Author Birthdays for July

  • Jean Stafford  108

    Thursday, July 1st 1915
  • James M. Cain  131

    Friday, July 1st 1892
  • George Sand  219

    Sunday, July 1st 1804
  • Wislawa Szymborska  100

    Monday, July 2nd 1923
  • Hermann Hesse  146

    Monday, July 2nd 1877
  • William Le Queux  159

    Saturday, July 2nd 1864
  • Dave Barry  76

    Thursday, July 3rd 1947
  • Tom Stoppard  86

    Saturday, July 3rd 1937
  • M.F.K. Fisher  115

    Friday, July 3rd 1908
  • Franz Kafka  140

    Tuesday, July 3rd 1883
  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman  163

    Tuesday, July 3rd 1860
  • Richard Rhodes  86

    Sunday, July 4th 1937
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne  219

    Wednesday, July 4th 1804
  • Craig Nova  78

    Thursday, July 5th 1945
  • Jean Cocteau  134
    Poet, Novelist, Playwright
    Friday, July 5th 1889
  • Kathryn Hulme  123

    Friday, July 6th 1900
  • Robert Heinlein  116

    Sunday, July 7th 1907
  • J.F. Powers  106

    Sunday, July 8th 1917
  • Richard Aldington  131

    Friday, July 8th 1892
  • Dean Koontz  78

    Monday, July 9th 1945
  • Oliver Sacks  90

    Sunday, July 9th 1933
  • Fanny Fern  112

    Sunday, July 9th 1911
  • Alice Munro  92

    Friday, July 10th 1931
  • John Wyndham  120

    Friday, July 10th 1903
  • Marcel Proust  152
    Novelist
    Monday, July 10th 1871
  • Harold Bloom  93

    Friday, July 11th 1930
  • E. B. White  124

    Tuesday, July 11th 1899
  • Donald E. Westlake  90

    Wednesday, July 12th 1933
  • Pablo Neruda  119

    Tuesday, July 12th 1904
  • Henry David Thoreau  206

    Saturday, July 12th 1817
  • Woody Guthrie  111

    Sunday, July 14th 1912
  • Richard Pini   73
    Comic Book Writer
    Saturday, July 15th 1950
  • Richard Russo  74
    Novelist
    Friday, July 15th 1949
  • Iris Murdoch  104
    Novelist
    Tuesday, July 15th 1919
  • Linda Salzman  83

