| 79231 | July 12 | Birth | 1944 – Denise Nicholas, American actress, screenwriter, and activist |
| 79232 | July 12 | Birth | 1944 – Pat Woodell, American actress and singer (d. 2015) |
| 79233 | July 12 | Birth | 1945 – Leopoldo Mastelloni, Italian actor, singer, and director |
| 79234 | July 12 | Birth | 1946 – Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster |
| 79235 | July 12 | Birth | 1947 – Loren Coleman, American cryptozoologist, author, and academic |
| 79236 | July 12 | Birth | 1947 – Wilko Johnson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Dr Feelgood and The Blockheads) |
| 79237 | July 12 | Birth | 1947 – Richard C. McCarty, American psychologist and academic |
| 79238 | July 12 | Birth | 1948 – Susan Blu, American voice actress and director |
| 79239 | July 12 | Birth | 1948 – Ben Burtt, American director, screenwriter, and sound designer |
| 79240 | July 12 | Birth | 1948 – Walter Egan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 79241 | July 12 | Birth | 1948 – Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor |
| 79242 | July 12 | Birth | 1948 – Jay Thomas, American actor |
| 79243 | July 12 | Birth | 1949 – Simon Fox, English drummer (Be-Bop Deluxe and The Pretty Things) |
| 79244 | July 12 | Birth | 1949 – Rick Hendrick, American businessman, founded Hendrick Motorsports |
| 79245 | July 12 | Birth | 1950 – Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter (Kiss) (d. 1991) |
| 79246 | July 12 | Birth | 1950 – Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 79247 | July 12 | Birth | 1951 – Joan Bauer, American author |
| 79248 | July 12 | Birth | 1951 – Brian Grazer, American screenwriter and producer, founded Imagine Entertainment |
| 79249 | July 12 | Birth | 1951 – Cheryl Ladd, American actress, singer, and author |
| 79250 | July 12 | Birth | 1951 – Piotr Pustelnik, Polish mountaineer |
| 79251 | July 12 | Birth | 1951 – Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano |
| 79252 | July 12 | Birth | 1951 – Jamey Sheridan, American actor and producer |
| 79253 | July 12 | Birth | 1952 – Voja Antonić, Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the Galaksija computer |
| 79254 | July 12 | Birth | 1952 – Irina Bokova, Bulgarian politician, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 79255 | July 12 | Birth | 1952 – Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (Iron Butterfly) (d. 1995) |
| 79256 | July 12 | Birth | 1952 – Liz Mitchell, Jamaican-English singer (Boney M.) |
| 79257 | July 12 | Birth | 1953 – John Ausonius, Swedish murderer |
| 79258 | July 12 | Birth | 1954 – Eric Adams, American singer-songwriter (Manowar) |
| 79259 | July 12 | Birth | 1954 – Robert Carl, American pianist and composer |
| 79260 | July 12 | Birth | 1954 – Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer and coach |