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July Celebrity Birthdays!
Do you share a birthday with a celebrity?
July 10 – Jessica Simpson, 41, actress (The Dukes of Hazzard), Abilene, TX, 1980. John Vander Haagen from Grand Rapids, MI, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
1 – Hilarie Burton, 39, actress, Sterling, VA, 1982.
2 – Margot Robbie, 31, actress, Dalby, Australia, 1990.
3 – Tom Stoppard, 84, playwright (5 Tony awards; one Oscar), born Thomas Straussler at Zlin, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), 1937.
4 – Eva Marie Saint, 97, actress (Oscar for On the Waterfront), Newark, NJ, 1924.
5- Francois Arnaud, 36, actor (The Borgias), Montreal, QC, Canada, 1985.
6 – Kevin Hart, 41, comedian, actor, Philadelphia, PA, 1980.
7 – Doc Severinsen, 94, composer, conductor, (bandleader on The Tonight Show), Arlington, OR, 1927.
8 – Sophia Bush, 39, actress (Chicago P.D.), Pasadena, CA, 1982.
9 – Richard Roundtree, 79, actor (Shaft), New Rochelle, NY, 1942.
10 – Jessica Simpson, 41, actress (The Dukes of Hazzard), Abilene, TX, 1980.
11 – Giorgio Armani, 85, fashion designer, Romagna, Italy, 1936.
12 – Malala Yousafzai, 24, activist for female education, Mingora, Pakistan, 1997.
13 – Roger McGuinn, 79, musician (The Byrds), born James Joseph McGuinn, Chicago, IL, 1942.
14 – Conor McGregor, 33, former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion, Dublin, Ireland, 1988.
15 – Forest Whitaker, 60, actor (Oscar for The Last King of Scotland), director, Longview, TX, 1961.
16 – Mark Indelicato, 27, actor, Philadelphia, PA, 1994.
17 – Lucie Arnaz, 70, actress, Los Angeles, CA, 1951.
18 – Priyanka Chopra, 39, actress (Quantico), Jamshedpur, India, 1982.
19 – Ilie Nastase, 75, Hall of Fame tennis player, Bucharest, Romania, 1946.
20 – John Daley, 36, actor (Freaks and Geeks), born New York, NY, 1985.
21 – Norman Jewison, 95, producer, director (Moonstruck, Fiddler on the Roof), Toronto, ON, Canada, 1926.
22 – Ezekiel Elliott, 26, football player, St. Louis, MO, 1995.
23 – Marlon Wayans , 49, actor, New York, NY, 1972.
24 – Anna Paquin, 39, actress (True Blood), Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 1982.
25 – Midge Decter, 94, journalist, author, St. Paul, MN, 1927.
26 – Taylor Momsen, 28, actress (Gossip Girl), St. Louis, MO, 1993.
27 – Maureen McGovern, 72, singer, actress, Youngstown, OH, 1949.
28 – Sally Struthers, 73, actress (All in the Family), Portland, OR, 1948.
29 – Paul Taylor, 91, dancer, Allegheny, NY, 1930.
30 – Gina Rodriguez, 37, actress (Jane the Virgin), Chicago, IL, 1984.
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