July 4: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is July 4th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on July 4th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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July 4th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

July 4th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Massimo Campigli (Max Ihlenfeld), Italian painter (L'Abbraccio, Le Amiche Antigone, La Benvenuta, La Cavallarizza, Diamante and The Jewel of Love, ) and illustrator, was born on July 4, 1895.

Stephen Collins Foster, American songwriter ("Beautiful Dreamer," "Camptown Races," "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair," "My Old Kentucky Home," "Oh Susanna" and "Old Folks at Home"), was born on July 4, 1826.

Alec Templeton, Welsh composer ("Bach Goes To Town", "Mozart Matriculates" and "Scarlatti Stoops to Conga"), pianist and performer (Alec Templeton Time), was born on July 4, 1909.

Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish sculptor, was born on July 4, 1669.

July 4th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Pam Shriver, American tennis star and Olympic gold medalist (1988), was born on July 4, 1962.

July 4th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Gerard Debreu, French economist (Existence of an Equilibrium for a Competitive Economy and Theory of Value: An Axiomatic Analysis of Economic Equilibrium) and Nobel Prize winner (1983), was born on July 4, 1921.

Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (Hyssope and O Falso Heroismo) was born on July 4, 1731.

Esther Pauline (Ann Landers) Friedman, American advice columnist ("Dear Ann Landers"), was born on July 4, 1918.

Pauline Esther (Abigail Van Buren) Friedman, American advice columnist ("Dear Abby"), was born on July 4, 1918.

Christian Gellert, German poet and fabulist, was born on July 4, 1715.

American cartoonist Reuben (Rube) Lucius Goldberg (Foolish Questions and Boob McNutt) was born on July 4, 1883.