Celebrities born on luglio 26

Elliott Erwitt was a French-born American advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings.

From Wikipedia Charles P. Boyle (1892–1968) enjoyed his first credit as a cinematographer in 1925. Three years later, he was the director of photography on one of the silent cinema's biggest comedy hits, Tillie's Punctured Romance. He was second unit director on the Errol Flynn swashbuckler The Adventures of Robin Hood in 1938 and did additional work on Duel in the Sun in 1946. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 1945 for his adventurous work on the Gene Kelly musical Anchors Aweigh, a film famous for Kelly's dance with Jerry, of Tom and Jerry fame. Boyle did a lot of work for the Disney studios in the late 1940s and 1950s, including the live action sections of Fun and Fancy Free (1947), Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955), and - his last film - Old Yeller (1957).

Howard G. Kazanjian (born July 26, 1942) is an Armenian-American film producer best known for the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, as well as the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. Kazanjian was an originating member of Lucasfilm, Ltd., serving as its vice president for approximately eight years (1977 to 1984).

Gérard Calvi (born Grégoire Krettly; 26 July 1922 – 20 February 2015) was a French composer. Interested in music from an early age, Calvi's first composing work was for the French production The Patron in 1949. From here he provided music for various French films, most notably Gangster Boss, as well as the show La Plume de Ma Tante, which was nominated for Best Musical at the 13th Tony Awards. He composed music for three Asterix films: Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and Cleopatra and The Twelve Tasks of Asterix. He also composed the memorable Asterix theme for the first film, which was dispensed with by the time the music for The Twelve Tasks of Asterix was composed in 1976. His last work was for the feature film The Crab Revolution in 2004. He died in 2015, aged 92. Source: Article "Gérard Calvi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Betty Davis, born Mabry, is an American vocalist, songwriter, model and performer. As a model in 1966, Betty met jazz musician Miles Davis, who was 19 years her senior. They married in 1968. She influenced Miles greatly by introducing him to psychedelic rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix and funk innovator Sly Stone.