Famous Personalities Born In July - 12
Friday, 29 August 2025
1394 On July - 12 birth of ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441)
1644 Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals) was born on this day in history.
1675 Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer was born on this day in history.
1730 On this day in history birth of josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood)
1757 Christian Danner, composer was born on July - 12.
1794 Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist was born on this day in history.
1801 John Hill Hewitt, composer was born on this day in history.
1802 On July - 12 birth of charles-Louis Hanssens, composer
1803 Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841) was born on this day in history.
1807 Silas Casey, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 was born on this day in history.
1817 Henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond) was born on July - 12.
1821 On this day in history birth of cesare Dominiceti, composer
1821 On this day in history birth of daniel Harvey Hill, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1889
1824 On this day in history birth of eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)
1828 On this day in history birth of nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (d. 1889)
1840 On this day in history birth of abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist
1849 William Osler, Canada, physician/author (circulatory system) was born on July - 12.
1850 Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912) was born on July - 12.
1852 Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.
1854 George Eastman, Waterville NY, inventor (Kodak camera) was born on July - 12.
1861 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer was born on this day in history.
1863 Albert Calmette, French physician (d. 1933) was born on July - 12.
1863 Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (d. 1906) was born on July - 12.
1864 On July - 12 birth of george Washington Carver, botanist (studied the peanut) [or Jan 10]
1868 On July - 12 birth of stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal)
1870 On July - 12 birth of louis II of Monaco (d. 1949)
1876 Max Jacob, French poet (d. 1944) was born on July - 12.
1880 On July - 12 birth of tod Browning, American film director (d. 1962)
1881 Ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12] was born on July - 12.
1884 On July - 12 birth of amedeo Modigliani, Italy, painter/sculptor (Reclining Nude)
1884 Joseph Crehan, Baltimore MD, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight) was born on this day in history.
1885 On this day in history birth of george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer
1886 On this day in history birth of jean Hersholt, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Men in White, Aryan)
1888 Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat) was born on this day in history.