| 76111 | July 4 | Birth | 1816 – Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian club whiskey (d. 1899) |
| 76112 | July 4 | Birth | 1826 – Stephen Foster, American songwriter and composer (d. 1864) |
| 76113 | July 4 | Birth | 1845 – Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (d. 1905) |
| 76114 | July 4 | Birth | 1847 – James Anthony Bailey, American circus ringmaster, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1906) |
| 76115 | July 4 | Birth | 1854 – Victor Babeș, Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926) |
| 76116 | July 4 | Birth | 1854 – Bill Tilghman, American police officer (d. 1924) |
| 76117 | July 4 | Birth | 1867 – Stephen Mather, American businessman (d. 1930) |
| 76118 | July 4 | Birth | 1868 – Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (d. 1921) |
| 76119 | July 4 | Birth | 1872 – Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933) |
| 76120 | July 4 | Birth | 1874 – John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1952) |
| 76121 | July 4 | Birth | 1881 – Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (d. 1968) |
| 76122 | July 4 | Birth | 1882 – Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American film producer, founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (d. 1957) |
| 76123 | July 4 | Birth | 1883 – Rube Goldberg, American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (d. 1970) |
| 76124 | July 4 | Birth | 1887 – Pio Pion, Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1965) |
| 76125 | July 4 | Birth | 1888 – Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1945) |
| 76126 | July 4 | Birth | 1895 – Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer (d. 1996) |
| 76127 | July 4 | Birth | 1896 – Mao Dun, Chinese journalist, author, and critic (d. 1981) |
| 76128 | July 4 | Birth | 1897 – Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (d. 1924) |
| 76129 | July 4 | Birth | 1898 – Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican historian and activist (d. 1997) |
| 76130 | July 4 | Birth | 1898 – Gertrude Lawrence, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1952) |
| 76131 | July 4 | Birth | 1898 – Gertrude Weaver, American super-centenarian (d. 2015) |
| 76132 | July 4 | Birth | 1902 – Meyer Lansky, Belarusian-American gangster (d. 1983) |
| 76133 | July 4 | Birth | 1902 – George Murphy, American actor and politician (d. 1992) |
| 76134 | July 4 | Birth | 1903 – Flor Peeters, Belgian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1986) |
| 76135 | July 4 | Birth | 1904 – Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976) |
| 76136 | July 4 | Birth | 1905 – Irving Johnson, American sailor and author (d. 1991) |
| 76137 | July 4 | Birth | 1905 – Lionel Trilling, American author, critic, and educator (d. 1975) |
| 76138 | July 4 | Birth | 1907 – John Anderson, American discus thrower (d. 1948) |
| 76139 | July 4 | Birth | 1907 – Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1958) |
| 76140 | July 4 | Birth | 1907 – Howard Taubman, American author and critic (d. 1996) |