Portal:New York (state)/Selected anniversaries/July

• Esther Brann (July 21, 1899- January 9, 1998) was an American children’s author and illustrator who was born in New York City
• Jonathan Myles (born July 24, 1982) is an American luger who competed from 1999 to 2006. He finished 18th in the men's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Myles currently owns a landscaping business in New York
• Olive Risley Seward (July 15, 1844 in Fredonia, New York – November 27, 1908) was the adopted daughter of William Henry Seward, United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.