Happy July Birthdays!
Born This Way On This Day
Last Updated = 07-18-25
July isnāt just about summer fun and fireworksāitās also a time to celebrate the birthdays of some LGBTQ historical heroes and Queer Pioneers:
07-01 = Charles Laughton (1899-1962) = English-American actor and filmmaker
07-01 = Dom Orejudos (1933-1991) = American artist (Etienne)
07-01 = Farley Granger (1925-2011) = American actor
07-01 = Kiyoshi Kuromiya (1943-2000) = Japanese-American author and activist
07-01 = Louis Joseph (1654-1712) = French military commander (VendƓme)
07-01 = Orlando Cruz (1981- ) = Puerto Rican professional boxer
07-01 = Scotty Bowers (1923-2019) = American marine, author, and pimp
07-02 = Bruce Nugent (1906-1987) = American writer and painter
07-02 = Charles Laughton (1899-1962) = British-American actor
07-02 = Daniel Kowalski (1975- ) = Australian freestyle swimmer
07-02 = Johnny Weir (1984- ) = American figure skater and tv personality
07-02 = Liane de Pougy (1869-1950) = French dancer and courtesan
07-02 = Pierre Cardin (1922-2020) = Italian-French fashion designer
07-02 = Sylvia Rivera (1951-2002) = American activist
07-04 = Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907) = American sculptor
07-04 = Stephen Boyd (1931-1977) = British actor
07-04 = Steven Cojocaru (1970- ) = Canadian fashion critic and tv personality
07-04 = Stephen Foster (1826-1864) = American composer
07-05 = Andrew āCaptain Moonliteā George Scott (1842-1880) = Irish-born New Zealand bushranger and Australian folk figure
07-05 = Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) = British imperialist and mining magnate
07-05 = Hein Vos (1903-1972) = Dutch politician and economist
07-05 = Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) = French poet, artist, and director
07-05 = Megan Rapinoe (1985- ) = American athlete and activist
07-05 = Wayne Besen (1970- ) = American journalist and advocate
07-06 = Ethel Sands (1873-1962) = British painter and socialite
07-06 = Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) = Mexican artist
07-06 = Glenn Scarpelli (1966- ) = American actor and singer
07-06 = Leonard Matlovich (1943-1988) = American veteran and activist
07-06 = Merv Griffin (1925-2007) = American tv host and media mogul
07-07 = Bruce Bellas (1909-1974) = American photographer (Bruce Of LA)
07-07 = George Cukor (1899-1983) = American film director
07-07 = Gottfried Von Cramm (1909-1976) = German tennis player
07-07 = Kirsten Vangsness (1972- ) = American actor
07-08 = Peter Orlovsky (1933-2010) = American poet
07-08 = Philip Johnson (1906-2005) = American architect
07-08 = Silvia Modig (1976- ) = Finnish politician and journalist
07-09 = Anthony D. Romero (1965- ) = American lawyer and ACLU executive director
07-09 = David Hockney (1937- ) = English painter and photographer
07-09 = Dorothy Thompson (1893-1861) = American journalist and broadcaster
07-09 = Henry Geldzahler (1935-1994) = Belgian-American curator and critic
07-09 = Kelly McGillis (1957- ) = American actor
07-09 = Marc Almond (1957- ) = English singer-songwriter
07-09 = Mathilde Krim (1926-2018) = Swiss medical researcher and founding chairman of amfAR, American Foundation for AIDS Research
07-09 = Minor White (1908-1976) = American photographer
07-09 = Oliver Sacks (1933-2015) = English-American neurologist and author
07-09 = Vanessa Selbst (1984- ) = American poker player
07-10 = Alec Mapa (1965- ) = American actor, comedian and writer
07-10 = Alexandra Hedison (1969- ) = American photographer and actor
07-10 = Angel Haze (1991- ) = American rapper and singer
07-10 = Fiona Shaw (1958- ) = Irish actor and director
07-10 = Jerry Herman (1931-2019) = American composer and lyricist
07-10 = Marcel Proust (1871-1922) = French novelist
