Famous Birthdays for March 12th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1270 – Charles, Count of Valois (d. 1325)^[35]
• 1515 – Caspar Othmayr, German Lutheran pastor and composer (d. 1553)^[36]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1607 – Paul Gerhardt, German poet and composer (d. 1676)^[37]
• 1613 – André Le Nôtre, French gardener and architect (d. 1700)^[38]
• 1626 – John Aubrey, English historian and philosopher (d. 1697)^[39]
• 1637 – Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and Albany (d. 1671)^[40]
• 1672 – Richard Steele, Irish-Welsh journalist and politician (d. 1729)^[41]
• 1685 – George Berkeley, Irish bishop and philosopher (d. 1753)^[42]
• 1710 – Thomas Arne, English composer (d. 1778)^[43]
• 1735 – François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, French politician and diplomat (d. 1821)^[44]
• 1753 – Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian (d. 1827)^[45]
• 1766 – Claudius Buchanan, Scottish theologian (d. 1815)^[46]
• 1781 – Frederica of Baden, Queen consort to Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1826)^[47]
• 1784 – William Buckland, English geologist and paleontologist; Dean of Westminster (d. 1856)^[48]
• 1795 – William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto (d. 1861)^[49]
• 1795 – George Tyler Wood, American military officer and politician (d. 1858)^[50]
• 1806 – Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States (d. 1863)^[51]
• 1807 – James Abbott, Indian Army officer (d. 1896)^[52]
• 1815 – Louis-Jules Trochu, French military leader and politician (d. 1896)^[53]
• 1821 – John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1893)^[54]
• 1821 – Medo Pucić, Croatian writer and politician (d. 1882)^[55]
• 1823 – Katsu Kaishū, Japanese statesman (d. 1899)^[56]
• 1824 – Gustav Kirchhoff, Russian-German physicist and academic (d. 1887)^[57]
• 1832 – Charles Boycott, English farmer and agent (d. 1897)^[58]
• 1834 – Hilary A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy (d. 1919)^[59]
• 1835 – Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1909)^[8]
• 1835 – Sigismondo Savona, Maltese educator and politician (d. 1908)^[60]
• 1837 – Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (d. 1911)^[61]
• 1838 – William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (d. 1907)^[62]
• 1843 – Gabriel Tarde, French sociologist and criminologist (d. 1904)^[63]
• 1855 – Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (d. 1920)^[64]
• 1857 – William V. Ranous, American actor and director (d. 1915)^[65]
• 1858 – Adolph Ochs, American publisher (d. 1935)^[66]
• 1859 – Ernesto Cesàro, Italian mathematician (d. 1906)^[67]
• 1860 – Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author (d. 1895)^[68]
• 1863 – Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1938)^[69]
• 1863 – Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist and chemist (d. 1945)^[70]
• 1864 – W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (d. 1922)^[71]
• 1864 – Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (d. 1943)^[72]
• 1869 – George Forbes, New Zealand politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1947)^[73]
• 1874 – Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer (d. 1949)^[74]
• 1877 – Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (d. 1946)^[75]
• 1878 – Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (d. 1903)^[76]
• 1880 – Henry Drysdale Dakin, English-American chemist and academic (d. 1952)^[77]
• 1881 – Väinö Tanner, Finnish politician of Social Democratic Party of Finland; the Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1966)^[78]
• 1882 – Carlos Blanco Galindo, Bolivian politician (d. 1943)^[79]
• 1883 – Sándor Jávorka, Hungarian botanist (d. 1961)^[80]
• 1888 – Walter Hermann Bucher, German-American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1965)^[81]
• 1888 – Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (d. 1965)^[82]
• 1890 – Evert Taube, Swedish singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1976)^[83]
• 1896 – Jesse Fuller, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1976)^[84]
• 1898 – Tian Han, Chinese playwright (d. 1968)^[85]
• 1898 – Luitpold Steidle, German army officer and politician (d. 1984)^[86]
• 1899 – Ramón Muttis, Argentine footballer (d. 1955)^[87]
• 1900 – Rinus van den Berge, Dutch athlete (d. 1972)^[88]
• 1900 – Sylvi Kekkonen, Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland Urho Kekkonen (d. 1974)^[89]
• 1900 – Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President of Colombia (d. 1975)^[90]

