Birthday wishes go out to Michelle Rodriguez, Anna Friel and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on July 12th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on July 12, 2025
Actress Cheryl Ladd turns 74
Fun fact: Has appeared in episodes of both “Happy Days” and “The Partridge Family”
Olympic skater Kristi Yamaguchi turns 54
Fun fact: Best known for her singles career, she also won two U.S. National Champion pairs championships
Actress Anna Friel turns 49
Fun fact: Has a daughter named Gracie
Actor Topher Grace turns 47
Fun fact: Has won a Daytime Emmy
Actress Michelle Rodriguez turns 46
Fun fact: Played a barbarian named Holga in “geons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”
Actress Rachel Brosnahan turns 35
Fun fact: Her middle name is Elizabeth
More celebrities with birthdays today
Actor Denise Nicholas (“In the Heat of the Night”) is 81. Singer Walter Egan is 77. Singer Ricky McKinnie of The Blind Boys of Alabama is 73. Actor Mel Harris (“thirtysomething”) is 69. Gospel singer Sandi Patty is 69. Actor Buddy Foster (“Mayberry RFD”) is 68. Guitarist Dan Murphy of Soul Asylum is 63. Actor Judi Evans (“Days of Our Lives”) is 61. Singer Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms is 60. Actor Lisa Nicole Carson (“Ally McBeal”) is 56. Country singer Shannon Lawson is 52. Singer Tracie Spencer is 49. Actor Alison Wright (“The Americans”) is 49. Actor Steve Howey (“Reba”) is 48. Actor Kristen Connolly (“Zoo”) is 45. Singer-guitarist Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry is 42. Actor Matt Cook (“Man with a Plan”) is 41. Actor Natalie Martinez (“Under the Dome”) is 41. Actor Ta’Rhonda Jones (“Empire”) is 37. Actor Melissa O’Neill (“The Rookie”) is 37. Actor Erik Per Sullivan (“Malcolm in the Middle”) is 34.
Other popular or historical birthdays on July 12th
Henry David Thoreau, naturalist
George Eastman, inventor
Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist
R Buckminster Fuller, architect
Pablo Neruda, poet
Milton Berle, comedian
Christine McVie, musician
Jay Thomas, actor
Malala Yousafzai, activist (28)
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