07-10 = Neil Tennant (1954- ) = English singer-songwriter and Pet Shop Boys co-founder
07-10 = Nick Adams (1931-1968) = American actor and screenwriter
07-10 = Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) = Serbian-American engineer and inventor
07-10 = Zoe Dunning (1963- ) = American naval officer and activist
07-11 = Dorothy Wilde (1895-1941) = English writer and Oscar Wildeās niece
07-11 = Esera Tuaolo (1968- ) = American professional football player
07-11 = Giorgio Armani (1934- ) = Italian fashion designer
07-11 = Jack Wrangler (1946-2009) = American adult actor and filmmaker
07-11 = Leisha Hailey (1971- ) = American actor and musician
07-11 = Tab Hunter (1931-2018) = American actor, singer, and author
07-11 = Vito Russo (1946-1990) = American activist and author
07-11 = Yul Brynner (1920-1985) = Russian actor and dancer
07-12 = Cheyenne Jackson (1975- ) = American actor and singer
07-12 = Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874-1927) = German artist and poet
07-12 = Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) = American writer and philosopher
07-12 = Kyrsten Sinema (1976- ) = American politician
07-12 = Max Jacob (1876-1944) = French poet, painter, writer, and critic
07-12 = Michelle Rodriguez (1978- ) = American actor
07-12 = Richard Simmons (1948-2024) = American fitness trainer and actor
07-12 = Stefan George (1868-1933) = German poet and a translator
07-12 = Van Cliburn (1934-2013) = American pianist
07-12 or 13 = Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC) = Roman politician and general
07-13 = Danitra Vance (1954-1994) = American comedian and actor
07-13 = Danny Lockin (1943-1977) = American actor and dancer
07-13 = Joan E. Biren (1944- ) = American photographer and filmmaker
07-13 = Mary Emma Woolley (1863-1947) = American educator and activist
07-14 = Arthur Laurents (1917-2011) = American filmmaker and playwright
07-14 = Charles Pierce (1926-1999) = American female impersonator
07-14 = Ferdinando II de' Medici (1610-1670) = Italian aristocrat
07-14 = Graham Ackerman (1983- ) = American gymnast
07-14 = Jane Lynch (1960- ) = American actor
07-14 = Jim French (1932-2017) = American photographer (Colt Studio)
07-14 = Poliziano (1454-1494) = Italian scholar and poet
07-14 = Randy Boissonnault (1970- ) = Canadian politician
07-15 = Allison Brewer (1954- ) = Canadian activist and politician
07-15 = David Cicilline (1961- ) = American lawyer and politician
07-15 = Gavin Maxwell (1914-1969) = Scottish naturalist and author
07-15 = Jody Dobrowski (1981-2005) = British hate-crime victim
07-15 = Michael Lassell (1947- ) = American writer, editor and poet
07-15 = Olly Alexander (1990- ) = British singer
07-15 = Jim Rash (1971- ) = American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and filmmaker
07-16 = Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) = American actor, model, and dancer
07-16 = Chad Griffin (1973- ) = American political strategist
07-16 = Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) = Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright
07-16 = Tony Kushner (1956- ) = American playwright and screenwriter
07-17 = Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) = American photographer
07-17 = Charles Lapointe (1944- ) = Canadian business executive and politician
07-17 = Ernest Rhys (1859-1946) = Welsh-English writer
07-17 = Ethyl Eichelberger (1945-1990) = American drag performer, playwright, and actor
07-17 = Fred Halsted (1941-1989) = American adult director, actor, and entrepreneur
07-17 = Laurence Housman (1865-1959) = English playwright, writer, and illustrator
07-17 = Mauritz Stiller (1883-1928) = Finnish film director