1901–present[edit]

• 1904 – Lyudmila Keldysh, Russian mathematician (d. 1976)^[91]
• 1905 – Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (d. 1982)^[92]
• 1907 – Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (d. 2007)^[93]
• 1908 – Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)^[94]
• 1908 – David Marshall, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore (d. 1995)^[95]
• 1909 – Petras Cvirka, Lithuanian author (d. 1947)^[96]
• 1910 – Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1980)^[97]
• 1910 – László Lékai, Archbishop of Esztergom and Cardinal (d. 1986)^[98]
• 1911 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 49th President of Mexico (d. 1979)^[99]
• 1912 – Willie Hall, English international footballer (d. 1967)^[100]
• 1912 – Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (d. 2006)^[101]
• 1913 – Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)^[102]
• 1913 – Agathe von Trapp, Hungarian-American singer and author (d. 2010)^[103]
• 1915 – Alberto Burri, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)^[104]
• 1915 – Jiří Mucha, Czech journalist (d. 1991)^[105]
• 1917 – Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records (d. 1969)^[106]
• 1917 – Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)^[107]
• 1917 – Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress (d. 2011)^[108]
• 1918 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish Fianna Fáil politician (d. 2012)^[109]
• 1918 – Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (d. 1989)^[110]
• 1921 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (d. 2001)^[108]
• 1921 – Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (d. 1986)^[111]
• 1922 – Jack Kerouac, American author and poet (d. 1969)^[8]
• 1922 – Lane Kirkland, American sailor and union leader (d. 1999)^[112]
• 1923 – Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater and cyclist (d. 2013)^[113]
• 1923 – Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (d. 2005)^[108]
• 1923 – Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2007)^[8]
• 1923 – Mae Young, American wrestler (d. 2014)^[114]
• 1925 – Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate^[115]
• 1925 – Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)^[116]
• 1926 – George Ariyoshi, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii^[117]
• 1926 – Arthur A. Hartman, American career diplomat (d. 2015)^[118]
• 1926 – John Clellon Holmes, American author and professor (d. 1988)^[119]
• 1926 – David Nadien, American violinist (d. 2014)^[120]
• 1927 – Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (d. 2009)^[121]
• 1927 – Emmett Leith, professor of electrical engineering and co-inventor of three-dimensional holography (d. 2005)^[122]
• 1927 – Sudharmono, 5th Vice President of Indonesia (d. 2006)^[123]
• 1928 – Edward Albee, American director and playwright (d. 2016)^[108]
• 1929 – Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (d. 2014)^[124]
• 1930 – Antony Acland, British former diplomat and Provost of Eton College (d. 2021)^[108]
• 1931 – Józef Tischner, Polish priest and philosopher (d. 2000)^[125]
• 1932 – Bob Houbregs, Canadian basketball player (d. 2014)^[126]
• 1932 – Andrew Young, American pastor and politician, 14th United States Ambassador to the United Nations^[8]
• 1933 – Myrna Fahey, American actress (d. 1973)^[127]
• 1933 – Barbara Feldon, American actress^[128]
• 1934 – Francisco J. Ayala, Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher^[129]
• 1936 – Virginia Hamilton, American children's books author (d. 2002)^[130]
• 1936 – Michał Heller, Polish professor of philosophy^[131]
• 1936 – Eddie Sutton, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020) ^[132]
• 1937 – Zoltán Horvath, Hungarian sabre fencer^[133]
• 1937 – Zurab Sotkilava, Georgian operatic tenor (d. 2017)^[134]
• 1938 – Vladimir Msryan, Armenian actor (d. 2010)^[135]
• 1938 – Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver and sportscaster^[136]
• 1938 – Ken Spears, American writer (d. 2020)^[137]
• 1938 – Juan Horacio Suárez, Argentine bishop^[138]
• 1938 – Ron Tutt, American drummer^[139]
• 1940 – Al Jarreau, American singer (d. 2017)^[140]
• 1941 – Josip Skoblar, former Croatian footballer^[141]
• 1942 – Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player (d. 2020)^[142]
• 1943 – Ratko Mladić, Serbian general^[143]
• 1944 – Erwin Mueller, former American basketball player (d. 2018)^[144]
• 1945 – Anne Summers, Australian feminist writer, editor, publisher and public servant^[145]
