The 188th day of the year, the 189th in a leap year
Born on 7 July
Every 7 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- 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 7 July in any year.
Which weekday 7 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 7 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 7 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,847 babies were born on 7 July in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 91st 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 7 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Gustav Mahler | 1860–1911 | Austrian late-Romantic composer |
| Ringo Starr | 1940– | British musician, drummer for the Beatles |
| Robert A. Heinlein | 1907–1988 | American author and aeronautical engineer |
| Yanka Kupala | 1882–1942 | Belarusian writer |
| Vittorio De Sica | 1901–1974 | Italian film director |
| Camillo Golgi | 1843–1926 | Italian physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate |
| Shelley Duvall | 1949–2024 | American actress |
| George Cukor | 1899–1983 | American film director and producer |
| Lion Feuchtwanger | 1884–1958 | German writer |
| Elizabeth of Hungary | 1207–1231 | Catholic saint |
| Gyanendra of Nepal | 1947– | King of Nepal from 2001 to 2008 |
| Alberto Aquilani | 1984– | Italian association football player |
| Bérénice Bejo | 1976– | Argentine-born French actress |
| Michelle Kwan | 1980– | American figure skater and diplomat |
| MS Dhoni | 1981– | Indian cricket player |
| Joseph Marie Jacquard | 1752–1834 | French inventor |
| Miroslav Krleža | 1893–1981 | Croatian writer |
| Tadamichi Kuribayashi | 1891–1945 | Japanese general |
Died on 7 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Conan Doyle | 1859–1930 | British writer and physician |
| Eduard Shevardnadze | 1928–2014 | Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat, Soviet foreign minister and second President of Georgia (1995–2003) |
| Alfredo Di Stéfano | 1926–2014 | Argentine-Spanish association football player |
| Edward I | 1239–1307 | King of England from 1272 to 1307 |
| Pope Benedict XI | 1240–1304 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1303 to 1304 |
| Syd Barrett | 1946–2006 | British musician |
| Jovenel Moïse | 1968–2021 | President of Haiti from 2017 to 2021 |
| Johanna Spyri | 1827–1901 | Swiss writer |
| Max Horkheimer | 1895–1973 | German philosopher and sociologist |
| Moshe Sharett | 1894–1965 | 2nd Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955 |
| Dilip Kumar | 1922–2021 | Indian actor and politician |
| Veronica Lake | 1922–1973 | American actress |
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