July 4: Today's Notable Birthdays

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July 4th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

July 4th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Massimo Campigli (Max Ihlenfeld), Italian painter (L'Abbraccio, Le Amiche Antigone, La Benvenuta, La Cavallarizza, Diamante and The Jewel of Love, ) and illustrator, was born on July 4, 1895.

Stephen Collins Foster, American songwriter ("Beautiful Dreamer," "Camptown Races," "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair," "My Old Kentucky Home," "Oh Susanna" and "Old Folks at Home"), was born on July 4, 1826.

Alec Templeton, Welsh composer ("Bach Goes To Town", "Mozart Matriculates" and "Scarlatti Stoops to Conga"), pianist and performer (Alec Templeton Time), was born on July 4, 1909.

Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish sculptor, was born on July 4, 1669.

July 4th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Pam Shriver, American tennis star and Olympic gold medalist (1988), was born on July 4, 1962.

July 4th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Gerard Debreu, French economist (Existence of an Equilibrium for a Competitive Economy and Theory of Value: An Axiomatic Analysis of Economic Equilibrium) and Nobel Prize winner (1983), was born on July 4, 1921.

Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (Hyssope and O Falso Heroismo) was born on July 4, 1731.

Esther Pauline (Ann Landers) Friedman, American advice columnist ("Dear Ann Landers"), was born on July 4, 1918.

Pauline Esther (Abigail Van Buren) Friedman, American advice columnist ("Dear Abby"), was born on July 4, 1918.

Christian Gellert, German poet and fabulist, was born on July 4, 1715.

American cartoonist Reuben (Rube) Lucius Goldberg (Foolish Questions and Boob McNutt) was born on July 4, 1883.

American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne (The House of the Seven Gables, The Marble Faun, The Scarlet Letter, Tanglewood Tales and Twice-Told Tales) was born on July 4, 1804.

Benjamin Peret, French poet and author (Le Passager du Transtlantique and La Revolution Surrealiste), was born on July 4, 1899.

Gerald Michael (Geraldo) Rivera, American journalist (Geraldo at Large), was born on July 4, 1943.

American playwright Marvin Neil Simon (Barefoot in the Park, Biloxki Blues, Brighton Beach Memoirs, California Suite, The Goodbye Girl, Lost in Yonkers, The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Rumors, The Sunshine Boys and Sweet Charity) was born on July 4, 1927.

American author (A Gathering of Fugitives, The Journey Abandoned and The Middle of the Journey) and literary critic Lionel Trilling was born on July 4, 1905.

July 4th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

James Anthony (McGuiness) Bailey, American circus leader (Cooper & Bailey Circus and Barnum & Bailey Circus), was born on July 4, 1847.

Leona Mindy Rosenthal ("The Queen of Mean") Helmsley, infamous American hotel manager and real estate investor, was born on July 4, 1920.

Louis B. Mayer, Russian-American movie mogul (Metro-Goldwin-Mayer), was born on July 4, 1885.

American pharmaceutical producer Edward Robinson Squibb was born on July 4, 1819.

George Michael Steinbrenner, III, American baseball team owner (New York Yankees), owner was born on July 4, 1930.

Edward Craven Walker, American entrepreneur and inventor of the Lava Lamp, was born on July 4, 1918.

July 4th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Louis Daniel (Satchmo) Armstrong, American trumpeter, scat singer and jazz musician (Hello Dolly), was born on July 4, 1900.

Angela Baddeley, British actress (Ghost Train, Tom Jones and Upstairs-Downstairs), was born on July 4, 1904.

Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress (Alina, Bad Man's River, Beauties of the Night, Cervantes, Come September, Four Ways Out, Hotel Paradiso, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Imperial Venus, Mad About Opera, Miss Italy, Mortal Sin, Pagliacci, Return of the Black Eagle, Strange Bedfellows, The Sultans, Trapeze, Wandering Stars, The Wayward Wife, When Love Calls, The White Line, Woman of Rome and The Young Caruso), was born on July 4, 1927.

Mitch Miller, American singer and performer (Sing Along with Mitch and The Yellow Rose of Texas) was born on July 4, 1911.

George Lloyd Murphy, American actor (Bataan, Battle Ground, Border Incident, Broadway Rhythm, For Me and My Gal, Kid Millions, Little Miss Broadway, London by Night, The Mayor of 44^th Street, The Navy Comes Through, This Is the Army, Top of the Town, Show Business, Step Lively, Talk About a Stranger, Tenth Avenue Angel, The Women Men Marry and You're a Sweetheart) and U.S. Senator (R-CA), was born on July 4,1902.

American actress (Because of Wynn Dixie, Exodus, A Hatful of Rain, I Dreamed of Africa, Moonlighting, North by Northwest, On the Waterfront, Papa's Angels and Superman Returns) and Academy Award winner (1954) Eva Marie Saint was born on July 4, 1924.

Gloria Francis Stuart, American actress (Girl Overboard, Here Comes the Navy, The Invisible Man, It Could Happen to You, Laddie, Poor Little Rich Girl, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Roman Scandals, The Three Musketeers, Titanic, Time Out for Murder, The Whistler and Winner Take All), was born on July 4, 1910.

Bill Withers, American rhythm and blues singer ("Ain't No Sunshine," "Just the Two of Us," "Lean on Me" and "Use Me") was born on July 4, 1938.

July 4th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Edward Gailliard, Flemish archaeologist and linguistics expert, was born on July 4, 1841.

Dutch geologist Pieter Van der Lijn was born on July 4, 1870.

July 4th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr., the 30^th President of the United States, was born on July 4, 1872.

Happy Birthday, July 4th.

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