Famous people born on 21 July

• Ernest HemingwayAmerican author and journalist · 1899–1961
  61 yrs
• Robin WilliamsAmerican actor and comedian · 1951–2014
  63 yrs
• Marshall McLuhanCanadian educator, philosopher, and scholar · 1911–1980
  69 yrs
• John Evans Atta MillsSixth President of the Republic of Ghana · 1944–2012
  68 yrs
• Luis de Góngora ↗Spanish Baroque lyric poet · 1561–1627
  65 yrs
• Don Knotts ↗American actor and stand-up comedian · 1924–2006
  81 yrs
• Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ↗Prime Minister of Great Britain · 1693–1768
  75 yrs
• Hans Fallada ↗German writer · 1893–1947
  53 yrs
• Lovis Corinth ↗German painter · 1858–1925
  66 yrs
• Norman Jewison ↗Canadian film director, producer and actor · 1926–2024
  97 yrs
• Buchi Emecheta ↗Nigerian writer · 1944–2017
  72 yrs
• Frances Cleveland ↗First Lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897 · 1864–1947
  83 yrs
• Maria Christina of Austria ↗Queen consort of Spain · 1858–1929
  70 yrs
• Milan Rastislav Štefánik ↗Slovak politician, diplomat, French Army general and astronomer · 1880–1919
  38 yrs
• Vasily Sokolovsky ↗Soviet marshal · 1897–1968
  70 yrs
• Albert Edelfelt ↗Finland Swedish painter and illustrator · 1854–1905
  51 yrs
• Hart Crane ↗American writer · 1899–1932
  32 yrs
• Isaac Stern ↗American musician · 1920–2001
  81 yrs
• Henri Victor Regnault ↗French physicist · 1810–1878
  67 yrs
• Janet Reno ↗Former Attorney General of the United States · 1938–2016
  78 yrs
• Paul Reuter ↗German-Jewish-born British entrepreneur and news agency founder · 1816–1899
  82 yrs
• Helmut Haller ↗German footballer · 1939–2012
  73 yrs
• Eduard Streltsov ↗Soviet footballer · 1937–1990
  53 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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