Celebrity Birthdays for July 12:
Disgraced actor-comedian Bill Cosby is 88.
Actress Denise Nicholas ("In the Heat of the Night") is 81.
Singer-songwriter Butch Hancock is 80.
Singer Walter Egan is 77.
Actress Cheryl Ladd ("Charlie's Angels") is 74.
Writer-producer Brian Grazer is 74.
Actor Jamey Sheridan is 74.
Actress Mel Harris ("thirtysomething") is 69.
Country singer Julie Miller is 69.
Gospel singer Sandi Patty is 69.
Actor Buddy Foster is 68.
Actress Camilla Scott is 64.
Guitarist Dan Murphy of Soul Asylum is 63.
Actress Judi Evans is 61.
Singer Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms is 60.
Olympic sprinter Bruny Surin is 58.
Guitarist John Petrucci (Dream Theater) is 58.
Actress Lisa Nicole Carson ("Ally McBeal") is 56.
Olympic gold medal figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is 54.
Country singer Shannon Lawson is 52.
Actress Anna Friel ("Pushing Daisies") is 49.
Singer Tracie Spencer is 49.
Actress Alison Wright ("The Americans") is 49.
Actor Steve Howey ("Reba") is 48.
Pro wrestler and former mixed martial artist Brock Lesnar is 48.
Actor Topher Grace ("That '70s Show") is 47.
Actress Michelle Rodriguez ("The Fast and The Furious" films, "Lost") is 47.
Actor Kristen Connolly ("Zoo") is 45.
Singer-guitarist Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry is 42.
Actress Natalie Martinez ("Under the Dome") is 41.
Actor Matt Cook (TV: "Man With a Plan") is 41.
Country singer Chad Brownlee is 41.
Actor Bernard David Jones is 40.
Country singer Adam Gregory is 40.
Actress Ta'Rhonda Jones ("Empire") is 37.
Golfer Inbee Park is 37.
Singer Melissa O'Neil is 37.
Actress Rachel Brosnahan ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," ''House of Cards") is 35.
Actor Erik Per Sullivan ("Malcolm in the Middle") is 34.
Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai is 28.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 100 BC, Roman leader Julius Caesar. (March 15, 44 BC)
In 1849, famed Canadian doctor Sir William Osler. (Dec. 29, 1919)
In 1854, inventor-industrialist George Eastman. (March 14, 1932)
In 1855, Canadian rowing champion Edward "Ned" Hanlan. (Jan. 4, 1908)
In 1884, film producer Louis B. Mayer. (Oct. 29, 1957)
In 1895, lyricist Oscar Hammerstein. (Aug. 23, 1960)
In 1908, comedian-actor Milton Berle. (March 27, 2002)
In 1909, actor-comedian Curly Joe DeRita. (July 3, 1993)
In 1920, author and historian Pierre Berton. (Nov. 30, 2004)
In 1920, actress Beah Richards. (Sept. 14, 2000)
In 1929, movie director Monte Hellman. (Apr. 20, 2021)
In 1930, actor Gordon Pinsent. (Feb. 25, 2023)
In 1933, mystery writer Donald Westlake, (Dec. 31, 2008)
In 1934, pianist Van Cliburn. (Feb. 27, 2013)
In 1941, NASCAR driver/analyst Benny Parsons. (Jan. 16, 2007)
In 1943, singer Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac. (Nov. 30, 2022)
In 1948, actor Jay Thomas. (Aug. 24, 2017)
In 1948, fitness guru Richard Simmons. (July 13, 2024)
In 1950, drummer Eric Carr (KISS). (Nov. 24, 1991)
In 1952, bassist Phil Kramer (Iron Butterfly). (Feb. 12, 1995)
In 1967, actress Natalie Desselle Reid ("Madea's Big Happy Family," TV: "Eve"). (Jul. 12, 2020)
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