Birthday: 12 July
Famous people born on 12 July
29 of the best-known people in our data were born on 12 July, including Pablo Neruda, Henry David Thoreau and Amedeo Modigliani. The longest life among them was Willis Lamb's, at 94 years.
- Pablo NerudaChilean poet and politician · 1904–197369 yrs
- Henry David ThoreauAmerican essayist, poet, and philosopher · 1817–186244 yrs
- Amedeo ModiglianiItalian painter and sculptor · 1884–192035 yrs
- Louis XI of FranceKing of France from 1461 to 1483 · 1423–148360 yrs
- Richard SimmonsAmerican fitness instructor and video producer · 1948–202476 yrs
- Claude BernardFrench physiologist · 1813–187864 yrs
- Willis LambAmerican physicist · 1913–200894 yrs
- Isaak BabelRussian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer · 1894–194045 yrs
- George Eastman ↗American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer · 1854–193277 yrs
- Lyudmila Pavlichenko ↗Soviet sniper · 1916–197458 yrs
- Bruno Schulz ↗Jewish novelist and painter · 1892–194250 yrs
- Robert Fisk ↗English writer and journalist · 1946–202074 yrs
- Stefan George ↗German poet, editor, and translator · 1868–193365 yrs
- Max Jacob ↗French poet, painter, writer and critic · 1876–194467 yrs
- Eugène Louis Boudin ↗French painter · 1824–189874 yrs
- Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor ↗King of the Romans from 1308 to 1313 · 1275–131338 yrs
- Emil Hácha ↗Czech politician, political prisoner, lawyer, translator and judge · 1872–194572 yrs
- Mirza Fatali Akhundov ↗Iranian Azerbaijani playwright and literary critic · 1812–187865 yrs
- Louis B. Mayer ↗Canadian-American film producer · 1884–195773 yrs
- Andrew Wyeth ↗American visual artist · 1917–200991 yrs
- Margaret Theresa of Spain ↗Holy Roman empress · 1651–167321 yrs
- Christine McVie ↗British musician · 1943–202279 yrs
- Milton Berle ↗American comedian and actor · 1908–200293 yrs
- Rick Husband ↗American astronaut · 1957–200345 yrs
- Josiah Wedgwood ↗English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company · 1730–179564 yrs
- Hayden White ↗American historian · 1928–201889 yrs
- Louis II, Prince of Monaco ↗Prince of Monaco · 1870–194978 yrs
- Archduchess Gisela of Austria ↗Austrian Imperial and Royal · 1856–193276 yrs
- Michael Ventris ↗British architect and linguist · 1922–195634 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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