The 202nd day of the year, the 203rd in a leap year
Born on 21 July
Every 21 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer in UTC, and in most of the world. In 5 of those years the sun changed sign within hours of the date, and by the clocks somewhere far enough east or west of Greenwich it was 21 July when it happened; see below.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Thursday and Tuesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 21 July in any year.
Crossings within hours of 21 July
A date begins earlier east of Greenwich and later to the west, so in these years the sun changed sign on the day before or after in UTC, at a moment when clocks somewhere on earth already, or still, showed 21 July — worked out from the time zones in use at that moment, as the IANA time zone database records them. A birth there on 21 July that year could be either sign, and the calculator above works it out for your own time zone.
- 2008: the sun entered Leo on 22 July, 10:55 UTC
- 2012: the sun entered Leo on 22 July, 10:00 UTC
- 2016: the sun entered Leo on 22 July, 09:30 UTC
- 2020: the sun entered Leo on 22 July, 08:37 UTC
- 2024: the sun entered Leo on 22 July, 07:44 UTC
Which weekday 21 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 21 July falls on every day of the week: Thursday 16, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Sunday 15.
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How common a birthday 21 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,857 babies were born on 21 July in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 73rd most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 21 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Ernest Hemingway | 1899–1961 | American author and journalist |
| Robin Williams | 1951–2014 | American actor and comedian |
| Erling Haaland | 2000– | Norwegian footballer |
| Marshall McLuhan | 1911–1980 | Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar |
| Pope Sixtus IV | 1414–1484 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1471 to 1484 |
| Stefan Löfven | 1957– | Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden between 2014–2021 |
| John Atta Mills | 1944–2012 | President of Ghana from 2009 to 2012 |
| Cat Stevens | 1948– | British musician |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | 1971– | French and British actress and singer |
| Josh Hartnett | 1978– | American actor and producer |
| Rudolph A. Marcus | 1923–2026 | Canadian-American chemist |
| Don Knotts | 1924–2006 | American actor and stand-up comedian |
| Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle | 1693–1768 | Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| Lovis Corinth | 1858–1925 | German painter |
| Hans Fallada | 1893–1947 | German writer |
| Béla Tarr | 1955–2026 | Hungarian filmmaker and anarchist |
| Norman Jewison | 1926–2024 | Canadian film director, producer and actor |
| Juno Temple | 1989– | British actress |
Died on 21 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Burns | 1759–1796 | Scottish poet and lyricist |
| Claus von Stauffenberg | 1907–1944 | German aristocrat, army officer and resistance fighter |
| Alan Shepard | 1923–1998 | American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer |
| Tony Bennett | 1926–2023 | American singer |
| Albert Luthuli | 1898–1967 | South African politician |
| Manuel II Palaiologos | 1350–1425 | Byzantine emperor |
| Jerry Goldsmith | 1929–2004 | American film composer |
| Robert G. Ingersoll | 1833–1899 | American lawyer, orator, and politician |
| Edward B. Lewis | 1918–2004 | American biologist |
| Lee Miller | 1907–1977 | American photographer and photojournalist |
| Basil Rathbone | 1892–1967 | English actor |
| E. L. Doctorow | 1931–2015 | novelist, editor, professor |
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