12 January Births

January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days remaining until the end of the year (354 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).

    1483 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (d. 1538)
    1562 – Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630)
    1576 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (d. 1660)
    1577 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist and physician (d. 1644)
    1588 – John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1649)
    1591 – Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
    1597 – François Duquesnoy, Flemish sculptor and educator (d. 1643)
    1628 – Charles Perrault, French author and academic (d. 1703)
    1673 – Rosalba Carriera, Italian painter (d. 1757)
    1711 – Gaetano Latilla, Italian composer (d. 1788)
    1715 – Jacques Duphly, French organist and composer (d. 1789)
    1716 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general and politician, 1st Spanish Governor of Louisiana (d. 1795)
    1721 – Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1792)
    1723 – Samuel Langdon, American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1797)
    1724 – Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (d. 1789)
    1729 – Edmund Burke, Irish philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1797)
    1746 – Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss philosopher and educator (d. 1827)
    1751 – Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)
    1772 – Mikhail Speransky, Russian academic and politician (d. 1839)
    1786 – Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1855)
    1792 – Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1841)
    1797 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (d. 1873)
    1799 – Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist (d. 1872)
    1810 – Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1859)
    1822 – Étienne Lenoir, Belgian engineer, designed the internal combustion engine (d. 1900)
    1837 – Adolf Jensen, German pianist and composer (d. 1879)
    1849 – Jean Béraud, Russian-French painter and academic (d. 1935)
    1856 – John Singer Sargent, American painter and academic (d. 1925)
    1863 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk and philosopher (d. 1902)
    1869 – Bhagwan Das, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1958)
    1873 – Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (d. 1940)
    1874 – Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (d. 1963)
    1876 – Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government (d. 1950)
    1876 – Jack London, American novelist and journalist (d. 1916)
    1876 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (d. 1948)
    1877 – Frank J. Corr, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1934)
    1878 – Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian-American author and playwright (d. 1952)
    1879 – Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (d. 1968)
    1879 – Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (d. 1942)
    1882 – Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1930)
    1884 – Texas Guinan, Canadian-American entertainer and bootlegger (d. 1933)
    1889 – Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader (d. 1965)
    1890 – Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician (d. 1946)
    1892 – Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Russian Aircraft Corporation (d. 1976)
    1893 – Hermann Göring, German commander, pilot, and politician, Minister President of Prussia (d. 1946)
    1893 – Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian-German architect and politician, Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories (d. 1946)
    1894 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (d. 1975)
    1895 – Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1959)
    1896 – David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist and author (d. 1981)
    1899 – Pierre Bernac, French opera singer and educator (d. 1979)
    1899 – Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
    1901 – Karl Künstler, German SS officer (d. 1945)
    1903 – Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960)
    1904 – Mississippi Fred McDowell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)
    1905 – Nihal Atsız, Turkish author, poet, and philosopher (d. 1975)
    1905 – James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist and academic (d. 1997)
    1905 – Tex Ritter, American actor and singer (d. 1974)
    1906 – Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1995)
    1907 – Sergei Korolev, Russian colonel and engineer (d. 1966)
    1908 – Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
    1908 – Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988)
    1910 – Patsy Kelly, American actress and comedian (d. 1981)
    1910 – Luise Rainer, German-English actress (d. 2014)
    1912 – Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer (d. 1991)
    1914 – Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1979)
    1915 – Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
    1915 – Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Canadian archbishop and academic (d. 2013)
    1916 – Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and inventor (d. 2013)
    1916 – P. W. Botha, South African politician, 8th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 2006)
    1916 – Jay McShann, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2006)
    1917 – Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007)
    1917 – Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
    1918 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian-Dutch guru and educator (d. 2008)
    1920 – James Farmer, American activist and politician, co-founded Congress of Racial Equality (d. 1999)
    1920 – Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-Australian sociologist and academic (d. 2009)
    1922 – Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian (d. 1994)
    1923 – Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (d. 2014)
    1923 – Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1955)
    1924 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver and businessman (d. 1998)
    1924 – Chris Chase, American model, actress, and journalist (d. 2013)
    1925 – Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor (d. 1990)
    1926 – Morton Feldman, American composer and academic (d. 1987)
    1926 – Andrew Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (d. 2011)
    1926 – Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
    1928 – Ruth Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2006)
    1928 – Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver (d. 2009)
    1929 – Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher and academic
    1929 – Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and logician (d. 2015)
    1930 – Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, founded Tim Hortons (d. 1974)
    1930 – Jennifer Johnston, Irish author and playwright
    1930 – Glenn Yarbrough, American singer and actor (d. 2016)
    1932 – Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer, and television host
    1933 – Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (d. 2013)
    1934 – Alan Sharp, Scottish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
    1934 – Mick Sullivan, English rugby player and coach (d. 2016)
    1936 – Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, English police officer and politician
