page_title: 1945
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 1945 / Births / July
caption_attribution_description: Garfield cartoonist Jim Davis
context_page_description: 1945 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
  It marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It also saw the only time nuclear weapons were used in combat.
context_section_description: July 1
  Jane Cederqvist, Swedish freestyle swimmer
  Visu, Indian writer, director, stage, actor and talk-show host (d. 2020)
  Billy Rohr, American Major League Baseball player
  Debbie Harry, American rock singer (Blondie)
  July 2 – Linda Warren, American author
  July 3 – Thomas Mapfumo, Zimbabwean musician
  July 4
  Tiong Thai King, Malaysian politician
  Steinar Amundsen, Norwegian sprint canoeist
  July 5
  Nurul Islam Nahid, Bangladeshi politician
  Miroslav Mišković, Serbian business magnate, investor
  July 6 – Burt Ward, American actor (Batman)
  July 7
  Heloísa Pinheiro, Brazilian model, businesswoman
  Moncef Marzouki, Tunisian politician; 4th President of Tunisia
  Li Chi-an, North Korean football striker
  Matti Salminen, Finnish bass singer
  July 8 – Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss Federal Councilor
  July 9
  Dean Koontz, American writer
  Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, Iranian politician, engineer
  July 10
  Zlatko Tomčić, Croatian politician
  Daniel Ona Ondo, Gabonese politician
  Virginia Wade, English professional tennis player
  Ron Glass, African-American actor (Barney Miller) (d. 2016)
  July 11 – Richard Wesley, American playwright, screenwriter
  July 12
  Leopoldo Mastelloni, Italian actor, comedian and singer
  Edwin Neal, American actor
  Larry Zierlein, American football coach
  Thor Martinsen, Norwegian ice hockey player
  July 13
  Robert H. Foglesong, U.S. general
  Danny Abramowicz, American football player, coach
  July 14 – Antun Vujić, Croatian politician, philosopher, political analyst, lexicographer and author
  July 15
  Hong Ra-hee, South Korean billionaire businesswoman, philanthropist
  Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (d. 2003)
  Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (d. 2019)
  July 16
  Victor Sloan, Irish artist
  Çetin Tekindor, Turkish actor
  Roy Ho Ten Soeng, Dutch politician
  Jos Stelling, Dutch film director, screenwriter
  Barry Dudleston, English first-class cricketer, umpire
  July 17
  Eduardo Olivera, Mexican modern pentathlete
  Kim Won-hong, North Korean politician, military leader
  Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
  July 18
  Boomer Castleman, American singer, songwriter (d. 2015)
  Pat Doherty, American politician
  July 19
  Oleg Fotin, Russian swimmer
  Richard Henderson, Scottish molecular biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
  Uri Rosenthal, Dutch politician
  July 20
  Kim Carnes, American singer, songwriter (Bette Davis Eyes)
  Larry Craig, U.S. politician
  Lothar Koepsel, German sailor
  Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Zimbabwean politician, diplomat
  July 21
  John Lowe, English darts player
  Barry Richards, South African batsman
  Ziona, Indian religious, known for fathering the largest living family
  July 24 – Azim Premji, Indian businessman
  July 26 – Helen Mirren, British actress
  July 28 – Jim Davis, American cartoonist (Garfield)
  July 30
  Lloyd Carr, American football coach
  Roger Dobkowitz, American game show producer
  Patrick Modiano, French novelist, Nobel Prize laureate
  David Sanborn, American saxophonist
caption: Jim Davis
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