People born on July 12

Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet and politician (1904–1973)

Malala Yousafzai

Pakistani children's education activist

Henry David Thoreau

American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

Amedeo Modigliani

Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920)

Buckminster Fuller

American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

James Rodríguez

Colombian association football player

Louis XI of France

King of France from 1461 to 1483

Bill Cosby

American actor and comedian (born 1937)

Michelle Rodriguez

American actress

Claude Bernard

French physiologist (1813-1878)

Ennius

Roman writer and poet (c. 239 – c. 169 BC)

Willis Lamb

American physicist (1913–2008)

Isaak Babel

Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer (1894-1940)

George Eastman

American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer