Famous birthdays
Famous people born on July 12
Short answer
Well-known people born on July 12 include Pablo Neruda (1904), Malala Yousafzai (1997), Henry David Thoreau (1817) and James Rodríguez (1991). Our list below has 110 people for this date, most widely covered first.
This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives July 12 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1651 (Margaret Theresa of Spain) and the most recent is 2003 (Oscar Bobb). The most common fields on this date: football, actor, actress.
Who was born on July 12?
- Pablo Neruda 1904 Chilean poet and politician
- Malala Yousafzai 1997 Pakistani children's education activist
- Henry David Thoreau 1817 American essayist, poet, and philosopher
- James Rodríguez 1991 Colombian association football player
- Buckminster Fuller 1895 American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist
- Amedeo Modigliani 1884 Italian painter and sculptor
- Bill Cosby 1937 American actor and comedian
- Richard Simmons 1948 American fitness instructor and video producer
- Vinícius Júnior 2000 Brazilian association football player
- Michelle Rodriguez 1978 American actress
- Claude Bernard 1813 French physiologist
- Willis Lamb 1913 American physicist
- Lionel Jospin 1937 93rd Prime Minister of France
- George Eastman 1854 American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer
- Luke Shaw 1995 English association football player
- Satoshi Ōmura 1935 Japanese biochemist, microbiologist, and university teacher
- Lyudmila Pavlichenko 1916 Soviet sniper
- Antonio Cassano 1982 Italian footballer
- Tupou VI of Tonga 1959 King of Tonga
- Nico Williams 2002 Spanish footballer
- Elias James Corey 1928 American chemist
- Irina Bokova 1952 Bulgarian diplomat
- Cao Xueqin 1724 Chinese novelist and poet
- Bruno Schulz 1892 Jewish novelist and painter
- Robert Fisk 1946 English writer and journalist
- Stefan George 1868 German poet, editor, and translator
- Gregg L. Semenza 1956 American physician and university teacher, Nobel laureate in Medicine, author of many…
- Christian Vieri 1973 Italian footballer
- Brock Lesnar 1977 American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and football player
- Eugène Louis Boudin 1824 French painter
- Max Jacob 1876 French poet, painter, writer and critic
- Phoebe Tonkin 1989 Australian actress
- Kristen Michal 1975 Estonian politician
- Sharon den Adel 1974 Dutch singer
- Mirza Fatali Akhundov 1812 Iranian Azerbaijani playwright and literary critic
- Topher Grace 1978 American actor
- Masaaki Mori 1961 Japanese association football player
- Rachel Brosnahan 1990 American actress
- John Petrucci 1967 American guitarist
- Andrew Wyeth 1917 American visual artist
- Margaret Theresa of Spain 1651 Holy Roman empress
- Lee Byung-hun 1970 South Korean actor
- Christine McVie 1943 British musician
- Luis Abinader 1967 President of the Dominican Republic
- Milton Berle 1908 American comedian and actor
- Rick Husband 1957 American astronaut
- Kyrsten Sinema 1976 American politician
- Bartosz Bereszyński 1992 Polish association football player
- Josiah Wedgwood 1730 English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company
- Emil Hegle Svendsen 1985 Norwegian biathlete
- Timothy Garton Ash 1955 British historian and author
- Hayden White 1928 American historian
- Stelios Giannakopoulos 1974 Greek footballer and manager
- Mayumi Omatsu 1970 Japanese association football player
- Saori Arimachi 1988 Japanese association football player
- Yuriko Shima 1959 Japanese association football player
- Louis II, Prince of Monaco 1870 Prince of Monaco
- Tod Browning 1880 American film actor and director
- Archduchess Gisela of Austria 1856 Austrian Imperial and Royal
- Michael Ventris 1922 British architect and linguist
- Oscar Bobb 2003 Norwegian footballer
- Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali 1926 Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020)
- Bebé 1990 Cap verde footballer
- Kristen Connolly 1980 American film actress
- Anna Friel 1976 British actress
- Lukas Lerager 1993 Danish association football player
- Hans Tilkowski 1935 German association football player and manager
- Wolfgang Dremmler 1954 German footballer
- Paul Drude 1863 German physicist specializing in optics
- Steve Howey 1977 American actor
- Natalie Martinez 1984 American actress and model
- Kristi Yamaguchi 1971 American figure skater
- Oscar Hammerstein II 1895 American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer, and director of musicals
- Moses Simon 1995 Nigerian association football player
- Kirsten Flagstad 1895 Norwegian opera singer
- Valentina Tolkunova 1946 Russian singer
- Cheryl Ladd 1951 American actress, singer, and author
- Eric Carr 1950 American drummer, member of the rock band Kiss
- Van Cliburn 1934 American pianist
- Marco Silva 1977 Portuguese association football manager
- Kaylee McKeown 2001 Australian swimmer
- Andrei Mikhnevich 1976 Belarusian shot putter
- Sami Zayn 1984 Canadian professional wrestler
- Jean Hersholt 1886 Danish-American actor
- Albert Calmette 1863 French scientist
- Adam Buksa 1996 Polish association football player
- Dimitar Penev 1945 Bulgarian footballer
- Simone Laudehr 1986 German footballer
- Natasha Poly 1985 Russian model
- Prince John of the United Kingdom 1905 Son of King George V
- Patrick Beverley 1988 American basketball player
- Eric Adams 1952 American heavy metal singer
- Otis Davis 1932 American sprinter
- Günther Anders 1902 German-Austrian philosopher
- Evelyn Sharma 1989 Indo-German actress
- Toru Araiba 1979 Japanese association football player
- Naohiko Minobe 1965 Japanese association football player and manager
- Pablo Maffeo 1997 Spanish association football player
- Pablo Carreño Busta 1991 Spanish tennis player
- Keith Andes 1920 American actor
- Cheyenne Jackson 1975 American actor and singer
- Charlie Murphy 1959 American actor, comedian, and writer
- Donald E. Westlake 1933 American novelist
- Peter Chanel 1803 Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr
- Yarelys Barrios 1983 Cuban discus thrower
- Bimal Roy 1909 Indian film director
- Shunta Nagai 1982 Japanese association football player
- Atsuhiko Ejiri 1967 Japanese association football player and manager
- Julio César Chávez 1962 Professional Mexican boxer
- Oscar von Sydow 1873 Swedish 20th century prime minister
Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on July 12 share the 12th of July as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.