History Births on July 12

Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (d. 2002)

#Milton_Berle

Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter

#Gordon_Pinsent

Inbee Park, South Korean golfer

#Inbee_Park

Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1906)

#Anton_Arensky

Arlen Ness, American motorcycle designer and entrepreneur

#Arlen_Ness

Jacopo Sadoleto, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)

#Jacopo_Sadoleto

Otis Davis, American sprinter

#Otis_Davis

Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère (d. 1983)

#Buckminster_Fuller

Ned Hanlan, Canadian rower, academic, and businessman (d. 1908)

#Ned_Hanlan

Chantal Jouanno, French politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

#Chantal_Jouanno

James E. Gunn, American science fiction author

#James_E._Gunn_(writer)

Jan N?mec, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2016)

#Jan_N?mec

Mac McCaughan, American singer and guitarist

#Mac_McCaughan

Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast

#Jordyn_Wieber

Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic (d. 1878)

#Claude_Bernard

Didier Digard, French footballer

#Didier_Digard

Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (d. 1956)

#Jean_Hersholt

Mohammad Moin, Iranian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1971)

#Mohammad_Moin

Eric Adams, American singer-songwriter

#Eric_Adams_(musician)

Keven Lacombe, Canadian cyclist

#Keven_Lacombe

Bebé, Portuguese footballer

#Bebé

Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer

#Julio_César_Chávez

Satoshi ?mura, Japanese biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Satoshi_?mura

Chasen Shreve, American baseball player

#Chasen_Shreve

Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Gilles_Meloche

Luc De Vos, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)

#Luc_De_Vos

Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player

#Nikos_Barlos

Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic (d. 1944)

#Max_Jacob

George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (d. 1933)

#George_Eastman

Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)

#Eugène_Boudin

Steve Howey, American actor

#Steve_Howey_(actor)

Monte Hellman, American director and producer

#Monte_Hellman

Robert McFarlane, American colonel and diplomat, 13th United States National Security Advisor

#Robert_McFarlane

Conte Candoli, American trumpet player (d. 2001)

#Conte_Candoli

Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, Colonial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay (d. 1779)

#Sir_Francis_Bernard,_1st_Baronet

Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

#Siti_Hasmah_Mohamad_Ali

Hannaliis Jaadla, Estonian footballer

#Hannaliis_Jaadla

Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1742)

#Evaristo_Felice_Dall'Abaco

Ismael Londt, Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer

#Ismael_Londt

Travis Best, American basketball player

#Travis_Best

Christian Vieri, Italian footballer

#Christian_Vieri

Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Argentina (d. 1933)

#Hipólito_Yrigoyen

Tupou VI, King of Tonga

#Tupou_VI

Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster

#Gareth_Edwards

Salih Dursun, Turkish footballer

#Salih_Dursun

J. D. Hayworth, American politician and radio host

#J._D._Hayworth

Rachel Brosnahan, American actress

#Rachel_Brosnahan

Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese sh?gun (d. 1441)

#Ashikaga_Yoshinori

Lionel Jospin, French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France

#Lionel_Jospin

Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (d. 1795)

#Josiah_Wedgwood

Alain Cuny, French actor (d. 1994)

#Alain_Cuny

Brooke Baldwin, American journalist and television news anchor

#Brooke_Baldwin

Neil Harris, English footballer and manager

#Neil_Harris_(footballer,_born_1977)

Tod Browning, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1962)

#Tod_Browning

Dan Boyle, Canadian ice hockey player

#Dan_Boyle_(ice_hockey)

Sami Zayn, Canadian professional wrestler

#Sami_Zayn

Willis Lamb, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)

#Willis_Lamb

James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer

#James_Rodríguez

Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater

#Kristi_Yamaguchi

Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2007)

#Benny_Parsons

Gianluca Curci, Italian footballer

#Gianluca_Curci

Mickey Edwards, American lawyer and politician

#Mickey_Edwards

Phil Lord, American filmmaker

#Phil_Lord_and_Christopher_Miller

Paul Silas, American basketball player and coach

#Paul_Silas

Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer

#Antonio_Cassano

Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2008)

#Donald_E._Westlake

Albert Lance, Australian-French tenor (d. 2013)

#Albert_Lance

Jimmy LaFave, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)

#Jimmy_LaFave

Annabel Croft, English tennis player and sportscaster

#Annabel_Croft

John Petrucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#John_Petrucci

Rick Hendrick, American businessman, founded Hendrick Motorsports

#Rick_Hendrick

Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (d. 1587)

#Edward_Manners,_3rd_Earl_of_Rutland

Phillip Adams, Australian journalist and producer

#Phillip_Adams

Anne-Sophie Pic, French chef

#Anne-Sophie_Pic

Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor, singer, and dancer

#Lee_Byung-hun

Wilko Johnson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Wilko_Johnson

Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer-songwriter

#Sharon_den_Adel

Stefan George, German poet and translator (d. 1933)

#Stefan_George

Andrew Wyeth, American artist (d. 2009)

#Andrew_Wyeth

Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer and coach

#Wolfgang_Dremmler

Robert Carl, American pianist and composer

#Robert_Carl

George E. Ohr, American potter (d. 1918)

#George_E._Ohr

Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Christine_McVie

Butch Hancock, American country-folk singer-songwriter and musician

#Butch_Hancock

Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2015)

#Bob_Fillion

Mel Harris, American actress

#Mel_Harris

Rene Goulet, Canadian retired professional wrestler

#Rene_Goulet

Nick Palmieri, American ice hockey player

#Nick_Palmieri

Timothy Garton Ash, English historian and author

#Timothy_Garton_Ash

Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic (d. 1893)

#Thomas_Hawksley

William Osler, Canadian physician and author (d. 1919)

#William_Osler

Shiva Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer

#Shiva_Rajkumar

Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (d. 44 BC)

#Julius_Caesar

Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1930)

#Peeter_Põld

Han Yong-un, Korean poet (d. 1944)

#Han_Yong-un

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Malala_Yousafzai

Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2017)

#Dave_Semenko

Kristen Connolly, American actress

#Kristen_Connolly

Jake Wood, English actor

#Jake_Wood

Aure Atika, Portuguese-French actress, director, and screenwriter

#Aure_Atika

Ben Burtt, American director, screenwriter, and sound designer

#Ben_Burtt

Faidon Matthaiou, Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2011)

#Faidon_Matthaiou

Robin Wilson, American singer and guitarist

#Robin_Wilson_(musician)

Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)

#Peter_Chanel

Pat Woodell, American actress and singer (d. 2015)

#Pat_Woodell

Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and songwriter (d. 1960)

#Oscar_Hammerstein_II

Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)

#Pablo_Neruda

Kanako Momota, Japanese singer-songwriter

#Kanako_Momota

Weary Dunlop, Australian colonel and surgeon (d. 1993)

#Weary_Dunlop

Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (d. 1933)

#Albert_Calmette

Beah Richards, American actress (d. 2000)

#Beah_Richards

Jack Harshman, American baseball player (d. 2013)

#Jack_Harshman

JP Pietersen, South African rugby player

#JP_Pietersen

Paul Drude, German physicist and academic (d. 1906)

#Paul_Drude

Juan del Encina, Spanish poet, playwright, and composer (probable; d. 1530)

#Juan_del_Encina

Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska (d. 1899)

#Alvin_Saunders

Ron Fairly, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Ron_Fairly

Michelle Rodriguez, American actress

#Michelle_Rodriguez

Voja Antoni?, Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the Galaksija computer

#Voja_Antoni?

Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (d. 1957)

#Louis_B._Mayer

Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (d. 1962)

#Kirsten_Flagstad

Richard Herring, English comedian and screenwriter

#Richard_Herring

Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer

#Wieger_Mensonides

Simon Blackburn, English philosopher and academic

#Simon_Blackburn

Bartosz Bereszy?ski, Polish footballer

#Bartosz_Bereszy?ski

Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014)

#Luigi_Gorrini

Piotr Pustelnik, Polish mountaineer

#Piotr_Pustelnik

Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1862)

#Henry_David_Thoreau

Irina Bokova, Bulgarian politician, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Irina_Bokova

Louis II, Prince of Monaco (d. 1949)

#Louis_II,_Prince_of_Monaco

Jordan Romero, American mountaineer

#Jordan_Romero

Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1945)

#Emil_Hácha

Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek footballer and manager

#Stelios_Giannakopoulos

Margaret Theresa of Spain (d. 1673)

#Margaret_Theresa_of_Spain

Topher Grace, American actor

#Topher_Grace

Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)

#Amedeo_Modigliani

Sandi Patty, American singer and pianist

#Sandi_Patty

Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (d. 1889)

#Nikolay_Chernyshevsky

Dean Wilkins, English footballer and manager

#Dean_Wilkins

Tony Lovink, Dutch politician; Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1995)

#Tony_Lovink

Van Cliburn, American pianist and composer (d. 2013)

#Van_Cliburn

Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (d. 1912)

#Otto_Schoetensack

Elias James Corey, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Elias_James_Corey

LeSean McCoy, American football player

#LeSean_McCoy

Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (d. 2017)