    1936 – Raimonds Pauls, Latvian pianist and composer
    1936 – Brajanath Ratha, Indian poet and activist (d. 2014)
    1936 – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (d. 2016)
    1938 – Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician (d. 2013)
    1938 – Teresa del Conde, Mexican historian and critic
    1939 – William Lee Golden, American singer-songwriter and painter
    1939 – Jim Palosaari, American evangelist (d. 2011)
    1940 – Bob Hewitt, Australian-South African tennis player
    1940 – Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (d. 2013)
    1940 – Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2007)
    1941 – Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (d. 2005)
    1941 – Fiona Caldicott, English psychiatrist and psychotherapist
    1941 – Chet Jastremski, American swimmer and physician (d. 2014)
    1942 – Bernardine Dohrn, American activist and academic
    1944 – Hans Henning Atrott, German author and theorist
    1944 – Joe Frazier, American boxer (d. 2011)
    1944 – Cynthia Robinson, American R&B trumpet player and singer (d 2015)
    1945 – Maggie Bell, Scottish singer-songwriter
    1946 – Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, Scottish lawyer and judge
    1946 – George Duke, American keyboard player, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
    1947 – Richard Carwardine, English historian and academic
    1947 – Tom Dempsey, American football player and educator
    1947 – Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee, English politician
    1948 – Kenny Allen, English footballer
    1948 – Anthony Andrews, English actor and producer
    1948 – Gordon Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 34th Premier of British Columbia
    1948 – Brendan Foster, English runner and sportscaster
    1948 – William Nicholson, English author and screenwriter
    1949 – Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 2007)
    1949 – Ottmar Hitzfeld, German footballer and manager
    1949 – Hamadi Jebali, Tunisian engineer, journalist, and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Tunisia
    1949 – Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist
    1950 – Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer, judge, and politician
    1950 – Göran Lindblad, Swedish dentist and politician
    1950 – Bob McEwen, American businessman and politician
    1950 – Dorrit Moussaieff, Israeli-Icelandic jewelry designer and businesswoman, 5th First Lady of Iceland
    1951 – Kirstie Alley, American actress and producer
    1951 – Chris Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1978)
    1951 – Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author
    1951 – Drew Pearson, American football player and sportscaster
    1952 – Phil Perry, American singer-songwriter and producer
    1952 – Ricky Van Shelton, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
    1952 – John Walker, New Zealand runner and politician
    1952 – Walter Mosley American novelist
    1953 – Mary Harron, Canadian director and screenwriter
    1954 – Howard Stern, American radio host, actor, and author
    1954 – Martin Kylhammar, Swedish professor of culture and society
    1956 – Nikolai Noskov, Russian rock singer and singer-songwriter
    1957 – B. Brian Blair, American wrestler and politician
    1957 – John Lasseter, American animator, director, and producer
    1957 – Jeremy Sams, English director, playwright, and composer
    1958 – Christiane Amanpour, English-born Iranian-American journalist
    1958 – Curt Fraser, American-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
    1959 – Blixa Bargeld, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
    1959 – Per Gessle, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
    1960 – Oliver Platt, Canadian-American actor
    1960 – Dominique Wilkins, French-American basketball player and manager
    1961 – Simon Russell Beale, Malaysia-born English actor and historian
    1962 – Joe Quesada, American author and illustrator
    1962 – Richie Richardson, Antiguan cricketer
    1962 – Luna Vachon, American-Canadian wrestler and manager (d. 2010)
    1963 – François Girard, Canadian director and screenwriter
    1963 – Nando Reis, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
    1964 – Laura Arraya, Argentinian-Peruvian tennis player
    1964 – Jeff Bezos, American computer scientist and businessman, founded Amazon.com
    1965 – Rob Zombie, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
    1966 – Olivier Martinez, French actor
    1966 – Craig Parry, Australian golfer
    1967 – Vendela Kirsebom, Norwegian-Swedish model and actress
    1968 – Junichi Masuda, Japanese director, producer, and composer
    1968 – Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer
    1969 – David Mitchell, English novelist
    1969 – Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and producer
    1970 – Zack de la Rocha, American singer-songwriter
    1971 – Scott Burrell, American basketball player and coach
    1972 – Priyanka Gandhi, Indian politician
    1972 – Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player and coach
    1972 – Paul Wilson, Australian cricketer and umpire
    1973 – Brian Culbertson, American pianist and producer
    1973 – Hande Yener, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
    1974 – Melanie C, English singer-songwriter and actress
    1974 – Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian skier
    1975 – Jason Freese, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
    1975 – Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
    1977 – Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player
    1978 – Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball player
    1978 – Maurizio Zaffiri, Italian rugby player
    1979 – Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
    1979 – Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model
    1979 – Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
    1979 – David Zabriskie, American cyclist
    1980 – Bobby Crosby, American baseball player
    1981 – Amerie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
    1981 – João Paulo Daniel, Brazilian footballer
    1981 – Dan Klecko, American football player
    1981 – Angus Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player
    1981 – Luis Ernesto Pérez, Mexican footballer
    1982 – Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
    1982 – Chris Ray, American baseball player
    1982 – Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
    1982 – Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete
    1982 – Dean Whitehead, English footballer
    1982 – Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
    1984 – Daniel Sepulveda, American football player
    1984 – Jonathan Zydko, French footballer
    1985 – Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer
    1985 – Borja Valero, Spanish footballer
    1986 – Kehoma Brenner, German rugby player
    1986 – Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer
    1986 – Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, Argentinian-Italian footballer
    1987 – Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer
    1988 – Claude Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
    1989 – Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer
    1991 – Pixie Lott, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
    1991 – Matt Srama, Australian rugby league player
    1992 – Ishak Belfodil, Algerian footballer
    1992 – Samuele Longo, Italian footballer
    1993 – Zayn Malik, English singer-songwriter
    1993 – Simone Pecorini, Italian footballer

Source: Wikipedia