Dan Aykroyd (70 years old)
Jul 1 Canadian-American comedian, writer and actor (SNL, 1975-79; Ghostbusters), and harmonica player (The Blues Brothers), born in Ottawa, Ontario
- Jul 1 Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, American pop, funk and jazz session and touring drummer, (Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean"; George Duke; Herbie Hancock), composer, and producer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2018)
- Jul 1 Steve Shutt, Canadian NHL left wing (5-time Stanley Cup winner), born in Willowdale, Canada
- Jul 1 Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
- Jul 2 Johnny Colla, American musician (Huey Lewis and the News), born in Sacramento, California
- Jul 2 Linda M Godwin, Cape Girardeau Mo, PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 59, 76)
- Jul 2 Miklós Sugár, Hungarian conductor, classical and electro-acoustic composer, and music educator, born in Budapest Hungary
- Jul 2 Wayne Haner, rock bassist (Axe)
- Jul 3 Andy Fraser, English rock bassist (Free -"All Right Now"), born in Paddington, London (d. 2015)
- Jul 3 Carla Olson, American rock performer, songwriter, performer (Textones; Have Harmony, Will Travel),a nd record producer, born in Austin, Texas
- Jul 3 Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter ("Gloria"), born in Mount Kisco, New York (d. 2004) [1]
- Jul 3 Peter Mathebula, South African boxer (WBA flyweight title, 1980-81), born in Mohlakeng, South Africa (d. 2020)
- Jul 3 Wasim Raja, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (57 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 125, 51 wickets; Lahore, Durham CCC), born in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan (d. 2006)
- Jul 4 Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Colombian politician (31st President of Colombia), born in Medellín, Colombia
- Jul 4 John Waite, British pop vocalist (The Babys - "Every Time I Think Of You"; Bad English - "When I See You Smile"; solo - "Missing You"), born in Lancaster, England
- Jul 5 David Dreier, American entrepreneur and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Jul 5 Michael McNabb, American contemporary instrumental and electroacoustic composer (Dreamsong; Invisible Cities), born in Salinas, California
- Jul 5 Terence T. Henricks, USAF colonel and astronaut (STS 44, 55, 70, 78), born in Bryan, Ohio
- Jul 6 Grant Goodeve, American actor (David-8 is Enough, Dynasty), born in Middlebury, Connecticut
- Jul 6 Greg Ladanyi, Hungarian-American record producer and recording engineer, born in Elkhart, Indiana (d. 2009)
- Jul 6 Hilary Mantel, English novelist (Wolf Hall), born in Glossop, Derbyshire
- Jul 6 Jesse Harms, American musician and songwriter (The Waboritas), born in Massachusetts
- Jul 7 Mando Guerrero, Mexican professional wrestler
- Jul 8 Anna Quindlen, American columnist
- Jul 8 Jack Lambert, American football player
- Jul 8 Marianne Williamson, American writer (Return to Love), spiritual leader, human rights and peace activist, born in Houston, Texas
- Jul 8 Ulrich Wehling, German Nordic skier (3 Olympic golds 1972, 76, 80), born in Halle an der Saale, Germany
- Jul 9 John Tesh, American TV host (ET), and new age pianist, born in Garden City, New York
- Jul 10 Kim Mitchell, Canadian guitarist and singer, born in Sarnia, Ontario
- Jul 10 Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician (Labour Party), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Jul 11 John Kettley, English weather forecaster
- Jul 11 Stephen Lang, American actor (Another You, Death of a Salesman), born in NYC, New York
- Jul 12 Liz Mitchell, Jamaican-British rock vocalist (Boney M), born in Clarendon, Jamaica
- Jul 12 Peter Marti, Swiss soccer striker (6 caps; BSC Young Boys, FC Zürich, FC Basel, FC Aarau), born in Langenthal, Switzerland (d. 2023)
- Jul 12 Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass guitar player (Iron Butterfly, 1974-77), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1995)
- Jul 12 Voja Antonić, Serbian inventor and writer, born in Šabac, Serbia
- Jul 13 Alla Pavlova, Russian contemporary classical composer (The Old New York Nostalgia Suite; Miss Me ... But Let Me Go), born in Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
- Jul 14 Bob Casale, (aka Bob 2), American new wave rock musician (Devo - "Whip It!"), and record producer, born in Kent, Ohio (d. 2014)
- Jul 14 Eric Laneuville, American actor (Larry-Room 222, St Elsewhere), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Jul 14 Franklin Graham, American evangelist, son of Billy Graham, born in Asheville, North Carolina
- Jul 14 George Lewis, American composer, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jul 14 Jerry Houser, American actor (Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 14 Joel Silver, American producer (Warriors, Xanadu, Die Hard), born in South Orange, New Jersey
