July 23rd Birthdays

English singer, David Essex, was born on this day in 1947, as David Albert Cook, in Essex, England

Also born on July 23rd:

• 1931
  Guy Fournier, French Canadian author, screenwriter
  Claude Fournier, French Canadian film director, screenwriter
• 1937
  Dave Webster, American football player
• 1938
  Ronny Cox, American actor
  Götz George, German actor
  Bert Newton, Australian actor, TV host
• 1950
  Blair Thornton, Canadian guitarist
• 1951
  Edie McClurg, American actress
  Michael McConnohie, American voice actor
• 1957
  Kate Buffery, British actress and writer
• 1961
  Martin Gore, English musician, songwriter
  Woody Harrelson, American actor
• 1962
  Eriq La Salle, American actor
• 1965
  Rob Dickinson, English guitarist, singer
  Slash, English-born American guitarist
• 1966
  Samantha Beckinsale, English actress
• 1968
  Nick Menza, Germany-born American drummer
• 1969
  David Kaufman, American actor
• 1970
  Charisma Carpenter, American actress
• 1971
  Dalvin DeGrate, American singer
  Alison Krauss, American singer, fiddler
• 1972
  Marlon Wayans, American actor
• 1973
  Nomar Garciaparra, American baseball player
  Francis Healy, Scottish singer, guitarist
• 1974
  Terry Glenn, American football player
  Stephanie March, American actress
  Kathryn Hahn, American actress
• 1976
  Jonathan Gallant, Canadian bassist
• 1977
  Shane McRae, American actor
• 1980
  Michelle Williams, American singer
• 1981
  Steve Jocz, Canadian drummer
• 1982
  Paul Wesley, American actor
• 1983
  Andrew Eiden, American actor
  Bec Hewitt, Australian actress
• 1984
  Matthew Murphy, English musician, singer
• 1985
  Blake Harrison, English actor
• 1986
  Reece Ritchie, English actor
• 1989
  Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
  Katy B, English singer-songwriter
• 1992
  Amanda Wilson, English singer
• 1993
  Lili Simmons, American actress
• 1996
  Rachel G. Fox, American actress

July Birthday Calendar

Died on July 23:

• 1885
  Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the USA (age 63)
• 1930
  Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (age 52)
• 1951
  Philippe Pétain, disgraced French Marshal, head of Vichy France (age 95)
• 1955
  Cordell Hull, American politician, 47th U.S. Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (age 83)
• 1966
  Montgomery Clift, American actor (age 45)
• 1971
  Van Heflin, American actor (age 62)
• 1982
  Vic Morrow, American actor (age 53)
• 2001
  Eudora Welty, American novelist (age 92)
• 2007
  Ron Miller, American songwriter “For Once in My Life” (age 74)
• 2011
  Amy Winehouse, English singer, songwriter, (age 27)
• 2012
  Sally Ride, American astronaut (age 61)
• 2020
  Jacqueline Scott, American actress (age 89)
• 2023
  Pamela Blair, American actress (age 73)