    Tuesday, July 16th 1940
  • Caroline Blackwood  92

    Thursday, July 16th 1931
  • Anita Brookner  95

    Monday, July 16th 1928
  • J. Michael Straczynski  69

    Saturday, July 17th 1954
  • James Purdy  100

    Tuesday, July 17th 1923
  • Christina Stead  121

    Thursday, July 17th 1902
  • Jared Hess  44
    Screenwriter
    Wednesday, July 18th 1979
  • Alfian Sa'at  46
    Poet, Playwright
    Monday, July 18th 1977
  • Alan Morrison  49
    Poet
    Thursday, July 18th 1974
  • M.J. Alexander  62
    Poet, Playwright
    Tuesday, July 18th 1961
  • Hunter S. Thompson  84
    Journalist
    Tuesday, July 18th 1939
  • Yevgeny Yevtushenko  90
    Poet, Novelist
    Tuesday, July 18th 1933
  • Margaret Laurence  97
    Novelist
    Sunday, July 18th 1926
  • Robert Sloman  97
    Screenwriter
    Sunday, July 18th 1926
  • Clifford Odets  117
    Playwright, Screenwriter
    Wednesday, July 18th 1906
  • Jessamyn West  121
    Novelist
    Friday, July 18th 1902
  • Nathalie Sarraute  123
    Novelist
    Wednesday, July 18th 1900
  • Rose Hartwick Thorpe  173
    Poet
    Thursday, July 18th 1850
  • Tristan Corbière  178
    Poet
    Friday, July 18th 1845
  • William Makepeace Thackeray  212
    Novelist
    Thursday, July 18th 1811
  • Garth Nix  60
    Novelist
    Friday, July 19th 1963
  • Aya Kitō  61
    Memoirist
    Thursday, July 19th 1962
  • Srđa Trifković  69
    Journalist
    Monday, July 19th 1954
  • Jayne Anne Phillips  71
    Novelist
    Saturday, July 19th 1952
  • Jayson Stark  72
    Journalist
    Thursday, July 19th 1951
  • Joseph Hansen  100
    Novelist
    Thursday, July 19th 1923
  • William A. Rusher  100
    Columnist
    Thursday, July 19th 1923
  • Miltos Sachtouris  104
    Poet
    Saturday, July 19th 1919
  • Eve Merriam  107
    Poet, Playwright
    Wednesday, July 19th 1916
  • A. J. Cronin  127
    Novelist
    Sunday, July 19th 1896
  • Vladimir Mayakovsky  130
    Poet, Playwright
    Wednesday, July 19th 1893
  • Ferdinand Brunetière  174
    Essayist
    Thursday, July 19th 1849
  • Gottfried Keller  204
    Novelist
    Monday, July 19th 1819
  • Heinrich Christian Boie  279
    Poet
    Sunday, July 19th 1744
  • Dan Shaughnessy  70
    Journalist
    Monday, July 20th 1953
  • Thomas Friedman  70
    Journalist
    Monday, July 20th 1953
  • Adrian Păunescu  80
    Poet, Journalist
    Tuesday, July 20th 1943
  • Periklis Korovesis  82
    Journalist
    Sunday, July 20th 1941
  • Uwe Johnson  89
    Novelist
    Friday, July 20th 1934
  • Cormac McCarthy  90
    Novelist
    Thursday, July 20th 1933
  • Giannis Agouris  93
    Journalist
    Sunday, July 20th 1930
  • Frantz Fanon  98
    Non-Fiction
    Monday, July 20th 1925
  • Thomas Berger  99
    Novelist
    Sunday, July 20th 1924
  • Stanisław Albinowski  100
    Journalist
    Friday, July 20th 1923
  • George Johnston  111
    Journalist, Novelist
    Saturday, July 20th 1912
  • Erik Axel Karlfeldt  159
    Poet
    Wednesday, July 20th 1864
  • Sir George Trevelyan  185
    Biographer
    Friday, July 20th 1838
  • Augustin Daly  185
    Playwright
    Friday, July 20th 1838
  • Petrarch  719
    Poet
    Sunday, July 20th 1304
  • Sarah Waters  57
    Novelist
    Thursday, July 21st 1966
  • Michael Connelly  67
    Novelist
    Saturday, July 21st 1956
  • Ed Hinton  75
    Journalist
    Wednesday, July 21st 1948
  • William S. Burroughs, Jr.  76
    Poet
    Monday, July 21st 1947
  • Tess Gallagher  80
    Poet, Playwright
    Wednesday, July 21st 1943
  • John Gardner  90
    Novelist
    Friday, July 21st 1933
  • Marshall McLuhan  112
    Non-Fiction
    Friday, July 21st 1911
  • Ernest Hemingway  124
    Novelist
    Friday, July 21st 1899
  • Hart Crane  129
    Poet
    Saturday, July 21st 1894
  • Hans Fallada  130
    Novelist
    Friday, July 21st 1893
  • Frances Parkinson Keyes  138
    Novelist
    Tuesday, July 21st 1885
  • Paul Reuter  207
    Journalist
    Sunday, July 21st 1816
  • Matthew Prior  359
    Poet
    Monday, July 21st 1664
  • Don Van Natta, Jr.  59
    Journalist
    Wednesday, July 22nd 1964
  • Paul Quarrington  70
    Novelist, Playwright
    Wednesday, July 22nd 1953
  • S. E. Hinton  75
    Novelist
    Thursday, July 22nd 1948
  • Paul Schrader  77
    Screenwriter
    Monday, July 22nd 1946
  • Tom Robbins  87
    Novelist
    Wednesday, July 22nd 1936
  • Bryan Forbes  97
    Screenwriter
