of Joe & Sons, Barney Millers' & Fish's Bernice Fish, Dinosaurs' mother-in-law Ethyl, My Two Dads' Judge Wilbur
Bill Stern: 1907=d.Nov 19, 1971 (was 64)
Sportscaster, TV Host, Radio Disc Jock, Famous showman-sportscaster
Earle Warren: 1914=d.1994
Alto-sax, was Count Basie's first great lead alto player, joining the band in 1937 and staying for about 13 years.
Gideon Welles: 1802=d.Feb 11, 1878 (was 75)
Government Official, U.S. secretary of the navy under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
Walter Francis White: 1893=d.Mar 21, 1955 (was 61)
Social Reformer, Author, Civil Rights Leader
Keith Whitley: 1959=d.May 9, 1989 (was 33)
Country Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Lorrie Morgan's hubby; some say b. 1955
William Wyler: 1902=d.Jul 27, 1981 (was 79)
Movie Producer/Director, German, Ben Hur, Funny Girl

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People on July 1st: death anniversaries

Wilhelm Friedmann Bach: 1784 (was 73)/b.Nov 22, 1710
Composer, Johann Sebastain's son
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher-Stowe: 1896 (was 85)/b.Jun 14, 1811
Novelist, Catherine Beecher & Henry Ward Beecher's sister; Uncle Tom's Cabin
Renaldo "Obie" Benson: 2005 (was 69)/b.Jun 14, 1936
HALL OF FAMER, Pop Singer, of The Four Tops
Marlon Brando: 2004 (was 80)/b.Apr 3, 1924
Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Director, b. in Omaha, Ne.; On the Waterfront, Roots, Apocalypse Now, Godfather, Superman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Last Tango in Paris, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Score; Jocelyn's brother
Dennis Brown: 1999 (was 43)/b.Feb 1, 1956
Reggae Singer, Jamaican, NN:Crown Prince of Reggae
Edward Dmytryk: 1999 (was 90)/b.Sep 4, 1908
Movie Director, Canadian, one of the "Hollywood Ten"
Clay S. Felker: 2008 (was 82)/b.Oct 2, 1925
Publisher, Editor, founded N.Y. Magazine
R. Buckminster Fuller: 1983 (was 87)/b.Feb 12, 1895?
Educator, Architect, Author, Inventor, Philosopher, Geodesic dome; FN:Richard; 2000+ patents!; d. in Los Angeles; some say b. Jul 12, 1895
Charles Goodyear: 1860 (was 59)/b.Dec 29, 1800
Inventor, Goodyear Co. & Blimp founder; inventor (vulcanization process for rubber)
Laurens Hammond: 1973 (was 78)/b.Jan 11, 1895
Inventor, Engineer, Electric Organs
Margot Hemingway: 1996 (was 41)/b.Feb 19, 1955
Movie Actress, Model, b. in Portland, Oregon; RFN:Marguax; Ernest's granddaughter
Dr. Harry Nicholls Holmes: 1958 (was 78)/b.Jul 10, 1879
Chemist, crystalized vitamin A
Michael "Cub" Koda: 2000 (was 51)/b.Oct 1, 1948
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, of Brownsville Station "Smokin' In The Boys Room"
Michael Landon: 1991 (was 54)/b.Oct 31, 1936
HALL OF FAMER, TV/Movie Actor, Screen/Scriptwriter, TV Producer/Director, Jewish, b. in Forest Hills, NY; Legend of Tom Dooley, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Bonanza'a Little Joe Cartwright, Little House on the Prarie's Charles Ingalls, Highway to Heaven's Jonathan Smith, Us (Pilot); RN:Eugene Maurice Orowitz; NOT b.1937
Karl Malden: 2009 (was 97)/b.Mar 22, 1912
