July 12 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on July 12, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♋︎ Cancer
Jun 21 – Jul 22
Birth stone
Ruby
Birth flower
Larkspur
How common
#64 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous July 12 birthdays
Claude Bernard · French physiologist1813
Henry David Thoreau · American essayist, poet, and philosopher1817
George Eastman · American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer1854
Amedeo Modigliani · Italian painter and sculptor1884
Louis B. Mayer · Canadian-American film producer1884
Buckminster Fuller · American architect1895
Pablo Neruda · Chilean poet and politician1904
Willis Lamb · American physicist1913
Elias James Corey · American chemist1928
Bill Cosby · American actor and comedian1937
Richard Simmons · American fitness instructor and video producer1948
Gregg L. Semenza · American physician and university teacher1956
John Petrucci · American guitarist1967
Brock Lesnar · American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and football player1977
Michelle Rodriguez · American actress1978
Topher Grace · American actor1978
Rachel Brosnahan · American actress1990
James Rodríguez · Colombian association football player1991
Malala Yousafzai · Pakistani children's education activist1997
Vinícius Júnior · Brazilian association football player2000
On this day in history
1979Rowdy fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago stormed the field during a Major League Baseball promotional event at which a crate of disco records was blown up.
1997Hayao Miyazaki's animated film Princess Mononoke is released, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japan for a few months.
1998France defeated the defending champions Brazil 3–0 to win their first FIFA World Cup title.
2008An edit on the page of the coati nicknamed it the Brazilian aardvark, in which multiple news channels followed in pursuit.
1943World War II: German and Soviet forces engaged each other at the Battle of Prokhorovka (tanks pictured), one of the largest tank battles in military history.
1948Arab–Israeli War: Israel Defense Forces officer Yitzhak Rabin signed an order to expel Palestinians from the towns of Lydda and Ramle.
1962The English rock band the Rolling Stones played their first concert at the Marquee Club in London.
1973A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
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