| 79201 | July 12 | Birth | 1930 – Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 79202 | July 12 | Birth | 1930 – Irene Sutcliffe, English actress |
| 79203 | July 12 | Birth | 1931 – Eric Ives, English historian and academic (d. 2012) |
| 79204 | July 12 | Birth | 1931 – Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013) |
| 79205 | July 12 | Birth | 1932 – Otis Davis, American sprinter |
| 79206 | July 12 | Birth | 1933 – Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (d. 2012) |
| 79207 | July 12 | Birth | 1933 – Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 79208 | July 12 | Birth | 1934 – Van Cliburn, American pianist and composer (d. 2013) |
| 79209 | July 12 | Birth | 1935 – Roy Barraclough, English actor |
| 79210 | July 12 | Birth | 1935 – Satoshi Ōmura, Japanese biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 79211 | July 12 | Birth | 1937 – Bill Cosby, American actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 79212 | July 12 | Birth | 1937 – Mickey Edwards, American lawyer and politician |
| 79213 | July 12 | Birth | 1937 – Lionel Jospin, French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France |
| 79214 | July 12 | Birth | 1937 – Michel Louvain, Canadian singer |
| 79215 | July 12 | Birth | 1937 – Robert McFarlane, American colonel and diplomat, 13th United States National Security Advisor |
| 79216 | July 12 | Birth | 1937 – Guy Woolfenden, English composer and conductor |
| 79217 | July 12 | Birth | 1938 – Jaishankar, Indian actor (d. 2000) |
| 79218 | July 12 | Birth | 1938 – Ron Fairly, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 79219 | July 12 | Birth | 1938 – Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer |
| 79220 | July 12 | Birth | 1939 – Phillip Adams, Australian journalist and producer |
| 79221 | July 12 | Birth | 1941 – Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2007) |
| 79222 | July 12 | Birth | 1941 – Joseph Whipp, American actor |
| 79223 | July 12 | Birth | 1942 – Roy Palmer, English cricketer and umpire |
| 79224 | July 12 | Birth | 1942 – Billy Smith, Australian rugby player and coach |
| 79225 | July 12 | Birth | 1942 – Tam White, Scottish singer and actor (d. 2010) |
| 79226 | July 12 | Birth | 1943 – Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Fleetwood Mac and Chicken Shack) |
| 79227 | July 12 | Birth | 1943 – Paul Silas, American basketball player and coach |
| 79228 | July 12 | Birth | 1944 – Simon Blackburn, English philosopher and academic |
| 79229 | July 12 | Birth | 1944 – Delia Ephron, American author, playwright, and screenwriter |
| 79230 | July 12 | Birth | 1944 – Kent Finell, Swedish radio host (d. 2013) |