Ezzard Charles (1921-1975)
Jul 7 American world heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), born in Lawrenceville, Georgia
- Jul 10 Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy, founder of the Special Olympics, born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 2009)
Toni Stone (1921-1996)
Jul 17 American baseball second baseman (first woman to play in men's Negro League), born in St. Paul, Minnesota
- Jul 20 Ted Schroeder, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1942, Wimbledon 1949), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2006)
About July 1921
How Old? 102 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No