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A member of the First Triumvirate, he led the Roman armies through the Gallic Wars and defeated his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil war.
Famous Birthdays on July 12
-100 — Julius Caesar
Roman politician and general (died 44 BC)
July 12 has 238 recorded notable births across history, from 100 BC to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on July 12
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- 1960 Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded. Source
- 1943 World War II: Battle of Kursk: German and Soviet forces engage in the Battle of Prokhorovka, one of the largest armored engagements of all time. Source
- 2001 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station. Source
- 1975 São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal. Source
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is an American former comedian, actor, and media personality.
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, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005.
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Amedeo Modigliani is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterised by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures — works that were not received well during his lifetime, but later became much sought after.
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In his first year at Pittsburgh in 2007, he rushed for over 1,300 yards and recorded 14 touchdowns.
More major people born on July 12
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1937
Bill Cosby
American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
William Henry Cosby Jr. is an American former comedian, actor, and media personality.
1962
Julio César Chávez
Mexican boxer
Julio César Chávez González, also known as Julio César Chávez Sr., is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005.
1884
Amedeo Modigliani
Italian painter and sculptor (died 1920)
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France.
1988
LeSean McCoy
American football player
LeSean Kamel McCoy, nicknamed "Shady", is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).
1991
Pablo Carreño Busta
Spanish tennis player
Pablo Carreño Busta is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 10 by the ATP, achieved on 11 September 2017.
1849
William Osler
Canadian physician and author (died 1919)
Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians.
2001
Kaylee McKeown
Australian swimmer
Kaylee Rochelle McKeown is an Australian swimmer and multiple Olympic gold medalist.
1938
Ray Scott
American basketball player and coach
John Raymond Scott is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
1923
James E. Gunn
American science fiction author (died 2020)
James Edwin Gunn was an American science fiction writer, editor, scholar, and anthologist. His work as an editor of anthologies includes the six-volume Road to Science Fiction series.
1917
Luigi Gorrini
Italian soldier and pilot (died 2014)
Luigi Gorrini, MOVM, was an Italian World War II fighter pilot in the Regia Aeronautica and in the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana.
1927
Harley Hotchkiss
Canadian businessman (died 2011)
Harley Norman Hotchkiss was a Canadian business and community leader who was best known for his contributions to health and sports development in Canada.
1983
Howie Kendrick
American baseball player
Howard Joseph Kendrick III is an American former professional baseball infielder and current special assistant to the general manager for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB).
1997
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani female education activist, and producer of film and television.
1920
Bob Fillion
Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2015)
Joseph Louis Robert Edgar Fillion was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played seven seasons for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1943 and 1950.
1976
Anna Friel
English actress
Anna Louise Friel is an English actress. She first achieved fame as Beth Jordache in the British soap opera Brookside (1993–1995), later coming to wider prominence through her role as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles on…
1984
Natalie Martinez
American actress
Natalie Martinez is an American actress and model. She appeared in the 2008 film Death Race, several music videos between 2003 and 2011, and two short-lived telenovelas in 2006 and 2007.
1972
Jake Wood
English actor
Jake Dylan Wood is a British actor and podcaster from Westminster, known for his role as Max Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
1917
Satyendra Narayan Sinha
Indian statesman (died 2006)
Satyendra Narayan Sinha was an Indian politician and statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement, a leading light of Jaya Prakash Narayan's ‘complete revolution’ movement during the Emergency and a former…
1970
Lee Byung-hun
South Korean actor
Lee Byung-hun is a South Korean actor. He has received acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably Joint Security Area (2000); A Bittersweet Life (2005); The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008); I Saw the…