July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining.
- 1730 - Josiah Wedgwood, potter
- 1817 - Henry David Thoreau, writer, Transcendentalist philosopher
- 1819 - Charles Kingsley, writer
- 1854 - George Eastman, inventor of the Kodak camera (+ 1932)
- 1861 - George Washington Carver, botanist who discovered many uses for peanuts
- 1868 - Stefan George[?], poet (+ 1933)
- 1870 - Louis II of Monaco (+ 1949)
- 1882 - Tod Browning, film director (+ 1962)
- 1884 - Amedeo Modigliani, painter and sculptor (+ 1920)
- 1886 - Jean Hersholt, film director, actor (+ 1956)
- 1892 - Harry Piel[?], actor, film director and producer (+ 1963)
- 1895 - Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist known for his work with Richard Rodgers on various musicals (+ 1960)
- 1895 - R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect, (+ 1983)
- 1902 - Günther Anders[?], philosopher and writer (+ 1992)
- 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician and leader (+ 1997)
- 1904 - Pablo Neruda, author, won Nobel Prize for literature in 1971, (+ 1973)
- 1908 - Milton Berle, comedian (+ 2002)
- 1909 - Joe DeRita[?], AKA "Curly Joe", former member of the Three Stooges (+ 1993)
- 1920 - Beah Richards[?], actress (+ 2000)
- 1922 - Mark Hatfield[?], former US Senator from Oregon
- 1933 - Donald E. Westlake[?], author
- 1934 - Van Cliburn[?], pianist
- 1937 - Bill Cosby, comedian, actor
- 1948 - Richard Simmons, fitness trainer
- 1948 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, musician (+ 1997)
- 1965 - Mauro Gandini, economist
- 1971 - Kristi Yamaguchi, figure skater
- 1977 - Seann William Scott[?], actor
- 1991 - Erik Per Sullivan[?], actor, Malcolm in the Middle[?]
See Also:
July 11 - July 13 - June 12 - August 12 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December