Billy Smith (84)
July 12th, 1942

Australian rugby league footballer and coach – Billy Smith was born in Fremantle (Port city in Western Australia) on July 12th, 1942 and is 84 years old today.

Other personalities born on July 12

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Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

76

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor and video producer (1948–2024)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans †July 13th, 2024, Hollywood Hills

89

Bill Cosby

American actor and comedian

*July 12th, 1937, Philadelphia

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

80

Bill Bell

American pianist

*July 12th, 1936, East Moline †March 18th, 2017, Oakland

75

Wilko Johnson

English musician (1947–2022)

*July 12th, 1947, Canvey Island †November 21st, 2022, Westcliff-on-Sea

29

Malala Yousafzai

Pakistani children's education activist

*July 12th, 1997, Mingora

85

Keith Andes

American actor (1920–2005)

*July 12th, 1920, Ocean City †November 11th, 2005, Santa Clarita

79

Gareth Edwards

Welsh rugby union player

*July 12th, 1947, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

69

Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet and politician (1904-1973)

*July 12th, 1904, Parral †September 23rd, 1973, Santiago

74

Robert Fisk

English writer and journalist (1946–2020)

*July 12th, 1946, Maidstone †October 30th, 2020, Dublin

51

Martin Schirdewan

German journalist and politician (born 1975)

*July 12th, 1975, East Berlin

57

Anne-Sophie Pic

French chef

*July 12th, 1969, Valence

79

Paul Silas

American basketball player and coach (1943–2022)

*July 12th, 1943, Prescott †December 10th, 2022, Denver

35

Amedeo Modigliani

Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920)

*July 12th, 1884, Livorno †January 24th, 1920, Paris

79

Arlen Ness

American entrepreneur and motorcyclist

*July 12th, 1939, Moorhead †March 22nd, 2019, Alamo

79

Carl Lundgren

American artist (born 1947)

*July 12th, 1947, Detroit

112

Marcel Meys

French supercentenarian (1909-2021)

*July 12th, 1909, Saint-Julien-de-l'Herms †December 15th, 2021, Vienne

62

Uwe Hiksch

German politician

*July 12th, 1964, Coburg

84

Gualberto Castro

Mexican singer (1934-2019)

*July 12th, 1934, Mexico City †June 27th, 2019, Mexico City

62

Lisbeth Exner

Austrian author, opinion journalist and germanist

*July 12th, 1964, Vienna

Also born in 1942

83

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, London

83

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

83

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

83

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

84

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

84

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

84

Otto Fräßdorf

East German association football player and manager

*February 3rd, 1942, Magdeburg

84

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan leader, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

84

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

83

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician (1942–2017)

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

84

Vicente Fox Quesada

62th President of Mexico

*July 2nd, 1942, Mexico City

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

84

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

71

Bob Hoskins

English actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

84

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

82

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh †December 30th, 2024, Melbourne

84

Javier Solana

Spanish politician

*July 14th, 1942, Madrid

84

Michael Crawford

British actor and singer

*January 19th, 1942, Salisbury

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