Births on 12 July
2000s
Diabé Bolumbu
2004
French footballer (born 2004)
Nico Williams
2002
Spanish footballer (born 2002)
Kaylee McKeown
2001
Australian swimmer (born 2001)
VinÃcius Júnior
2000
Brazilian footballer (born 2000)
1900s
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
1998
Canadian basketball player (born 1998)
Spill Tab
1997
French Korean musician (born 1997)
Jean-Kévin Duverne
1997
Haitian footballer (born 1997)
Malala Yousafzai
1997
Pakistani education activist (born 1997)
Moussa Dembélé (French footballer)
1996
French footballer (born 1996)
Jordan Romero
1996
American mountain climber (born 1996)
Evania Pelite
1995
Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer
Luke Shaw
1995
English footballer (born 1995)
Moses Simon
1995
Nigerian footballer (born 1995)
Jordyn Wieber
1995
American artistic gymnast and coach (born 1995)
Kanako Momota
1994
Japanese idol actress and singer (born 1994)
Bartosz Bereszyński
1992
Polish footballer (born 1992)
Luke Berry
1992
English footballer (born 1992)
Salih Dursun
1991
Turkish footballer
James RodrÃguez
1991
Colombian footballer (born 1991)
Pablo Carreño Busta
1991
Spanish tennis player (born 1991)
Bebé
1990
Footballer (born 1990)
Rachel Brosnahan
1990
American actress (born 1990)
Nick Palmieri
1989
American ice hockey player (born 1989)
Phoebe Tonkin
1989
Australian actress (born 1989)
Patrick Beverley
1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
LeSean McCoy
1988
American football player (born 1988)
Inbee Park
1988
South Korean professional golfer (born 1988)
Didier Digard
1986
French footballer (born 1986)
Hannaliis Jaadla
1986
Estonian footballer
JP Pietersen
1986
South African rugby union player
Simone Laudehr
1986
German footballer (born 1986)
Barreto (footballer, born 1985)
1985
Brazilian footballer (born 1985)
Gianluca Curci
1985
Italian footballer (born 1985)
Keven Lacombe
1985
Canadian cyclist
Ismael Londt
1985
Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer (born 1985)
Gareth Gates
1984
British singer-songwriter
Jonathan Lewis (American football)
1984
American football player (born 1984)
Natalie Martinez
1984
American actress and model (born 1984)
Michael McGovern (footballer)
1984
Northern Irish footballer
Sami Zayn
1984
Canadian professional wrestler (born 1984)
Antonio Cassano
1982
Italian footballer (born 1982)
Jason Wright
1982
American business consultant (born 1982)
Adrienne Camp
1981
South African singer and songwriter
Pradeepan Raveendran
1981
Kristen Connolly
1980
American actress (born 1980)
Nikos Barlos
1979
Greek professional basketball player
Maya Kobayashi
1979
Japanese journalist (born 1979)
Topher Grace
1978
American actor (born 1978)
Michelle Rodriguez
1978
American actress (born 1978)
Neil Harris (footballer, born 1977)
1977
English footballer and manager
Steve Howey (actor)
1977
American actor (born 1977)
Brock Lesnar
1977
American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist (born 1977)
Francesca Lubiani
1977
Italian tennis player
Marco Silva
1977
Portuguese footballer and manager (born 1977)
Dan Boyle (ice hockey)
1976
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1976)
Anna Friel
1976
English actress (born 1976)
Tracie Spencer
1976
American singer-songwriter (born 1976)
Sharon den Adel
1974
Dutch singer
Stelios Giannakopoulos
1974
Greek footballer and manager
Gregory Helms
1974
American professional wrestler (born 1974)
Christian Vieri
1973
Italian footballer (born 1973)
Jake Wood
1972
English actor (born 1972)
Andriy Kovalenco
1971
Spain, Ukraine & USSR international rugby union player
Loni Love
1971
American actress, comedian, and television personality
Kristi Yamaguchi
1971
American figure skater (born 1971)
Aure Atika
1970
French actress, writer and director
Lee Byung-hun
1970
South Korean actor (born 1970)
Susan Witten
1970
American politician (born 1970)
Chantal Jouanno
1969
French politician (born 1969)
Alan Mullally
1969
English cricketer
Anne-Sophie Pic
1969
French chef (born 1969)
Jesse Pintado
1969
Mexican-American guitarist (1969–2006)
Catherine Plewinski
1968
French swimmer
Richard Herring
1967
English comedian and writer (born 1967)
Mac McCaughan
1967
American musician and record label owner
John Petrucci
1967
American guitarist
Bruny Surin
1967
Canadian track and field athlete
Jeff Bucknum
1966
American race car driver
Annabel Croft
1966
British tennis player (born 1966)
Taiji (musician)
1966
Japanese musician (1966–2011)
Sanjay Manjrekar
1965
Indian former cricketer (born 1965)
Robin Wilson (musician)
1965
American musician
Gaby Roslin
1964
English television and radio presenter
Julio César Chávez
1962
