July 21st is the birthday

… of Janet Reno, the first woman attorney general of the United States. She is 69.

… of actor Edward Herrmann. He is 64.

… of Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau. He’s 59.

… of Mork. Robin Williams is 56. Williams has been nominated for the best actor Oscar three times without winning. He did win the best supporting actor Oscar for Good Will Hunting.

… of Jon Lovitz. He’s 50. Fresh!

… of Brandi Chastain. She’s 39.

Ernest Hemingway was born on this date in 1899. He died a few weeks before his 62nd birthday in 1961. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 “for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style.” The New York Times has an extraordinary wealth of reviews, articles, interviews and other material collected on Hemingway.

Marshall McLuhan was born on this date in 1911.