    Thursday, July 22nd 1926
  • Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah  108
    Essayist
    Thursday, July 22nd 1915
  • Wayne Robbins  109
    Short Stories
    Wednesday, July 22nd 1914
  • Ormond Robbins  109
    Novelist
    Wednesday, July 22nd 1914
  • Stephen Vincent Benet  125
    Poet, Short Stories, Novelist
    Friday, July 22nd 1898
  • León de Greiff  128
    Poet
    Monday, July 22nd 1895
  • Janusz Korczak  145
    Children's Literature
    Monday, July 22nd 1878
  • Frederick Rolfe - Baron Corvo  163
    Novelist
    Sunday, July 22nd 1860
  • Emma Lazarus  174
    Poet
    Sunday, July 22nd 1849
  • Mikhail Shcherbatov  290
    Non-Fiction
    Wednesday, July 22nd 1733
  • Joel Stein  52
    Journalist
    Friday, July 23rd 1971
  • Thea Dorn  53
    Novelist
    Thursday, July 23rd 1970
  • Gardner Dozois  76
    Short Stories
    Wednesday, July 23rd 1947
  • Lisa Alther  79
    Novelist
    Sunday, July 23rd 1944
  • Claude Fournier  92
    Screenwriter
    Thursday, July 23rd 1931
  • Guy Fournier  92
    Playwright, Screenwriter
    Thursday, July 23rd 1931
  • Hubert Selby, Jr.  95
    Novelist
    Monday, July 23rd 1928
  • Gérard Brach  96
    Screenwriter
    Saturday, July 23rd 1927
  • Gavin Lambert  99
    Screenwriter, Novelist
    Wednesday, July 23rd 1924
  • Cyril M. Kornbluth  100
    Novelist
    Monday, July 23rd 1923
  • Davis Grubb  104
    Novelist
    Wednesday, July 23rd 1919
  • M. H. Abrams  111
    Non-Fiction
    Tuesday, July 23rd 1912
  • Raymond Chandler  135
    Novelist
    Monday, July 23rd 1888
  • Mark Andrew Smith  44
    Comic Book Writer
    Tuesday, July 24th 1979
  • John Rosengren  59
    Non-Fiction
    Friday, July 24th 1964
  • Colleen Doran  60
    Comic Book Writer
    Wednesday, July 24th 1963
  • Marc Jampole  73
    Poet, Journalist
    Monday, July 24th 1950
  • Arliss Ryan  73
    Novelist
    Monday, July 24th 1950
  • Geoff McQueen  76
    Screenwriter
    Thursday, July 24th 1947
  • Alfred Balk  93
    Journalist
    Thursday, July 24th 1930
  • Madeleine Ferron  101
    Novelist
    Monday, July 24th 1922
  • John D. MacDonald  107
    Novelist
    Monday, July 24th 1916
  • Robert Graves  128
    Poet, Novelist
    Wednesday, July 24th 1895
  • Jun'ichirō Tanizaki  137
    Novelist
    Saturday, July 24th 1886
  • Edward Plunkett  145
    Novelist, Playwright
    Wednesday, July 24th 1878
  • Oswald Chambers  149
    Non-Fiction
    Friday, July 24th 1874
  • E. F. Benson  156
    Novelist
    Wednesday, July 24th 1867
  • Vicente Acosta  156
    Poet
    Wednesday, July 24th 1867
  • Frank Wedekind  159
    Playwright
    Sunday, July 24th 1864
  • Henrik Pontoppidan  166
    Novelist
    Friday, July 24th 1857
  • William Gillette  170
    Playwright
    Sunday, July 24th 1853
  • Alexandre Dumas  221
    Novelist
    Saturday, July 24th 1802
  • Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan  47
    Poet
    Sunday, July 25th 1976
  • Claude Zidi  89
    Screenwriter
    Wednesday, July 25th 1934
  • Alice Parizeau  93
    Novelist, Journalist
    Friday, July 25th 1930
  • Midge Decter  96
    Journalist
    Monday, July 25th 1927
  • Maria Gripe  100
    Children's Literature
    Wednesday, July 25th 1923
  • Elias Canetti  118
    Novelist, Playwright
    Tuesday, July 25th 1905
  • Denys Watkins-Pitchford  118
    Children's Literature
    Tuesday, July 25th 1905
  • Max Dauthendey  156
    Poet
    Thursday, July 25th 1867
  • Pieter Langendijk  340
    Playwright, Poet
    Sunday, July 25th 1683
  • Rick Bragg  64
    Journalist
    Sunday, July 26th 1959
  • Hart Hanson  66
    Screenwriter
    Friday, July 26th 1957
  • Bernice Rubens  95
    Novelist
    Thursday, July 26th 1928
  • Ibn-e-Safi  95
    Novelist, Poet
    Thursday, July 26th 1928
  • Ana Maria Matute  97
    Novelist
    Monday, July 26th 1926
  • Jan Berenstain  100
    Children's Literature
    Thursday, July 26th 1923
  • Jean Shepherd  102
    Short Stories
    Tuesday, July 26th 1921
  • Paul Gallico  126
    Novelist
    Monday, July 26th 1897
  • Aldous Huxley  129
    Novelist
    Thursday, July 26th 1894
  • André Maurois  138
    Novelist
    Sunday, July 26th 1885
  • Antonio Machado  148
    Poet
    Monday, July 26th 1875
  • Carl Jung  148
    Non-Fiction
    Monday, July 26th 1875
  • George Bernard Shaw  167
    Playwright
    Saturday, July 26th 1856
  • Cat Bauer  68

