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Widely regarded as one of the most prolific wicket-keeper batsmen and captains, he represented the Indian cricket team and was the captain of the team in limited overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014.
Famous Birthdays on July 7
1981 — Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Indian cricketer
July 7 has 192 recorded notable births across history, from 611 to 2005. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1807 The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the War of the Fourth Coalition. Source
- 1585 The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France. Source
- 1991 Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Source
- 1911 The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues. Source
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Erik Zabel is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced for most of his career with Team Telekom.
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Nuon Chea was commonly known as "Brother Number Two" (បងធំទី២), as he was second-in-command to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, General Secretary of the Party, during the Cambodian genocide of 1975–1979.
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Félicien Victor Joseph Rops was a Belgian artist associated with Symbolism, Decadence, and the Parisian fin de siècle, and was a member of the Les XX group.
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Tom Kristensen holds the record for the most wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with nine, six of which were consecutive.
More major people born on July 7
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1970
Erik Zabel
German cyclist and coach
Erik Zabel is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced for most of his career with Team Telekom.
1926
Nuon Chea
Cambodian politician (died 2019)
Nuon Chea, also known as Long Bunruot or Rungloet Laodi, was a Cambodian politician and revolutionary who was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge.
1833
Félicien Rops
Belgian painter and illustrator (died 1898)
Félicien Victor Joseph Rops was a Belgian artist associated with Symbolism, Decadence, and the Parisian fin de siècle, and was a member of the Les XX group.
1967
Tom Kristensen
Danish race car driver
Tom Kristensen is a Danish former racing driver. He holds the record for the most wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with nine, six of which were consecutive.
1982
Asia O'Hara
American drag performer
Antwan Mason Lee, better known by the stage name Asia O'Hara, is an American drag queen, reality television personality, and costume designer.
1540
John Sigismund Zápolya
King of Hungary (died 1571)
John Sigismund Zápolya or Szapolyai was King of Hungary as John II from 1540 to 1551 and from 1556 to 1570, and the first Prince of Transylvania, from 1570 to his death.
1996
Yoon Chae-kyung
South Korean singer and actress
Yoon Chae-kyung, is a South Korean actress and singer. Yoon began her career with debuted as a member of Puretty under DSP in Japan during 2012 and the group later disbanded in January 2014.
1960
Kevin A. Ford
American colonel and astronaut
Kevin Anthony Ford is a retired United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut.
1918
Bob Vanatta
American head basketball coach (died 2016)
Bob Vanatta was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator.
1988
Kaci Brown
American singer-songwriter
Kaci Deanne Brown is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Sulphur Springs, Texas, she began performing at an early age, performing across Texas and winning the title of "Little Miss Texas Overall Grand Talent" at…
1901
Sam Katzman
American director and producer (died 1973)
Sam Katzman was an American film producer and director. Katzman's specialty was producing low-budget genre films, including serials, which had disproportionately high returns for the studios and his financial backers.
1911
Gian Carlo Menotti
Italian-American composer (died 2007)
Gian Carlo Menotti was an Italian composer, librettist, director, and playwright who is primarily known for his output of 25 operas.
1944
Emanuel Steward
American boxer and trainer (died 2012)
Emanuel "Manny" Steward was an American boxer, trainer, and commentator for HBO Boxing.
1860
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer and conductor (died 1911)
Gustav Mahler was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation.
1874
Erwin Bumke
German lawyer and jurist (died 1945)
Erwin Konrad Eduard Bumke was the last president of the Reichsgericht, the supreme civil and criminal court of the German Reich, serving from 1929 to 1945.
1909
Gottfried von Cramm
German tennis player (died 1976)
Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr[A] von Cramm was a German tennis player who won the French Championships twice and reached the final of a Grand Slam singles tournament on five other occasions.
1941
Jim Rodford
English bass player (died 2018)
James Walter Rodford was an English musician, who played bass for several British rock bands.
1843
Camillo Golgi
Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1926)
Camillo Golgi was an Italian biologist and pathologist who was awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his works on the central nervous system.
1963
Vonda Shepard
American singer-songwriter and actress
Vonda Shepard is an American singer, songwriter, music director, and actress.