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, TV Host, Movie Director, b. in Chicago; prez of Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences; A Streetcar named Desire's Mitch, The Streets of San Francisco's Det. Lt. Mike Stone, Skag's Pete Skag Skagska, American Express, Unsolved Mysteries, Academy of Motion Arts & Sciences prez; RN:Malden Sekulovich; some say 1914
Herbie Mann: 2003 (was 73)/b.Apr 16, 1930
Pop Singer, Flutist, Saxophonist, Jazz Musician, Reeds, Songwriter, b. in New York City; RN:Herbert Jay Solomon
Alfred Marks: 1996 (was 75)/b.Jan 28, 1921
Actor, Comedian
Walter Matthau: 2000 (was 79)/b.Oct 1, 1920
HALL OF FAMER, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Director, Jewish, b. in New York City; RLN:Matuschanskayasky (Mat-Shoe-An-Shock-Vas-Key); The Fortune Cookie, Cactus Flower, The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Pete n Tillie, Earthquake, The Sunshine Boys, The Bad News Bears, House Calls, California Suite, Hopscotch, The Couch Trip, JFK, Goodyear, Philco, Alfred Hitchcock, Dennis the Menace movie, Grumpy Old Men I and II, I.Q., Grumpier Old Men, I'm Not Rappaport, Out to Sea, Odd Couple II
Guy Mitchell: 1999 (was 72)/b.Feb 27, 1927
Pop Singer, Actor, Variety Show Host, b. in Detroit; Singing the Blues; Guy Mitchell Show; RN:Al Cernik
Robert Mitchum: 1997 (was 79)/b.Aug 6, 1917
TV/Movie Actor, Protestant, b. in Bridgeport, CT; The Winds of War, North & South, Cape Fear, Hopalong Cassidy Westerns, Gung Ho, The Story of GI Joe, Out of the Past, Night of the Hunter
Pierre Monteux: 1964 (was 89)/b.Apr 4, 1875
Conductor, French, sympnonies; Boston Symph Orch 1919-24
Rushton Moreve: 1981 (was 35)/b.1948
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Steppenwolf
John Morey: 1981 (was 32)/b.yr unknown
Songwriter, penned "Magic Carpet Ride"
Juan D. Peron: 1974 (was 78)/b.Oct 8, 1895
Head of State, head of Argentina 1946-55, 1973-74; Eva (or Evita)'s hubby
Allan Pinkerton: 1884 (was 64)/b.Aug 25, 1819
Hero, Scotish, the first Detective; founded Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Roy Poole: 1986 (was 62)/b.Mar 31, 1924
Actor, The Winds of War
Eliel Saarinen: 1950 (was 76)/b.Aug 28, 1873
Architect, Finnish, FN:Gottlieb; notable for his influence on modern architecture in the United States, particularly on skyscraper and church design. His son, Eero Saarinen, was also an outstanding American architect.
Erik Alfred Leslie Satie: 1925 (was 59)/b.May 17, 1866
Composer, French
Sylvia Sidney: 1999 (was 88)/b.Aug 8, 1910
TV/Movie Actress, b. in New York City; RN:Sophie Kosow; WKRP in Cincinnati's Lillian 'Mama' Carlson (pilot)
Claude Thornhill: 1965 (was 55)/b.Aug 10, 1909
Pianist, Arranger, Bandleader
Luther Vandross: 2005 (was 54)/b.Apr 20, 1951
Soul Singer, Arranger, Music Producer, Songwriter, MN:Ronzoni; commercial jingles
George Voskovec: 1981 (was 76)/b.Jun 19, 1905
Actor, Czech, Skag's Peter Skagska, Nero Wolfe
Wolfman Jack: 1995 (was 56)/b.Jan 21, 1939
Radio Disc Jock, Announcer, b. in Brooklyn, NY; The Midnight Special, American Graffiti, Legendary oldies D.J.; RN:Robert "Bob" Smith; TNN's Rock & Roll Palace; in 70s he was heard on 2200 radio stations in 42+ world countries!; d. in Belvidere, N.C.
Theodore Dwight Woolsey: 1889 (was 87)/b.Oct 31, 1801
Educator, Scholar, Yale Univ prez 1846-71

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