July Tar Heel Birthdays
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Crystal Dunn
July 3, 1992 (32)
Women's Soccer All-American; USWNT
John Motley Morehead
July 4, 1796 (1796-1866)
29th Governor of North Carolina
Vikas Gowda
July 5, 1983 (41)
Track & Field; 4x Olympian (discus), 2006 NCAA Champion
Pat Shea
July 5, 1944 (1944-2017)
Football
Ray Wolf
July 5, 1904 (1904-1979)
Head Football Coach
Billy Crudup
July 8, 1968 (56)
Actor, Tony & Emmy Award Winner
Shalane Flanagan
July 8, 1981 (43)
3x NCAA Champion, 3x Olympian, NYC Marathon Winner
Emily Garrity
July 8, 1991 (33)
2013 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Champion, All-American, U.S. National Team
Harry Williamson
July 11, 1913 (1913-2000)
Track & Field, UNC's First Olympian (1936)
Hector W. Cowan
July 12, 1863 (1863-1941)
Football Coach
Bill Friday
July 13, 1920 (1920-2012)
UNC System President
Thomas Holt
July 15, 1831 (1831-1896)
47th Governor of North Carolina
Edwin Yoder
July 18, 1934 (90)
Journalist, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Rhodes Scholar
Paul Wellstone
July 21, 1944 (1944-2002)
National Wrestling Hall of Fame, ACC Champion, U.S. Senator (1991-2002)
Joel Brinkley
July 22, 1952 (1952-2014)
Journalist, Pulitzer Prize Winner
Louise Fletcher
July 22, 1934 (1934-2022)
UNC '57; Actress; Nurse Ratched In "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
Kristine Lilly
July 22, 1971 (53)
4x NCAA Champion, UNC retired jersey #15, 2x World Cup Champion, 2x Olympic Gold Medalist
Jim Tatum
July 22, 1913 (1913-1959)
Football, Baseball, Head Football Coach
Marty Brennaman
July 28, 1942 (82)
National Radio Hall of Fame; Cincinnati Reds radio announcer
Howard Nathaniel Lee
July 28, 1934 (90)
Politician
Kit Hoover
July 29, 1970 (54)
Television personality
Peter Henry
July 30, 1969 (55)
Football, Rhodes Scholar, Economist, Educator, Author
Antuarn "A-Train" Williams
July 31, 1971 (53)
Football