- Jul 1 Henry Simmons, American actor (NYPD Blue; Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,}, born in Stamford, Connecticut
- Jul 1 Joni Ernst, American politician (Senator-R-Iowa 2015-), born in Rad Oak, Iowa
- Jul 2 Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree)
- Jul 2 Derrick Adkins, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles 1996; World C'ship gold 1995), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jul 2 Monie Love, English rapper
- Jul 2 Scotty 2 Hotty, American wrestler
- Jul 2 Steve Morrow, Irish footballer
Audra McDonald (52 years old)
Jul 3 American Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning theatrical and operatic singer, and stage and screen actress (Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill; Sweeney Todd; Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny; Private Practice, The Good Wife), born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany)
- Jul 3 Benedict Wong, English actor (Wong in Marvel films), born in Eccles, England
- Jul 3 Serhiy Gonchar, Ukrainian road cyclist (UCI World C'ships gold Time Trial 2000), born in Rivne, Ukraine
- Jul 3 Shawnee Smith, American actress (Saw), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Jul 3 Teemu Selänne, Finnish Hockey HOF right wing (NHL rookie points record [132] 1992-93; 6 x Olympian: 3 x bronze, 1 x silver; Winnipeg Jets, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Jul 4 Andrei Cherkasov, Russian tennis player, born in Ufa, Russia
- Jul 4 Doddie Weir, Scottish rugby union lock (61 Tests; Newcastle Falcons RFC, Border Reivers RFC), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2022)
- Jul 4 Louise Van Voorhis, American 470 sailor (Olympic 4th 1992, 96), born in Rochester, New York
- Jul 4 Tony Vidmar, Australian former footballer, born in Adelaide, Australia
- Jul 5 Doug Bochtler, American baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
- Jul 5 Mac Dre [Andre Louis Hicks], American rapper and hip hop pioneer, born in Oakland, California (d. 2004)
- Jul 6 Antonio Harvey, American NBA center/forward (LA Clippers), born in Pascagoula, Mississippi
- Jul 6 Frank Salvato II, Italian-American sound Engineer and composer, born in Camden, New Jersey
- Jul 6 Inspectah Deck [Jason Hunter], American rapper and producer (Wu-Tang Clan, Czarface), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jul 6 Martin Smith, English singer (Delirious?), born in London, England
- Jul 7 Erik Zabel, German cyclist, born in East Berlin
- Jul 7 Michael McCrary, American NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks), born in Vienna, Virginia
- Jul 7 Min Patel, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Kent CCC, Central Districts CA), born in Mumbai, India
- Jul 7 Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer, born in Queens, New York City
- Jul 7 Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer, born in Belfast, United Kingdom
- Jul 8 Beck [Bek David Campbell], American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer ("Loser"; "Where It's At"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 8 Lisa Powell, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics 1996), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- Jul 8 Marlies Askamp, German WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury), born in Dorsten, Germany
Todd Martin (52 years old)
Jul 8 American tennis player (1988 USTA Boys' 18), born in Hinsdale, Illinois
- Jul 9 Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author
- Jul 9 Steve Dubinsky, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jul 9 Trent Green, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins)
- Jul 10 Gary LeVox, American singer (Rascal Flatts)
- Jul 10 Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress
- Jul 10 Jason Orange, English singer and musician (Take That), born in Lancashire, England
- Jul 10 John Simm, British actor
- Jul 11 Billy Ashley, Taylor MI, outfielder (LA Dodgers)
- Jul 11 Justin Chambers, American actor
- Jul 11 Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper (1993)
- Jul 12 Brian Lee Byung-Hun, South Korean actor
- Jul 12 Chad Brown, NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Jul 12 Jaason Simmons, actor (Baywatch)
- Jul 12 Jerry Ostroski, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills)
- Jul 12 Juba Kalamka, American artist/activist
- Jul 12 Marsha Guialdo, San Juan Trinidad, 100m hurdler
- Jul 13 Steven J Brown, American rock guitarist (Trixter - "Give It To Me Good"), born in Hackensack, New Jersey
- Jul 14 Mark Brandenburg, American baseball pitcher (Texas Rangers), born in Houston, Texas
- Jul 14 Mark Strickland, American NBA forward (Miami Heat), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jul 14 Missy Gold, American actress (Katie-Benson), born in Great Falls, Montana