#Charlie_Murphy

Loni Love, American comedian, actress, and talk show host

#Loni_Love

Luke Shaw, English footballer

#Luke_Shaw

Richard C. McCarty, American psychologist and academic

#Richard_C._McCarty

360, Australian rapper

#360_(rapper)

Swamp Dogg, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician

#Swamp_Dogg

Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor

#Richard_Simmons

Bruno Schulz, Ukrainian-Polish author and painter (d. 1942)

#Bruno_Schulz

Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (d. 2013)

#Imero_Fiorentino

Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1684)

#Henry_Howard,_6th_Duke_of_Norfolk

Anna Friel, English actress

#Anna_Friel

Cheryl Ladd, American actress

#Cheryl_Ladd

Delia Ephron, American author, playwright, and screenwriter

#Delia_Ephron

Günther Anders, German philosopher and journalist (d. 1992)

#Günther_Anders

Mark Hatfield, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Oregon (d. 2011)

#Mark_Hatfield

Kurt Capewell, Australian rugby league player

#Kurt_Capewell

Alphaeus Philemon Cole, American artist, engraver and etcher (d. 1988)

#Alphaeus_Philemon_Cole

Simone Laudehr, German footballer

#Simone_Laudehr

Natalie Martinez, American actress

#Natalie_Martinez

Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

#Bill_Cosby

Brian Grazer, American screenwriter and producer, founded Imagine Entertainment

#Brian_Grazer

Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)

#Rick_Husband

Brock Lesnar, American mixed martial artist and wrestler

#Brock_Lesnar

Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974)

#Lyudmila_Pavlichenko

Daniel Lawrence, English cricketer

Moussa Dembélé, French footballer

Paulo Vitor Barreto, Brazilian footballer

Michael McGovern, Irish footballer

Jonathan Lewis, American football player

Gareth Gates, English singer-songwriter

Pradeepan Raveendran, Sri Lankan director, producer, and screenwriter

Adrienne Camp, South African singer-songwriter

Maya Kobayashi, Japanese journalist

Francesca Lubiani, Italian tennis player

Tracie Spencer, American singer-songwriter and actress

Gregory Shane Helms, American professional wrestler

Andriy Kovalenco, Ukrainian-Spanish rugby player

Joel Casamayor, Cuban American former professional boxer

Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (d. 2006)

Alan Mullally, English cricketer and sportscaster

Lisa Nicole Carson, American actress

Catherine Plewinski, French swimmer

Bruny Surin, Canadian sprinter

Taiji, Japanese bass player and songwriter (d. 2011)

Jeff Bucknum, American race car driver

Sanjay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster

Gaby Roslin, English television host and actress

Joanna Shields, American-English businesswoman

Heikko Glöde, German footballer and manager

Karl J. Friston, English psychiatrist and neuroscientist

David Brown, Australian meteorologist

Tonya Lee Williams, English-Canadian actress and producer

Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player

Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (d. 1995)

Jamey Sheridan, American actor

Joan Bauer, American author

Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter (d. 1991)

Simon Fox, English drummer

Walter Egan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Steve Young, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)

Billy Smith, Australian rugby league player and coach

Roy Palmer, English cricketer and umpire

Eiko Ishioka, Japanese art director and graphic designer (d. 2012)

Guy Woolfenden, English composer and conductor (d. 2016)

Thomas Charlton, American competition rower and Olympic champion

Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (d. 2012)

Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013)

Eric Ives, English historian and academic (d. 2012)

Alastair Burnet, English journalist (d. 2012)

Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman (d. 2011)

Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 1993)

Roger Smith, American businessman (d. 2007)

Randolph Quirk, Manx linguist and academic (d. 2017)

Paul Gonsalves, American saxophonist (d. 1974)

Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2004)

Rusty Dedrick, American swing and bebop jazz trumpeter (d. 2009)

Doris Grumbach, American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist

Vivian Mason, American actress (d. 2009)

Mary Glen-Haig, English fencer (d. 2014)

Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (d. 2006)

Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, (d. 2007)

Emanuel Papper, American anesthesiologist, professor, and author (d. 2002)

Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (d. 1993)

Herbert Zim, American naturalist, author, and educator (d. 1994)

Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, designed Fernsehturm Stuttgart (d. 1999)

Motoichi Kumagai, Japanese photographer and illustrator (d. 2010)

Joe DeRita, American actor (d. 1993)

Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)

Vic Armbruster, Australian rugby league player (d. 1984)

E.D. Nixon, American civil rights leader (d. 1987)

Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician (d. 1976)

D. H. Hill, American general and academic (d. 1889)