July 18, 1817 – Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
July 19, 1814 – Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor (d. 1862)
July 20, 356 BC – Alexander the Great, Greek king of Macedonia and conqueror of Persia (d. 323 BC)
July 21, 1924 – Don Knotts, American actor (d. 2006)
July 22, 1940 – Alex Trebek, Canadian game show host
July 23, 1892 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (d. 1975)
July 24, 1802 – Alexandre Dumas, père, French writer (d. 1870)