    Wednesday, July 27th 1955
  • Kathleen Norris  76

    Sunday, July 27th 1947
  • Bharati Mukherjee  83

    Saturday, July 27th 1940
  • Jack Higgins  94

    Saturday, July 27th 1929
  • Elizabeth Hardwick  107

    Thursday, July 27th 1916
  • Rayner Heppenstall  112

    Thursday, July 27th 1911
  • Julien Gracq  113

    Wednesday, July 27th 1910
  • Joseph Mitchell  115

    Monday, July 27th 1908
  • Hilaire Belloc  153

    Wednesday, July 27th 1870
  • Vladimir Korolenko  170

    Wednesday, July 27th 1853
  • Giosuè Carducci  188

    Monday, July 27th 1835
  • Alexandre Dumas, fils  199
    Novelist
    Tuesday, July 27th 1824
  • James Piotr Montague  44
    Journalist
    Saturday, July 28th 1979
  • William T. Vollman  64
    Novelist
    Tuesday, July 28th 1959
  • Sarah Schulman  65
    Novelist, Playwright
    Monday, July 28th 1958
  • John Feinstein  67
    Journalist
    Saturday, July 28th 1956
  • Randall Wallace  74
    Screenwriter
    Thursday, July 28th 1949
  • Fahmida Riaz  77
    Poet
    Sunday, July 28th 1946
  • Jim Davis  78
    Comic Book Writer
    Saturday, July 28th 1945
  • Tonia Marketaki  81
    Screenwriter
    Tuesday, July 28th 1942
  • Francis Veber  86
    Screenwriter, Playwright
    Wednesday, July 28th 1937
  • Natalie Babbitt  91
    Children's Literature
    Thursday, July 28th 1932
  • Jean Roba  93
    Comic Book Writer
    Monday, July 28th 1930
  • John Ashbery  96
    Poet
    Thursday, July 28th 1927
  • Malcolm Lowry  114
    Novelist, Poet
    Wednesday, July 28th 1909
  • Beatrix Potter  157
    Children's Literature
    Saturday, July 28th 1866
  • Gerard Manley Hopkins  179
    Poet
    Sunday, July 28th 1844
  • Fabre d'Églantine  273
    Poet, Playwright
    Tuesday, July 28th 1750
  • Chang-Rae Lee  58

    Thursday, July 29th 1965
  • Dean Pitchford  72

    Sunday, July 29th 1951
  • Harry Mulisch  96
    Novelist
    Friday, July 29th 1927
  • Edwin O'Connor  105

    Monday, July 29th 1918
  • Chester B. Himes  114

    Thursday, July 29th 1909
  • Stanley Kunitz  118

    Saturday, July 29th 1905
  • Eyvind Johnson  123

    Sunday, July 29th 1900
  • Don Marquis  145

    Monday, July 29th 1878
  • Eric Alfred Knudsen  151

    Monday, July 29th 1872
  • Booth Tarkington  154

    Thursday, July 29th 1869
  • Cherie Priest  48

    Wednesday, July 30th 1975
  • Kate Phillips  57

    Saturday, July 30th 1966
  • Patrick Modiano  78

    Monday, July 30th 1945
  • Alexander Trocchi  98

    Thursday, July 30th 1925
  • Willian Gass  99

    Wednesday, July 30th 1924
  • Emily Bronte  205

    Thursday, July 30th 1818
  • Samuel Rogers  260

    Saturday, July 30th 1763
  • Ahmad Akbarpour  53
    Novelist
    Friday, July 31st 1970
  • Dave Wedge  53
    Journalist
    Friday, July 31st 1970
  • J. K. Rowling  58
    Novelist
    Saturday, July 31st 1965
  • Andrew Marr  64
    Journalist
    Friday, July 31st 1959
  • João Barreiros  71
    Novelist
    Thursday, July 31st 1952
  • Steve Miller  73
    Short Stories
    Monday, July 31st 1950
  • Jonathan Dimbleby  79
    Journalist, Non-Fiction
    Monday, July 31st 1944
  • Yvon Deschamps  88
    Humorist
    Wednesday, July 31st 1935
  • Cees Nooteboom  90
    Novelist
    Monday, July 31st 1933
  • Lynne Reid Banks  94
    Novelist, Children's Literature
    Wednesday, July 31st 1929
  • Gilles Carle  95
    Screenwriter
    Tuesday, July 31st 1928
  • Primo Levi  104
    Novelist
    Thursday, July 31st 1919
  • Irv Kupcinet  111
    Columnist
    Wednesday, July 31st 1912
  • Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn  114
    Novelist, Non-Fiction
    Saturday, July 31st 1909
  • Brett Halliday  119
    Novelist
    Sunday, July 31st 1904
  • Premchand  143
    Novelist
    Saturday, July 31st 1880
  • Peter Rosegger  180
    Poet
    Monday, July 31st 1843
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