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A former host of MTV's Total Request Live, she portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The WB/The CW drama One Tree Hill for six seasons (2003–2009).
Famous Birthdays on July 1
1982 — Hilarie Burton
American actress
July 1 has 261 recorded notable births across history, from 1311 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on July 1
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- 1863 Slavery was abolished in the Dutch colony of Surinam, a date now celebrated as Ketikoti in independent Suriname. Source
- 1924 The National War Memorial for the Dominion of Newfoundland was inaugurated by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig in St. John's, Newfoundland. The date commemorates the first day of the Battle of the Somme, where at Beaumont-Hamel, 86 percent of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was wiped out. Source
- 1942 The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished. Source
- 1921 The Chinese Communist Party is founded by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao, with the help of the Far Eastern Bureau of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks), who seized power in Russia after the 1917 October Revolution, and the Far Eastern Secretariat of the Communist International. Source
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Leibniz has been called the "last universal genius" due to his vast expertise across fields, which became a rarity after his lifetime with the coming of the Industrial Revolution and the spread of specialized labour.
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In 1847, he proposed hand washing with chlorinated lime solutions at Vienna General Hospital's First Obstetrical Clinic, where doctors' wards had thrice the mortality of midwives' wards.
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Terrence Vaughan Mann is an American actor and baritone singer.
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Andraé Edward Crouch was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor.
More major people born on July 1
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1646
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (died 1716)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in addition to many other branches…
1818
Ignaz Semmelweis
Hungarian-Austrian physician and obstetrician (died 1865)
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian medical doctor and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures and was described as the "saviour of mothers".
1951
Terrence Mann
American actor, singer and dancer
Terrence Vaughan Mann is an American actor and baritone singer.
1942
Andraé Crouch
American singer-songwriter, producer and pastor (died 2015)
Andraé Edward Crouch was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor.
1995
Taeyong
South Korea rapper
Lee Tae-yong, known mononymously as Taeyong, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and dancer.
1872
Louis Blériot
French pilot and engineer (died 1936)
Louis Charles Joseph Blériot was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer.
1961
Ivan Kaye
English actor
Ivan Blakeley Kaye is an English actor and producer. His international fame came with roles in historical drama shows like the Duke of Milan in all three seasons of The Borgias, and King Aelle in the first four Seasons…
1873
Alice Guy-Blaché
French-American film director, producer and screenwriter (died 1968)
Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché was a French pioneer film director. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film.
1963
Linda Fagan
American Coast Guard Admiral
Linda Lee Fagan is a retired American admiral who served as the 27th commandant of the United States Coast Guard from June 2022 to January 2025.
1953
Mike Haynes
American football player
Michael James Haynes is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Raiders.
1858
Willard Metcalf
American painter (died 1925)
Willard Leroy Metcalf was an American painter born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later attended Académie Julian, Paris.
1925
Farley Granger
American actor (died 2011)
Farley Earle Granger Jr. was an American actor. Granger was first noticed in a small stage production in Hollywood by a Goldwyn casting director, and given a significant role in The North Star (1943), a controversial…
1961
Carl Lewis
American long jumper and runner
Frederick Carlton Lewis is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold.
1929
Gerald Edelman
American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
Gerald Maurice Edelman was an American biologist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work with Rodney Robert Porter on the immune system.
1971
Missy Elliott
American rapper, producer, dancer and actress
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott, also known as Misdemeanor, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
1992
Aaron Sanchez
American baseball player
Aaron Jacob Sanchez is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
1976
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Dutch footballer and manager
Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij, commonly known by his anglicised name of Ruud van Nistelrooy, is a Dutch professional football manager and former player.
1940
Craig Brown
Scottish footballer and manager (died 2023)
James Craig Brown was a Scottish professional football player and manager.
1925
Art McNally
American football referee (died 2023)
Arthur Ignatius McNally was an American professional football executive who was director of officiating for the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1991.