On this day
July 7 in literary history
Literary history for July 7: 19 writers born, 16 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1482 to 2024. Born on this day: Hamish Linklater, Kirsten Vangsness, Howard Rheingold.
Writers born on July 7
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Hamish Linklater | American actor and playwright (born 1976) |
| 1972 | Kirsten Vangsness | American actress and screenwriter (born 1972) |
| 1947 | Howard Rheingold | American critic, writer, and teacher (born 1947) |
| 1933 | David McCullough | American historian and author (1933–2022) |
| 1932 | T. J. Bass (author) | American novelist (1932–2011) |
| 1931 | David Eddings | American fantasy writer (1931–2009) |
| 1929 | Sergio Romano (writer) | Italian diplomat, writer, journalist, and historian (born 1929) |
| 1926 | Gulzar Dehlvi | Indian poet (1926–2020) |
| 1922 | Alan Armer | American television writer, producer, and director |
| 1915 | Margaret Walker | American poet and writer |
| 1911 | Gian Carlo Menotti | Italian-American composer and librettist (1911–2007) |
| 1907 | Robert A. Heinlein | American author and engineer (1907–1988) |
| 1904 | Simone Beck | French cooking author and teacher (1904–1991) |
| 1893 | Miroslav Krleža | Croatian writer (1893–1981) |
| 1884 | Lion Feuchtwanger | German writer (1884–1958) |
| 1882 | Yanka Kupala | Belarusian poet (1882–1942) |
| 1855 | Ludwig Ganghofer | German writer (1855–1920) |
| 1846 | Heinrich Rosenthal | Estonian writer (1846–1916) |
| 1482 | Andrzej Krzycki | Polish writer and archbishop |
Writers who died on July 7
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jane McAlevey | American labor organizer and author (1964–2024) |
| 2021 | Robert Downey Sr. | American film director, screenwriter, and actor (1936–2021) |
| 2012 | Ronaldo Cunha Lima | Brazilian poet and politician |
| 2011 | Allan W. Eckert | American novelist |
| 1999 | Julie Campbell Tatham | American writer (1908–1999) |
| 1993 | Rıfat Ilgaz | Turkish teacher, writer and poet (1911–1993) |
| 1984 | George Oppen | American poet (1908–1984) |
| 1982 | Bhakti Hridaya Bon | Indian writer (1901–1982) |
| 1980 | Dore Schary | American dramatist and film producer (1905–1980) |
| 1971 | Claude Gauvreau | Canadian writer |
| 1956 | Gottfried Benn | German writer and physician (1886–1956) |
| 1955 | Ali Naci Karacan | Turkish journalist and publisher |
| 1930 | Arthur Conan Doyle | British writer and physician (1859–1930) |
| 1901 | Johanna Spyri | Swiss novelist (1827–1901) |
| 1816 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and politician (1751–1816) |
| 1790 | François Hemsterhuis | Dutch writer on aesthetics and moral philosophy |
Literary events on July 7
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1937 | The Peel Commission published a report stating that the League of Nations' Mandate for Palestine had become unworkable and recommended the partition of British-administered Mandatory Palestine into two states. |
Featured
Hamish Linklater (1976) — Hamish Linklater is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter and director.
Kirsten Vangsness (1972) — Kirsten Vangsness is an American actress and writer. She is best known for her role as FBI technical analyst Penelope Garcia on CBS's Criminal Minds, as well as the spin-offs Suspect Behavior and Beyond Borders.
Howard Rheingold (1947) — Howard Rheingold is an American critic, writer, and teacher, known for his specialties on the cultural, social and political implications of modern communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephony and virtual communities.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.