Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 12

Births

 * 1817 - Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (d. 1862)
 * 1861 - George Washington Carver, (pictured) American botanist (d. 1943)
 * 1884 - Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)
 * 1904 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
 * 1908 - Milton Berle, American comedian (d. 2002)
 * 1937 - Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor
 * 1948 - Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer
 * 1967 - Richard Herring, English comedian
 * 1973 - Christian Vieri, Italian football player
 * 1984 - Gareth Gates, British singer
 * 1995 - Georgie Henley, English actress

Deaths

 * 1804 - Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
 * 1949 - Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland (b. 1860)
 * 2004 - Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918)

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