07-18 = Dick Button (1929-2025) = American figure skater and skating analyst
07-18 = Elio Di Rupo (1951- ) = Prime Minister of Belgium
07-18 = Elizabeth Gilbert (1969- ) = American journalist and author
07-18 = Laurence Housman (1865-1959) = English writer and illustrator
07-18 = Lillian Faderman (1940- ) = American scholar, historian, and writer
07-19 = Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875-1935) = American poet, journalist, and activist
07-19 = Danny Roberts (1977- ) = American recruiter and tv personality
07-19 = Jaiyah Saelua (1988- ) = Samoan international football player
07-19 = Joseph Hansen (1923-2004) = American writer
07-19 = Marcel Moore (1892-1972) = French illustrator, designer, and photographer
07-19 = Zanele Muholi (1972- ) = South African photographer and artist
07-20 = Paul Fasana (1933-2021) = American librarian and archivist
07-20 = Randal Kleiser (1946- ) = American filmmaker
07-20 = Roberta Achtenberg (1950- ) = American attorney and activist
07-20 = Rokas Žilinskas (1972-2017) = Lithuanian journalist and politician
07-20 or 21 = Alexander The Great (356-323 BCE) = King of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon
07-21 = Hart Crane (1899-1932) = American poet
07-22 = Emily Saliers (1963- ) = American singer-songwriter and Indigo Girls co-founder
07-22 = Grover Dale (1935- ) = American actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and publisher
07-22 = Frederick Rolfe (1860-1913) = English writer, artist, and photographer
07-22 = James Whale (1889-1957) = English director and actor
07-22 = Rufus Wainwright (1973- ) = American singer-songwriter and composer
07-23 = Charlotte Cushman (1816-1876) = American actor
07-23 = F. Holland Day (1864-1933) = American photographer
07-23 = Gavin Lambert (1924-2005) = British-American screenwriter, novelist and biographer
07-23 = Ruth Ellis (1899-2000) = American activist and centenarian
07-23 = Samuel Steward (1909-1993) = American tattoo artist and pornographer
07-24 = Amelia Earhart (1897-1939) = American aviator and pioneer
07-24 = Anna Paquin (1982- ) = Canadian-New Zealander actor
07-24 = Gus Van Sant (1952- ) = American director
07-24 = Robert Graves (1895-1985) = English writer
07-25 = Al Carmines (1936-2005) = American theologian and playwright
07-25 = Christine Quinn (1966- ) = American politician
07-25 = Patricia Todd (1955- ) = American politician
07-25 = Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) = American artist and photographer
07-26 = Mick Jagger (1943- ) = English singer-songwriter
07-26 = Nikki Sinclaire (1968- ) = English politician
07-26 = Richard Akuson (1993- ) = Nigerian lawyer, activist, writer, editor, and publisher
07-27 = Stephen Donaldson (1946-1996) = American activist
07-27 = Troy Perry (1940- ) = American cleric and MCC founder
07-28 = Imke Duplitzer (1975- ) = German ƩpƩe fencer
07-28 = Judy Grahn (1940- ) = American poet
07-28 = Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) = French artist (aka Rrose SĆ©lavy)
07-28 = Sarah Schulman (1958- ) = American writer, activist, and historian
07-29 = Dag Hammarskjƶld (1905-1961) = Swedish economist and diplomat
07-29 = Paul Taylor (1930-2018) = American choreographer
07-29 = Prince Abdul Azim Of Brunei (1982-2020) = Bruneian royal
07-29 = Tim Gunn (1953- ) = American academic and tv personality
07-30 = Frank Coombs (1906-1941) = English artist, architect, and art dealer
07-30 = Pascal Smet (1967- ) = Belgian politician
07-30 = Sean Patrick Maloney (1966- ) = American politician
07-31 = Barbara Gittings (1932-2007) = American gay rights activist
07-31 = Nels Anderson (1889-1986) = American sociologist
07-31 = Susan Flannery (1939- ) = American actor
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