- Jul 14 Thomas Lauderdale, American musician (Pink Martini), born in Oakland, California
- Jul 14 Todd Rucci, American NFL guard (NE Patriots), born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
- Jul 15 Chi Cheng, American musician (Deftones), (d. 2013)
- Jul 15 Julian Paynter, Australian 5k runner (Olympics 1996)
- Jul 16 Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai film director (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), born in Bangkok, Thailand
- Jul 16 Phil Graham, Canadian rower (Olympics 1996), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Jul 16 William Van Landingham, American baseball pitcher (SF Giants), born in Columbia, Tennessee
- Jul 17 Mandy Smith, English singer ("I Just Can't Wait"), born in Tottenham, England
- Jul 18 Bronwyn Roye, Australian rower (Olympics 1996), born in Sydney, Australia
- Jul 18 John Kalin, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
- Jul 18 Margaret Langford, canoeist (Olympics 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Jul 18 Patrick Dancy, American TV rocker (Guys Next Door - "I've Been Waiting For You"), born on Long Island, New York
- Jul 19 Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish politician, First Minister of Scotland (2014-), born in Irvine, Scotland
- Jul 19 Rhona Susan Robertson, badminton player (Olympics 1996), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Jul 20 Shannon Baker, CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
- Jul 21 Bryce Florie, American pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in Charleston, South Carolina
- Jul 21 Michael Fitzpatrick, French-American musician (Fitz and The Tantrums), born in Montluçon, France
- Jul 21 Shawn Stasiak, American professional wrestler
- Jul 21 Steven "Scrappy" Segaloff, rower (Olympic 5th 1996), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Jul 22 Craig Baird, New Zealander racing driver
- Jul 22 Dan Jones, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
- Jul 22 Sergei Zubov, Russian NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Pittsburgh), born in Moscow, Russia
- Jul 22 W R Tillman, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- Jul 23 Charisma Carpenter, American actress (Angel), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Jul 23 Sam Watters, American R&B singer and songwriter (Color Me Badd - "Wanna Sex You Up"), born in Camp Springs, Maryland
- Jul 23 Thea Dorn, German writer of crime fiction, born in Offenbach am Main, Hesse, Germany
- Jul 24 Blaine Bishop, NFL safety (Houston Oilers)
- Jul 24 Philip Sykes, field hockey defender (Olympics 1996), born in Tacoma, Washington
- Jul 24 Stephanie Adams, American Playboy playmate (Nov, 1992) who killed herself and her child, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 2018)
- Jul 25 Lord Nicholas Windsor, youngest son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, born in King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London
- Jul 26 Joan Wasser, American rock violinist, guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer (Joan As Police Woman; Antony and the Johnsons), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
- Jul 26 Kenny Wilhite, American CFL defensive back, 1994-97 (Hamilton Tiger Cats and 3 other teams), born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Jul 26 Phil Alley, Australian cricketer (NSW left-arm pace bowler), born in Orange, New South Wales
- Jul 27 Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor (Game of Thrones), born in Rudkøbing, Denmark
- Jul 27 Tom Europe, Canadian football defensive back (Montreal Alouettes), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jul 28 Michael Amott, Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Arch Enemy)
- Jul 28 Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner), born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia
- Jul 29 John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer (pace bowler 1993)
- Jul 29 Steve Wojciechowski, American MLB pitcher (Oakland A's), born in Blue Island, Illinois
Christopher Nolan (52 years old)
Jul 30 English film director (Inception, Interstellar), born in London, England
- Jul 30 Joe Montford, American CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats), born in Beaufort, North Carolina
- Jul 30 Tom McManus, American NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Buffalo Grove, Illinois
- Jul 31 Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian writer (The Train of That Night), born in Chah Varz, Lamerd, Iran
- Jul 31 David Sacco, NHL left wing (Olympics 1994, Anaheim Mighty Ducks), born in Malden, Massachusetts
- Jul 31 Knut Holmann, Norwegian rower (Olympic gold 1996)
About July 1970
How Old? 52 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No