Famous people born on 12 July

18 of the people we track were born on 12 July, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Pablo Neruda 1904Chilean poet and politiciandied aged 69
2. Malala Yousafzai 1997Pakistani activistliving, 29
3. Henry David Thoreau 1817American essayist and poetdied aged 44
4. James Rodríguez 1991Colombian footballerliving, 35
5. Amedeo Modigliani 1884Italian painter and sculptordied aged 35
6. Buckminster Fuller 1895American architect and writerdied aged 87
7. Bill Cosby 1937American actor and comedianliving, 89
8. Richard Simmons 1948American instructordied aged 76
9. Michelle Rodriguez 1978American actorliving, 48
10. Vinícius Júnior 2000Brazilian footballerliving, 26
11. Claude Bernard 1813French physiologistdied aged 64
12. Nikolay Chernyshevsky 1828Russian writer and philosopherdied aged 61
13. Willis Lamb 1913American physicistdied aged 94
14. Michael of Russia 1596Monarchdied aged 49
15. LJLionel Jospin 1937French politician who served as Prime Minister of Francedied aged 88
16. George Eastman 1854American entrepreneur and inventordied aged 77
17. Luke Shaw 1995British footballerliving, 31
18. Satoshi Ōmura 1935Japanese biochemist and microbiologistliving, 91