12 March Births

March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 294 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).
Births

1270 – Charles, Count of Valois (d. 1325)
1386 – Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (d. 1428)
1475 – Luca Gaurico, Italian astrologer (d. 1558)
1476 – Anna Jagiellon, Duchess of Pomerania, Polish princess (d. 1503)
1500 – Reginald Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1558)
1501 – Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Italian scientist (d. 1577)
1479 – Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (d. 1516)
1607 – Paul Gerhardt, German poet and composer (d. 1676)
1613 – André Le Nôtre, French gardener and architect (d. 1700)
1620 – Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)
1626 – John Aubrey, English historian and philosopher (d. 1697)
1647 – Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (d. 1727)
1672 – Richard Steele, Irish-Welsh journalist and politician (d. 1729)
1685 – George Berkeley, Irish bishop and philosopher (d. 1753)
1710 – Thomas Arne, English composer (d. 1778)
1781 – Frederica of Baden (d. 1826)
1795 – William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto (d. 1861)
1806 – Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States (d. 1863)
1821 – John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1893)
1824 – Gustav Kirchhoff, Russian-German physicist and academic (d. 1887)
1831 – Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (d. 1901)
1832 – Charles Boycott, English farmer and agent (d. 1897)
1832 – Charles Friedel, French chemist and mineralogist (d.1899)
1835 – Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1909)
1837 – Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (d. 1911)
1838 – William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (d. 1907)
1851 – Theodore Thurston Geer, American journalist and politician, 10th Governor of Oregon (d. 1924)
1858 – Adolph Ochs, American publisher (d. 1935)
1859 – Abraham H. Cannon, American religious leader (d. 1896)
1860 – Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author (d. 1895)
1861 – József Konkolics, Hungarian-Slovene cantor and author (d. 1941)
1863 – Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1938)
1863 – Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (d. 1945)
1864 – W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (d. 1922)
1864 – Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist and composer (d. 1943)
1864 – Charles Young, American colonel (d. 1922)
1869 – George Forbes, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1947)
1874 – Charles Weeghman, American businessman (d. 1938)
1877 – Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (d. 1946)
1878 – Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (d. 1903)
1880 – Henry Drysdale Dakin, English-American chemist and academic (d. 1952)
1880 – Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1942)
1881 – Gunnar Nordström, Finnish physicist and academic (d. 1923)
1883 – Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian politician (d. 1959)
1889 – Idris of Libya (d. 1983)
1890 – Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1950)
1890 – William Dudley Pelley, American screenwriter and politician, founded the Silver Legion of America (d. 1965)
1890 – Evert Taube, Swedish singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1976)
1891 – George W. Mason, American businessman (d. 1954)
1895 – Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist and author (d. 1942)
1895 – William C. Lee, American general (d. 1948)
1907 – Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (d. 2007)
1908 – Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)
1908 – David Marshall Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore (d. 1995)
1910 – Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1980)
1911 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 49th President of Mexico (d. 1979)
1912 – Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (d. 2006)
1912 – Edgar Tafel, American architect (d. 2011)
1912 – Paul Weston, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
1913 – Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
1913 – Agathe von Trapp, Hungarian-American singer and author (d. 2010)
1914 – Frank Soo, English footballer and manager (d. 1991)
1915 – Willibald C. Bianchi, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
1915 – Alberto Burri, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
1917 – Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1917 – Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress (d. 2011)
1918 – Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (d. 1989)
1919 – Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, Governor of the Territory of Alaska (d. 2014)
1920 – Roland Fraïssé, French mathematical logician (d. 2008)
1921 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (d. 2003)
1921 – Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
1922 – Jack Kerouac, American author and poet (d. 1969)
1922 – Lane Kirkland, American sailor and union leader (d. 1999)
1923 – Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater and cyclist (d. 2013)
1923 – Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (d. 2005)
1923 – Clara Fraser, American activist, co-founded Radical Women (d. 1998)
1923 – Hanne Hiob, German actress and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1923 – Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2007)
1923 – Joseph F. Weis, Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 2014)
1923 – Mae Young, American wrestler (d. 2014)
1924 – Henri Rochon, Canadian tennis player (d. 2005)
1924 – Mary Lee Woods, English mathematician and computer programmer
1925 – Louison Bobet, French cyclist (d. 1983)
1925 – Georges Delerue, French pianist and composer (d. 1992)
1925 – Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1925 – Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
1926 – George Ariyoshi, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii
1927 – Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (d. 2009)
1928 – Edward Albee, American director and playwright (d. 2016)
1928 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007)
1930 – Bronco Horvath, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1930 – Vern Law, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1930 – Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (d. 2014)
1931 – Herb Kelleher, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines
1931 – Robert B. Oakley, American soldier and diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (d. 2014)
1932 – Andrew Young, American pastor and politician, 14th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1933 – Barbara Feldon, American actress
1934 – Virginia Hamilton, American author (d. 2002)
