Forty Other People Born on July 31st



Today is my 39th birthday, which means this time next year I will mark 40 years of me. To celebrate I am posting an appropriately themed countdown each month leading up to the big day, starting... now!

Oh, and if you're wondering how you can participate in all the fun, follow this link for directions on how to submit your suggestion for the "Top 40 Project". And thank you!

Forty Other People Born on July 31st

1143Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)
1527Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576)
1598Alessandro Algardi, sculptor and architect (d. 1654)
1800Friedrich Wöhler, invented organic chemistry (d. 1882)
1803John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (d. 1889)
1837William Quantrill, Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (d. 1865)
1847Ignacio Cervantes, pianist and composer (d. 1905)
1867Sebastian S. Kresge, philanthropist (d. 1966)
1901Jean Dubuffet, painter and sculptor (d. 1985)
1904Brett Halliday, pulp writer of the Shayne detective novels (d. 1977)
1911Liberace, pianist (d. 1983)
1912 – Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2006)
1918Paul D. Boyer, chemist / Nobel Prize Laureate
1919 – Primo Levi, author / chemist (d. 1987)
1921Peter Benenson, founder of Amnesty International (d. 2005)
1921 – Whitney Young, civil rights activist / Kentuckian (d. 1971)  
1932 – John Searle, philosopher
1943William Bennett, 3rd United States Secretary of Education
1945Gary Lewis, singer (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
1945 – William Weld, 68th Governor of Massachusetts
1946Bob Welch, musician (Fleetwood Mac) (d. 2012)
1956Michael Biehn, actor (Terminator)
1956 – Bill Callahan, football coach
1956 – Deval Patrick, 71st governor of Massachusetts
1957Daniel Ash, musician (Bauhaus)
1958Bill Berry, musician (R.E.M.)
1962 – Wesley Snipes, actor/ tax evader
1963 – Norman Cook, musician (The Housemartins, Fatboy Slim)
1964Jim Corr, musician (The Corrs)
1965 – J. K. Rowling, apparently invented magic and books
1966Dean Cain, actor / Superman (Lois & Clark)
1968Mark Cuban, basketball enthusiast
1969 – Loren Dean, actor (Mumford)
1970 – Ben Chaplin, actor (The Thin Red Line, The Water Horse)
1974 Ben Phelan, pal / American writer / musician (Apples in Stereo)
1977Tim Couch, quarterback / Kentuckian
1978Will Champion, musician (Coldplay)
1979 – B. J. Novak, actor (The Office, Inglorious Basterds)
1981 – Harry Potter, fictional wizard
1982Jeff DaRosa, musician (Dropkick Murphys)

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