Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 21

• 1899 - Ernest Hemingway, (pictured) American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
• 1911 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author (d. 1980)
• 1924 - Don Knotts, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1926 - Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani General and provincial ruler (d. 2022)
• 1948 - Cat Stevens, English singer
• 1950 - Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer
• 1951 - Robin Williams, American comedian (d. 2014)
• 1957 - Jon Lovitz, American comedian
• 1978 - Josh Hartnett, American actor
• 1980 - CC Sabathia, American baseball player

• 1796 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet (b. 1759)
• 1998 - Alan Shepard, astronaut (b. 1923)
• 1998 - Robert Young, American actor (b. 1907)
• 2004 - Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (b. 1929)

Recent days: July 20 – July 19 – July 18