1934 – David Spenser, Sri Lankan-English actor and director (d. 2013)
1936 – Lloyd Dobyns, American journalist and author
1936 – Patrick Procktor, Irish-English painter and academic (d. 2003)
1936 – Eddie Sutton, American basketball player and coach
1937 – Valentīna Eiduka, Latvian javelin thrower and coach
1938 – Lew DeWitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
1938 – Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver and sportscaster
1938 – Dimitri Terzakis, Greek-German composer and educator
1939 – Lyndsie Holland, English actress and singer (d. 2014)
1939 – Jude Milhon, American hacker and author (d. 2003)
1940 – Al Jarreau, American singer (d. 2017)
1940 – M. A. Numminen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer
1942 – Ratko Mladić, Serbian general
1942 – Shabnam Shakeel, Pakistani poet and author (d. 2013)
1942 – Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player and sportscaster
1945 – Sammy Gravano, American mobster
1945 – George Jackson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1946 – Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer, and dancer
1946 – Frank Welker, American voice actor and singer
1946 – Serge Turgeon, Canadian actor and union leader (d. 2004)
1947 – Peter Harry Carstensen, German educator and politician
1947 – Mary Jean Harrold, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2013)
1947 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (d. 1987)
1947 – Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts
1948 – Virginia Bottomley, Scottish social worker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
1948 – Kent Conrad, American politician
1948 – James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Rob Cohen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1949 – David Mellor, English journalist, lawyer, and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
1949 – Bill Payne, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1949 – Fergus Slattery, Irish rugby player
1950 – Javier Clemente, Spanish footballer and manager
1952 – Boris Anatolyevich Gavrilov, Russian football player and manager
1954 – Anish Kapoor, Indian-English sculptor
1954 – Hajime Meshiai, Japanese golfer
1955 – Nicole Léger, Canadian educator and politician
1956 – Steve Harris, English bass player and songwriter
1956 – Lesley Manville, English actress
1956 – Dale Murphy, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1957 – Patrick Battiston, French footballer and coach
1957 – Marlon Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
1958 – Phil Anderson, English-Australian cyclist
1958 – Matt Millen, American football player, executive, and sportscaster
1958 – Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
1960 – Courtney B. Vance, American actor and painter
1961 – Joseph Facal, Canadian journalist and politician
1961 – Titus Welliver, American actor
1962 – Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player and minister
1963 – Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner and coach
1963 – Ian Holloway, English footballer and manager
1963 – Paul Way, English golfer
1965 – Steve Finley, American baseball player
1965 – Shawn Gilbert, American baseball player and coach
1965 – Steve Levy, American journalist and sportscaster
1965 – Coleen Nolan, English singer and television host
1966 – Grant Long, American basketball player and sportscaster
1967 – Jorge Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer and manager
1967 – Julio Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer and manager
1968 – Dylan Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Tammy Duckworth, Thai-American colonel, pilot, and politician
1968 – Aaron Eckhart, American actor and producer
1969 – Graham Coxon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Jake Tapper, American journalist and author
1970 – Dave Eggers, American author and screenwriter
1970 – Mathias Gronberg, Swedish golfer
1970 – John Nemechek, American race car driver (d. 1997)
1970 – Rex Walters, American basketball player and coach
1971 – Isaiah Rider, American basketball player and rapper
1971 – Dragutin Topić, Serbian high jumper
1972 – Hector Luis Bustamante, Colombian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1974 – Matt Barela, American wrestler and actor
1974 – Chris Carr, American basketball player and coach
1974 – Steve Price, Australian rugby league player
1975 – Kéllé Bryan, English singer-songwriter and actress
1977 – Ramiro Corrales, American soccer player
1978 – Casey Mears, American race car driver
1978 – Neal Obermeyer, American cartoonist
1978 – Claudio Sanchez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 – Arina Tanemura, Japanese author and illustrator
1979 – Pete Doherty, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Jamie Dwyer, Australian field hockey player and coach
1979 – Nidia Guenard, American wrestler and manager
1979 – Shaun Rogers, American football player
1979 – Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian footballer
1980 – Jens Mouris, Dutch cyclist
1980 – Douglas Murray, Swedish ice hockey player
1981 – Kenta Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler and kick-boxer
1981 – Maurizio Lauro, Italian footballer
1981 – Kristjan Makke, Estonian basketball player
1981 – Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian tennis player
1981 – Holly Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Zach Miner, American baseball player
1982 – Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer
1982 – Erick Stevens, American wrestler
1986 – Danny Jones, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1986 – Ben Offereins, Australian runner
1987 – Jessica Hardy, American swimmer
1987 – Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player
1987 – Chris Seitz, American soccer player
1987 – Omar Abdulrazaq, Syrian footballer
1988 – Sebastian Brendel, German canoe racer
1988 – Konstantinos Mitroglou, Greek footballer
1988 – Tyler Ward, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1988 – Myles Weston, English footballer
1989 – Tyler Clary, American swimmer
1989 – Richard Eckersley, English footballer
1989 – Siim Luts, Estonian footballer
1989 – Mark Sirõk, Estonian activist
1989 – Gareth Widdop, English rugby league player
1990 – Lawrence Clarke, English hurdler
1990 – Kai-Fabian Schulz, German footballer
1991 – Felix Kroos, German footballer
1992 – Cian Bolger, Irish footballer
1993 – Anton Shramchenko, Belarusian footballer
1993 – Jeppe Tverskov, Danish professional footballer
1993 – Nikolai Alho, Finnish football player
1994 – Katie Archibald, Scottish track cyclist
1994 – Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2016)
1995 – Will Pearsall, Australian rugby league player
1996 – Robert Bartczak, Polish footballer
1996 – Aristo Sham, Hong Kong pianist
1999 – Sakura Oda, Japanese singer

Source: Wikipedia