Mexican boxer (born 1962)
Luc De Vos
1962
Musical artist
Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields
1962
British businesswoman and politician (born 1962)
Dean Wilkins
1962
English footballer (born 1962)
Heikko Glöde
1961
German footballer and manager
Shiva Rajkumar
1961
Indian actor (born 1962)
David Brown (meteorologist)
1959
Australian meteorologist for Seven News (born 1959)
Tupou VI
1959
King of Tonga since 2012
Karl J. Friston
1959
British neuroscientist
Charlie Murphy (actor)
1959
American comedian and actor (1959–2017)
J. D. Hayworth
1958
American television host and politician (born 1958)
Tonya Williams
1958
Canadian actress and director (born 1958)
Catherine Connolly
1957
President of Ireland since 2025
Rick Husband
1957
American astronaut (1957–2003)
Dave Semenko
1957
Canadian ice hockey player (1957–2017)
Mel Harris
1956
American actress
Pate Mustajärvi
1956
Finnish rock singer (1956–2025)
Sandi Patty
1956
American Christian music singer (born 1956)
Mario Soto (baseball)
1956
Dominican baseball player (born 1956)
Timothy Garton Ash
1955
British historian and author (born 1955)
Jimmy LaFave
1955
American singer-songwriter (1955–2017)
Eric Adams (musician)
1954
American heavy metal singer
Robert Carl
1954
American composer
Wolfgang Dremmler
1954
German footballer (born 1954)
Voja Antonić
1952
Serbian inventor, journalist and writer (born 1952)
Irina Bokova
1952
Bulgarian diplomat (born 1952)
Philip Taylor Kramer
1952
American bassist
Joan Bauer (novelist)
1951
American children's writer
Brian Grazer
1951
American film producer (born 1951)
Cheryl Ladd
1951
American actress (b. 1951)
Piotr Pustelnik
1951
Polish alpine and high-altitude climber
Jamey Sheridan
1951
American actor
Eric Carr
1950
American drummer (1950–1991)
Gilles Meloche
1950
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and scout
Simon Fox
1949
English rock drummer (1949-2024)
Rick Hendrick
1949
American racing driver and team owner (born 1949)
Ben Burtt
1948
American sound designer (born 1948)
Walter Egan
1948
American rock musician
Elias Khoury
1948
Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (1948–2024)
Richard Simmons
1948
American fitness instructor and television personality (1948–2024)
Gareth Edwards (rugby union)
1947
British Lions & Wales international rugby union player
Carl Lundgren (illustrator)
1947
American artist and illustrator (born 1947)
Richard C. McCarty
1947
American psychologist
Sian Barbara Allen
1946
American television actress (1946–2025)
Butch Hancock
1945
American country singer
Simon Blackburn
1944
English academic philosopher (born 1944)
Delia Ephron
1944
American writer and film producer
Christine McVie
1943
British musician (1943–2022)
Paul Silas
1943
American basketball player and coach (1943–2022)
Swamp Dogg
1942
American songwriter (born 1942)
Roy Palmer (cricketer)
1942
English cricketer
Billy Smith (rugby league, born 1942)
1942
Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Steve Young (musician)
1942
American country music singer-songwriter (1942–2016)
Benny Parsons
1941
American racing driver and journalist (1941–2007)
Phillip Adams (writer)
1939
Australian humanist
Bill Cooper (American football)
1939
American football player (born 1939)
Ron Fairly
1938
American baseball player (1938–2019)
Wieger Mensonides
1938
Dutch swimmer (born 1938)
Eiko Ishioka
1938
Japanese artist and costume designer (1938–2012)
Bill Cosby
1937
American entertainer (born 1937)
Mickey Edwards
1937
American politician (born 1937)
Lionel Jospin
1937
Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002
Robert McFarlane (American government official)
1937
American Marine Corps officer and National Security Advisor (1937–2022)
Guy Woolfenden
1937
English composer (1937–2016)
Jan Němec
1936
Czech filmmaker (1936–2016)
Frank Ryan (American football)
1936
American football player (1936–2024)
Satoshi ÅŒmura
1935
Japanese biochemist, Nobel laureate in medicine (born 1935)
Van Cliburn
1934
American pianist (1934–2013)
Victor Poor
1933
American engineer and computer pioneer
Donald E. Westlake
1933
American novelist (1933–2008)
Monte Hellman
1932
American film director, producer and editor (1929–2021)
Otis Davis
1932
American sprinter (1932–2024)
Eric Ives
1931
British historian (1931–2012)
Geeto Mongol
1931
Canadian professional wrestler (1931-2013)
Giuseppe Malandrino
1931
Italian Roman Catholic prelate (1931–2025)
Gordon Pinsent
1930
Canadian actor and writer (1930–2023)
Guy Ligier
1930
French racing driver (1930–2015)
Alastair Burnet
1928
British journalist
Elias James Corey
1928
American chemist (born 1928)
Imero Fiorentino
1928
Françoys Bernier
1927
