page_title: 1921
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 1921 / Births / July
caption_attribution_description: English: Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
context_page_description: 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1921st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 921st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1920s decade. As of the start of 1921, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: July 1 – Seretse Khama, 1st President of Botswana (d. 1980)
  July 2
  Joseph Zhu Baoyu, Chinese Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2020)
  William Proctor Wilson, American businessman, philanthropist (d. 2010)
  July 3
  Flor María Chalbaud, former First Lady of Venezuela (d. 2013)
  Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, American-born Hasidic rebbe (d. 2009)
  July 4
  Gérard Debreu, French economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
  Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist, conductor (d. 2003)
  July 5
  Nanos Valaoritis, Greek writer (d. 2019)
  Vito Ortelli, Italian racing cyclist (d. 2017)
  Al Kozar, American second baseman (d. 2007)
  July 6
  Billy and Bobby Mauch, American actors (d. 2006) and (d. 2007)
  Ed Erban, American professional basketball player (d. 2008)
  Nancy Reagan, American actress, First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)
  Allan MacEachen, Canadian politician (d. 2017)
  July 7
  Johnny Van Cuyk, American relief pitcher (d. 2010)
  Dragomir Felba, Serbian actor (d. 2006)
  July 8
  Frank Prihoda, Australian alpine skier
  Edgar Morin, French philosopher, sociologist
  Don Ray, American basketball player (d. 1998)
  John Money, New Zealand psychologist, sexologist and author (d. 2006)
  July 9 – David C. Jones, U.S General (d. 2013)
  July 10
  John K. Singlaub, U.S Army Major General
  Harvey Ball, American designer (d. 2001)
  Eunice Kennedy Shriver, daughter of American politician Joseph P. Kennedy (d. 2009)
  July 11
  Claude Bonin-Pissarro, French painter, graphic designer
  Petter Hugsted, Norwegian Olympic ski jumper (d. 2000)
  Ilse Werner, German actress (d. 2005)
  July 12 – Brother Blue, African-American educator, storyteller, actor, musician and street performer (d. 2009)
  July 13
  Friedrich Peter, Austrian politician (d. 2005)
  Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer (d. 1999)
  July 14
  Leon Garfield, English writer (d. 1996)
  Armand Gaudreault, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
  Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
  Sixto Durán Ballén, President of Ecuador (d. 2016)
  July 15
  Jordan Cekov, Macedonian journalist (d. 2019)
  Barrie Dexter, Australian senior diplomat (d. 2018)
  Jean Heywood, English actress (d. 2019)
  Madge Meredith, American actress (d. 2017)
  Robert Bruce Merrifield, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
  Carl Richardson, American football coach
  Patricia Wright, American actress
  July 16
  Nilo Floody, Chilean modern pentathlete (d. 2013)
  Bernard W. Rogers, United States Army general (d. 2008)
  Boscoe Holder, Trinidadian artist (d. 2007)
  July 17
  Richard Jeranian, Armenian painter, draftsman and lithographer (d. 2019)
  Acquanetta, American actress (d. 2004)
  Pío Corcuera, Argentine football striker (d. 2011)
  Hannah Szenes, Hungarian World War II heroine (d. 1944)
  František Zvarík, Slovakian actor (d. 2008)
  July 18
  Aaron T. Beck, American psychiatrist
  John Glenn, American astronaut, U.S. Senator (d. 2016)
  Heinz Bennent, German actor (d. 2011)
  Gerry Mays, Scottish football player, manager (d. 2006)
  Richard Leacock, British-born documentary filmmaker, pioneer of Cinéma Vérité (d. 2011)
  July 19
  Elizabeth Spencer, American writer (d. 2019)
  Bertil Antonsson, Swedish heavyweight wrestler (d. 2006)
  Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2011)
  July 21 – Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, Zulu sangoma and author (d. 2020)
  July 22
  Jim Rivera, American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder (d. 2017)
  Tandy Little, American politician (d. 2015)
  Al LaMacchia, American professional baseball player, scout (d. 2010)
  William Roth, U.S. Senator (d. 2003)
  July 24 – Billy Taylor, American jazz musician (d. 2010)
  July 25 – Marv Rackley, American baseball player (d. 2018)
  July 26 – Jean Shepherd, American storyteller, radio and television personality (d. 1999)
  July 28 – Melba Hernández, Cuban politician, diplomat (d. 2014)
  July 29
  Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987)
  Gustav Victor Rudolf Born, German-British pharmacologist (d. 2018)
  July 30 – Grant Johannesen, American concert pianist (d. 2005)
  July 31
  Whitney Young, American civil rights leader (d. 1971)
  Mel Hirsch, American basketball player (d. 1968)
caption: Eunice Kennedy Shriver
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