The 193rd day of the year, the 194th in a leap year
Born on 12 July
Every 12 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Tuesday and Sunday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 12 July in any year.
Which weekday 12 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 12 July falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Sunday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 12 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,859 babies were born on 12 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 64th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 12 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Julius Caesar | 100–44 BC | Roman general and dictator |
| Pablo Neruda | 1904–1973 | Chilean poet and politician |
| Malala Yousafzai | 1997– | Pakistani children's education activist |
| Henry David Thoreau | 1817–1862 | American essayist, poet, and philosopher |
| James Rodríguez | 1991– | Colombian association football player |
| Buckminster Fuller | 1895–1983 | American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist |
| Amedeo Modigliani | 1884–1920 | Italian painter and sculptor |
| Bill Cosby | 1937– | American actor and comedian |
| Richard Simmons | 1948–2024 | American fitness instructor and video producer |
| Michelle Rodriguez | 1978– | American actress |
| Vinícius Júnior | 2000– | Brazilian association football player |
| Claude Bernard | 1813–1878 | French physiologist |
| Willis Lamb | 1913–2008 | American physicist |
| Lionel Jospin | 1937–2026 | Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002 |
| Luke Shaw | 1995– | English association football player |
| George Eastman | 1854–1932 | American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer |
| Satoshi Ōmura | 1935– | Japanese biochemist, microbiologist, and university teacher |
| Lyudmila Pavlichenko | 1916–1974 | Soviet sniper |
Died on 12 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Erasmus | 1466–1536 | Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian |
| Alexander Hamilton | 1755–1804 | American Founding Father and statesman |
| Alfred Dreyfus | 1859–1935 | French artillery officer |
| Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | 1952–2026 | Emir of Qatar from 1995 to 2013 |
| Gertrude Bell | 1868–1926 | English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator and archaeologist |
| Nathan Söderblom | 1866–1931 | Swedish clergyman and archbishop |
| Kelly Preston | 1962–2020 | American actress |
| Richard Cromwell | 1626–1712 | English politician and Lord Protector |
| Douglas Hyde | 1860–1949 | first President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist |
| Pavel Nakhimov | 1802–1855 | Russian fleet commander |
| Ruth Westheimer | 1928–2024 | German-American sex therapist |
| Henrik Wergeland | 1808–1845 | Norwegian writer |
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