- Jul 14 Stan Shaw, American actor (Mississippi, Roots Next Generation), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jul 15 David Pack, rocker (Ambrosia)
- Jul 15 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, American politician (1st Cuban American elected to Congress, Rep-R-Florida 1989-2019), born in Havana, Cuba
- Jul 15 Jeff Carlisi, American rock guitarist (.38 Special), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Jul 15 Jill Long, American politician (Rep-D-Indiana 1989-95), born in Warsaw, Indiana
- Jul 15 Johnny Thunders [Genzale], American punk rock guitarist (New York Dolls), born in Queens, New York (d. 1991)
- Jul 15 Judy McGrath, American television executive
- Jul 15 Terry O'Quinn, American actor
- Jul 16 Phil Carrick, English cricketer (Yorkshire County Cricket Club), born in Armley, Yorkshire, England (d. 2000)
- Jul 16 Robert David Steele, American activist and former CIA officer, born in NYC, New York
- Jul 16 Stewart Copeland, American drummer (The Police - "Roxanne"), and film score composer (Wall Street; SubUrbia), born in Alexandria, Virginia
- Jul 17 Chet McCracken, American drummer (Doobie Brothers, 1979-82), born in Seattle, Washington
David Hasselhoff (70 years old)
Jul 17 American actor (Night Rider, Mitch-Baywatch), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Jul 17 Fran Smith, Jr., American rock bassist player (The Hooters - "All You Zombies"; "And We Danced"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 17 Nicolette Larson, American rock vocalist ("Lotta Love"; "I Only Want To Be With You"), born in Helena, Montana (d. 1997)
- Jul 17 Robert R. McCammon, American sci-fi author (Baal, Mystery Walk), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Jul 18 James Forbes, American basketball player (Olympic silver 1972), born in Fort Rucker, Alabama
- Jul 19 (Larken) Allen Collins, American southern rock guitarist, and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"; "Gimme Three Steps"; Rossington-Collins Band - "Don't Misunderstand Me"), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1990)
- Jul 19 Dominic Muldowney, English composer, born in Southampton, England
- Jul 19 Howard Donald Saunders, Danbury Ct, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
- Jul 19 John Griesheimer, American Republican politician, born in Saint Clair, Missouri
- Jul 19 Robert A. Ficano, American politician and Sheriff of Wayne County, Michigan, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Jul 20 Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
- Jul 21 John Barrasso [John Anthony Barrasso III], American politician (Senator-R-Wyoming 2007-), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
- Jul 22 Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman (1979)
- Jul 23 Janis Siegel, American jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer - "Boy From New York City"), born in NYC, New York
- Jul 23 John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (Rush, 1968-74), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2008)
- Jul 23 Paul Hibbert, Australian cricketer (one Test Aust v India 1977, scored 13 & 2), born in Brunswick, Australia (d. 2008)
- Jul 24 Gus Van Sant, American film director (Good Will Hunting), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- Jul 24 Vin Weber, American politician (Rep-R-MN, 1981-93),born in Slayton, Minnesota
- Jul 26 Jan Randall, American-Canadian film, stage and broadcast composer (The Irrelevant Show; Poetry In Motion), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 26 Scott David Cook, CEO (Intuit-Quicken), born in Glendale, California
- Jul 27 Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sports commentator, born in Helsinki, Finland
- Jul 27 Steve Gluzband, American Latin jazz trumpeter, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Jul 28 Maha Vajiralongkorn [Bodindradebayavarangkun], King of Thailand (2016 - Present), born in Bangkok, Thailand
- Jul 28 Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit)
- Jul 28 Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist (Final Fantasy), born in Shizuoka city, Japan
- Jul 29 Joe Johnson, English snooker player (World Champion, 1986: Senior Masters, 2019), born in Bradford, West Yorkshire
- Jul 31 Alan Autry, American NFLer (Green Bay Packers), actor (In the Heat of the Night) and politician (23rd Mayor of Fresno), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
- Jul 31 Helmuts Balderis, Latvian International Hockey Hall of Fame right wing, coach (Latvia, Soviet Union, Minnesota North Stars), born in Riga, Latvia
- Jul 31 João Barreiros, Portuguese writer (Um Dia com Júlia na Necrosfera), born in Portugal
- Jul 31 Pritawi Sudarmo, Indonesia, astronaut
About July 1952
How Old? 70 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: Yes