• 1946 – Dean Cundey, American cinematographer and film director^[146]
• 1946 – Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer and dancer^[128]
• 1946 – Frank Welker, American voice actor and singer^[147]
• 1947 – Peter Harry Carstensen, German educator and politician^[148]
• 1947 – Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland-Swedish politician^[149]
• 1947 – David Rigert, Soviet Olympic weightlifter^[150]
• 1947 – Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts^[8]
• 1948 – Virginia Bottomley, Scottish social worker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport^[151]
• 1948 – Kent Conrad, American politician^[152]
• 1948 – James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[128]
• 1949 – Rob Cohen, American director, producer, and screenwriter^[8]
• 1949 – David Mellor, British politician^[108]
• 1950 – Javier Clemente, Spanish footballer and manager^[153]
• 1952 – André Comte-Sponville, French philosopher^[154]
• 1952 – Yasuhiko Okudera, former Japanese footballer^[155]
• 1952 – John Mitchell, English footballer^[156]
• 1953 – Pavel Pinigin, former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion^[157]
• 1954 – Anish Kapoor, Indian-English sculptor^[158]
• 1956 – Ove Aunli, former Norwegian cross-country skier^[159]
• 1956 – Stanisław Bobak, Polish ski jumper (d. 2010)^[160]
• 1956 – Steve Harris, English bass player and songwriter^[128]
• 1956 – Lesley Manville, English actress^[128]
• 1956 – Dale Murphy, American baseball player^[8]
• 1956 – Pim Verbeek, Dutch football manager (d. 2019)^[161]
• 1957 – Patrick Battiston, French footballer and coach^[162]
• 1957 – Marlon Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer^[128]
• 1957 – Andrey Lopatov, Soviet basketball player^[163]
• 1958 – Phil Anderson, English-Australian cyclist^[164]
• 1959 – Milorad Dodik, Bosnian Serb politician and president of Republika Srpska^[165]
• 1959 – Luenell, American comedian and actress^[166]
• 1959 – Michael Walter, German luger (d. 2016)^[167]
• 1960 – Jason Beghe, American actor^[128]
• 1960 – Courtney B. Vance, American actor and painter^[128]
• 1962 – Julia Campbell, American actress^[128]
• 1962 – Andreas Köpke, former German footballer^[168]
• 1962 – Chris Sanders, American illustrator and voice actor^[169]
• 1962 – Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player and minister^[8]
• 1963 – John Andretti, American race car driver (d. 2020)^[170]
• 1963 – Candy Costie, American swimmer^[171]
• 1963 – Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner and coach^[172]
• 1963 – Reiner Gies, German boxer^[173]
• 1963 – Ian Holloway, English footballer and manager^[174]
• 1963 – Paul Way, English golfer^[175]
• 1963 – Jake Weber, English actor^[176]
• 1964 – Dieter Eckstein, retired German footballer^[177]
• 1964 – Umirzak Shukeyev, Kazakh chairman of Samruk-Kazyna^[178]
• 1965 – Steve Finley, American baseball player^[179]
• 1965 – Ivari Padar, former Minister of Finance and Minister of Agriculture of the Estonian Social Democratic Party^[180]
• 1966 – David Daniels, American countertenor^[8]
• 1966 – Grant Long, American basketball player and sportscaster^[181]
• 1967 – Julio Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer and manager^[182]
• 1968 – Tammy Duckworth, Thai-American colonel, pilot, and politician^[183]
• 1968 – Aaron Eckhart, American actor and producer^[128]
• 1969 – Graham Coxon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist^[184]
• 1969 – Jake Tapper, American journalist and author^[8]
• 1970 – Karen Bradley, British politician^[185]
• 1970 – Dave Eggers, American author and screenwriter^[186][187]
• 1970 – Mathias Grönberg, Swedish golfer^[188]
• 1970 – Rex Walters, American basketball player and coach^[189]
• 1971 – Isaiah Rider, American basketball player and rapper^[190]
• 1971 – Dragutin Topić, Serbian high jumper^[191]
• 1972 – Doron Sheffer, Israeli basketball player^[192]
• 1974 – Charles Akonnor, former Ghanaian footballer^[193]
• 1974 – Walid Badir, former Israeli footballer^[194]
• 1975 – Nicolae Grigore, former Romanian footballer^[195]
• 1975 – Edgaras Jankauskas, former Lithuanian footballer^[196]
• 1975 – Srđan Pecelj, Bosnian footballer^[197]
• 1976 – Deron Quint, American ice hockey defenseman^[198]
• 1976 – Zhao Wei, Chinese actress, film director, producer and pop singer^[199]
• 1977 – Michelle Burgher, track and field athlete^[200]
• 1977 – Ramiro Corrales, American soccer player^[201]
• 1977 – Amdy Faye, former Senegalese footballer^[202]
• 1977 – Brent Johnson, American ice hockey player^[203]