Canadian pianist, conductor, radio producer, arts administrator and music educator
Conte Candoli
1927
American jazz trumpeter (1927–2001)
Jack Harshman
1927
American baseball player (1927–2013)
Harley Hotchkiss
1927
Canadian businessman
Albert Lance
1925
French opera singer
Roger Smith (executive)
1925
Chairman and CEO of General Motors (1925–2007)
Faidon Matthaiou
1924
Greek basketball player and coach
Michel d'Ornano
1924
French politician (1924–1991)
James E. Gunn
1923
American science fiction author (1923–2020)
Mark Hatfield
1922
Governor of Oregon and US senator (1922–2011)
Pierre Berton
1920
Canadian author (1920–2004)
Bob Fillion
1920
Canadian ice hockey player
Paul Gonsalves
1920
American jazz saxophonist (1920–1974)
Randolph Quirk
1920
British linguist (1920–2017)
Beah Richards
1920
American actor and writer (1920–2000)
Luigi Gorrini
1917
Italian flying ace (1917–2014)
Satyendra Narayan Sinha
1917
Indian politician (1917–2006)
Andrew Wyeth
1917
American visual artist (1917–2009)
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
1916
Soviet sniper (1916–1974)
Mohammad Moin
1914
Iranian scholar (1914–1971)
Willis Lamb
1913
American physicist (1913–2008)
Evald Mikson
1911
Estonian footballer (1911–1993)
Joe DeRita
1909
American actor and comedian (1909–1993)
Motoichi Kumagai
1909
Japanese photographer and illustrator
Fritz Leonhardt
1909
German engineer (1909–1999)
Herbert Zim
1909
American naturalist
Milton Berle
1908
American comedian and actor (1908–2002)
Alain Cuny
1908
French actor (1908–1994)
Paul Runyan
1908
American professional golfer (1908–2002)
Weary Dunlop
1907
Australian military surgeon (1907–1993)
Prince John of the United Kingdom
1905
British prince (1905–1919)
Pablo Neruda
1904
Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician (1904–1973)
Günther Anders
1902
German-Austrian philosopher (1902–1992)
Vic Armbruster
1902
Australian rugby league footballer
Marcel Paul
1900
Trade unionist, Communist politician (1900–1982)
1800s
Kirsten Flagstad
1895
Norwegian operatic singer
Buckminster Fuller
1895
American philosopher, architect and inventor (1895–1983)
Oscar Hammerstein II
1895
American librettist (1895–1960)
Bruno Schulz
1892
Polish Jewish writer and artist (1892-1942)
Zygmunt Janiszewski
1888
Polish mathematician
Jean Hersholt
1886
Danish-American actor (1886–1956)
Bob Diry
1884
Austrian boxer
Louis B. Mayer
1884
Canadian-American film producer (1884–1957)
Amedeo Modigliani
1884
Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920)
Natalia Goncharova
1881
Russian-French artist (1881–1962)
Tod Browning
1880
American film director (1880–1962)
Margherita Piazzola Beloch
1879
Italian mathematician (1879–1976)
Han Yong-un
1879
Korean writer (1879–1944)
Peeter Põld
1878
Estonian pedagogic scientist and politician
Max Jacob
1876
French poet, painter, writer and critic
Emil Hácha
1872
Czechoslovak politician (1872–1945)
Louis II, Prince of Monaco
1870
Prince of Monaco from 1922 to 1949
Stefan George
1868
German symbolist poet and translator
Albert Calmette
1863
French physician and immunologist (1863–1933)
Paul Drude
1863
German physicist (1863–1906)
Anton Arensky
1861
Russian composer, pianist and professor of music
George E. Ohr
1857
American artist
Ned Hanlan
1855
Canadian sculler, hotelier and alderman
George Eastman
1854
American entrepreneur, inventor, and photographer (1854–1932)
Hipólito Yrigoyen
1852
President of Argentina (1916–1922, 1928–1930)
Otto Schoetensack
1850
German industrialist and professor of anthropology
William Osler
1849
Canadian physician and co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital (1849–1919)
Eugène Boudin
1824
French painter
Daniel Harvey Hill
1821
Confederate States Army general (1821–1889)
Henry David Thoreau
1817
American philosopher (1817–1863)
Alvin Saunders
1817
American politician
Claude Bernard
1813
French physiologist (1813–1878)
Thomas Hawksley
1807
English civil engineer (1807–1893)
Peter Chanel
1803
19th-century French Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr
Before 1800
Josiah Wedgwood
1730
English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company (1730–1795)
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco
1675
Italian composer (1675–1742)
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
1628
English nobleman and politician
Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland
1549
Jacopo Sadoleto
1477
Italian cardinal (1477–1547)
Juan del Encina
1468
Spanish composer, poet, and playwright (born 1468)
Ashikaga Yoshinori
1394
Military ruler of Japan from 1429 to 1441
Julius Caesar
-100
Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC)