Famous Personalities Born In July - 12
Monday, 14 July 2025
1394 Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441) was born on July - 12.
1644 On this day in history birth of arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals)
1675 On this day in history birth of evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer
1730 On July - 12 birth of josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood)
1757 Christian Danner, composer was born on July - 12.
1794 On this day in history birth of heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist
1801 John Hill Hewitt, composer was born on July - 12.
1802 Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer was born on July - 12.
1803 On this day in history birth of peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)
1807 On this day in history birth of silas Casey, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1817 Henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond) was born on July - 12.
1821 On July - 12 birth of cesare Dominiceti, composer
1821 Daniel Harvey Hill, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.
1824 On this day in history birth of eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)
1828 Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (d. 1889) was born on July - 12.
1840 Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist was born on July - 12.
1849 William Osler, Canada, physician/author (circulatory system) was born on this day in history.
1850 Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912) was born on this day in history.
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 July - 12.
1863 Albert Calmette, French physician (d. 1933) was born on July - 12.
1863 Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of louis II of Monaco (d. 1949)
1876 Max Jacob, French poet (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.
1880 On July - 12 birth of tod Browning, American film director (d. 1962)
1881 Ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12] was born on this day in history.
1884 Amedeo Modigliani, Italy, painter/sculptor (Reclining Nude) was born on July - 12.
1884 Joseph Crehan, Baltimore MD, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight) was born on July - 12.
1885 On this day in history birth of george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer
1886 Jean Hersholt, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Men in White, Aryan) was born on July - 12.
1888 Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat) was born on July - 12.