page_title: 1923
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 1923 / Births / July
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Wisława Szymborska (1923, Bnin, Poland — 2012, Kraków, Poland). Szymborska was a Polish poet who received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1996.
context_page_description: 1923 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1923rd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 923rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 23rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1920s decade. As of the start of 1923, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was relegated that February to use only by churches after Greece adopted the Gregorian calendar.
context_section_description: July 1
  Scotty Bowers, American Marine, author (d. 2019)
  Herman Chernoff, American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist
  July 2
  Constantin Dăscălescu, 52nd Prime Minister of Romania (d. 2003)
  Wisława Szymborska, Polish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
  July 3
  Hugo Machado, Uruguayan cyclist
  Felipe Zetter, Mexican football defender (d. 2013)
  July 4
  Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2013)
  George Mostow, American mathematician, renowned for his contributions to Lie theory (d. 2017)
  July 5
  Mitsuye Yamada, Japanese-American activist, feminist, essayist, poet, story writer, editor, and former English professor
  Hermann Gummel, German semiconductor industry pioneer
  July 6 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish Communist politician, 8th Prime Minister of Poland and President of Poland (d. 2014)
  July 7
  Whitney North Seymour Jr., American administrator (d. 2019)
  Leonardo Ferrel, Bolivian football player (d. unknown)
  Kitty White, American jazz singer (d. 2009)
  July 8
  Harrison Dillard, African-American track and field athlete (d. 2019)
  Ivor Germain, Barbadian professional light/welterweight boxer
  Eric Hill, English cricketer (d. 2010)
  July 9 – Jill Knight, British politician
  July 10
  Mátyás Tímár, Hungarian politician and economist (d. 2020)
  Rudolf Kehrer, Soviet and Russian classical pianist (d. 2013)
  John Bradley, U.S. Navy flag raiser on Iwo Jima (d. 1994)
  July 11
  Roy Neighbors, American politician (d. 2017)
  Richard Pipes, Polish-American academic who specialized in Russian history (d. 2018)
  Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, Brazilian football player (d. 2010)
  Gilbert Morand, French non-commissioned officer, skier (d. 2008)
  July 12
  James E. Gunn, American science fiction writer, editor, scholar, and anthologist
  Francisco Castro, Puerto Rican long jumper, triple jumper
  Freddie Fields, American theatrical agent, film producer (d. 2007)
  July 13
  Erich Lessing, Austrian photographer (d. 2018)
  Shmuel Laviv-Lubin, Israeli sports shooter
  Alexandre Astruc, French film critic, director (d. 2016)
  Norma Zimmer, American singer (d. 2011)
  July 14
  María Martín, Spanish actress
  Dale Robertson, American actor (d. 2013)
  July 15 – Francisco de Andrade, Portuguese competitive sailor, Olympic medalist
  July 16
  Mari Evans, African-American poet (d. 2017)
  Len Okrie, American catcher (d. 2018)
  Chris Argyris, American business theorist (d. 2013)
  Giuseppe Madini, Italian professional football player (d. 1998)
  July 18
  Michael Medwin, English actor (d. 2020)
  Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (d. 1997)
  July 19 – Alex Hannum, American basketball player (d. 2002)
  July 20
  James Bree, British actor (d. 2008)
  Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist, journalist (d. 2005)
  Elisabeth Becker, German Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)
  July 21
  Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
  Walter Brenner, American professor (d. 2017)
  July 22
  Anthony Enahoro, Nigerian politician (d. 2010)
  Bob Dole, American Republican politician, Presidential candidate
  The Fabulous Moolah, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
  Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976)
  July 23
  Witto Aloma, Cuban Major League Baseball player (d. 1997)
  Morris Halle, Latvian-American linguist (d. 2018)
  July 24 – Albert Vanhoye, French cardinal
  July 25
  Leonardo Villar, Brazilian actor (d. 2020)
  Estelle Getty, American actress (d. 2008)
  July 28
  H. S. S. Lawrence, Indian educator (d. 2009)
  Ian McDonald, Australian cricketer (d. 2019)
  July 29
  Jim Marshall, British founder of Marshall Amplification (d. 2012)
  Edgar Cortright, American scientist, engineer (d. 2014)
  July 31
  Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist noted for inventing Kevlar (d. 2014)
  Jean-Jacques Moreau, French mathematician, mechanician (d. 2014)
  William Joseph Nealon Jr., American judge (d. 2018)
caption: Wisława Szymborska
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