• 1978 – Casey Mears, American race car driver^[204]
• 1978 – Marco Ferreira, Portuguese footballer^[205]
• 1978 – Arina Tanemura, Japanese author and illustrator^[206]
• 1979 – Rhys Coiro, American actor^[128]
• 1979 – Pete Doherty, English musician, songwriter, actor, poet, writer, and artist^[207]
• 1979 – Jamie Dwyer, Australian field hockey player and coach^[208]
• 1979 – Gerard López, former Spanish footballer^[209]
• 1979 – Ben Sandford, New Zealand skeleton racer^[210]
• 1979 – Tim Wieskötter, German sprint canoer^[211]
• 1979 – Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian goalkeeper^[212]
• 1980 – Césinha, Brazilian footballer^[213]
• 1980 – Becky Holliday, American pole vaulter^[214]
• 1980 – Jens Mouris, Dutch cyclist^[215]
• 1980 – Douglas Murray, Swedish ice hockey player^[216]
• 1981 – Kenta Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler and kick-boxer^[217]
• 1981 – Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian tennis player^[218]
• 1981 – Holly Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[219]
• 1982 – Lili Bordán, Hungarian-American actress^[220]
• 1982 – Samm Levine, American actor and comedian^[128]
• 1982 – Ilya Nikulin, Russian ice hockey player^[221]
• 1982 – Hisato Satō, Japanese footballer^[222]
• 1982 – Yūto Satō, Japanese footballer^[223]
• 1982 – Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer^[224]
• 1983 – Atif Aslam, Pakistani singer and actor^[225]
• 1984 – Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer^[226]
• 1984 – Jaimie Alexander, American actress^[227]
• 1985 – Marco Bonanomi, Italian racing driver^[228]
• 1985 – Aleksandr Bukharov, Russian footballer^[229]
• 1985 – Ed Clancy, English track and road cyclist^[230]
• 1985 – Andriy Tovt, Ukrainian footballer^[231]
• 1986 – Martynas Andriuškevičius, Lithuanian basketball player^[232]
• 1986 – Oleh Dopilka, Ukrainian footballer^[233]
• 1986 – Danny Jones, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor^[234]
• 1986 – Ben Offereins, Australian runner^[235]
• 1986 – František Rajtoral, Czech footballer (d. 2017)^[236][237]
• 1987 – Manuele Boaro, Italian cyclist^[238]
• 1987 – Jessica Hardy, American swimmer^[239]
• 1987 – Maxwell Holt, American volleyball player^[240]
• 1987 – Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player^[241]
• 1987 – Chris Seitz, American soccer player^[242]
• 1987 – Vadim Shipachyov, Russian ice hockey player^[243]
• 1987 – Pablo Velázquez, Paraguayan footballer^[244]
• 1988 – Sebastian Brendel, German canoe racer^[245]
• 1988 – Kostas Mitroglou, Greek footballer^[246]
• 1988 – Cristian Chagas Tarouco, Brazilian footballer^[247]
• 1989 – Jordan Adéoti, French footballer^[248]
• 1989 – Vytautas Černiauskas, Lithuanian footballer^[249]
• 1989 – Tyler Clary, former American swimmer^[250]
• 1989 – Richard Eckersley, English footballer^[251]
• 1989 – Chen Jianghua, Chinese basketball player^[252]
• 1989 – Siim Luts, Estonian footballer^[253]
• 1990 – Alexander Kröckel, German skeleton racer^[254]
• 1990 – Irakli Kvekveskiri, Georgian footballer^[255]
• 1990 – Dawid Kubacki, Polish ski jumper^[256]
• 1990 – Matias Myttynen, Finnish ice hockey player^[257]
• 1990 – Ilija Nestorovski, Macedonian footballer^[258]
• 1990 – Milena Raičević, Montenegrin handballer^[259]
• 1990 – Mikko Sumusalo, Finnish footballer^[260]
• 1991 – Felix Kroos, German footballer^[261]
• 1991 – Niclas Heimann, German footballer^[262]
• 1991 – Leandro Fernandez, Argentine footballer^[263]
• 1992 – Daniele Baselli, Italian footballer^[264]
• 1992 – Jordan Ferri, French footballer^[265]
• 1992 – Ciara Mageean, Irish middle-distance runner^[266]
• 1992 – Jiří Skalák, Czech footballer^[267]
• 1993 – Shehu Abdullahi, Nigerian footballer^[268]
• 1993 – Amjad Attwan, Iraqi footballer^[269]
• 1993 – Anton Shramchenko, Belarusian footballer^[270]
• 1994 – Katie Archibald, Scottish track cyclist^[271]
• 1994 – Jerami Grant, American basketball player^[272]
• 1994 – Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)^[273]
• 1996 – Sehrou Guirassy, French footballer^[274]
• 1996 – Karim Hafez, Egyptian footballer^[275]
• 1996 – Robert Murić, Croatian footballer^[276]
• 1996 – Cene Prevc, Slovenian ski jumper^[277]
• 1997 – Dean Henderson, English footballer^[278]
• 1997 – Allan Saint-Maximin, French footballer^[279]
• 1997 – Felipe Vizeu, Brazilian footballer^[280]
• 1998 – Mecole Hardman, American football player^[281]
• 1998 – Daniel Samohin, Israeli figure skater^[282]
• 1998 – Elizaveta Ukolova, Czech figure skater^[283]
• 2001 – Kim Min-kyu, South Korean singer and actor^[284]