12 September Births

Published : 12 Sep 2017, 11:03

Jagoroniya Desk

September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 110 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Births

1415 – John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (d. 1461)
1492 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)
1494 – Francis I of France (d. 1547)
1552 – André Schott, Jesuit priest, academic, linguist, translator, editor (d. 1629)
1590 – María de Zayas, Spanish writer (d. 1661)
1605 – William Dugdale, English genealogist and historian (d. 1686)
1690 – Peter Dens, Flemish theologian and academic (d. 1775)
1725 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
1736 – Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (d. 1776)
1740 – Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (d. 1817)
1768 – Benjamin Carr, English-American singer-songwriter, educator, and publisher (d. 1831)
1797 – Samuel Joseph May, American activist (d. 1871)
1812 – Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (d. 1878)
1812 – Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press (d. 1886)
1818 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, invented the Gatling gun (d. 1903)
1818 – Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1882)
1829 – Anselm Feuerbach, German painter (d. 1880)
1830 – William Sprague, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1915)
1837 – Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1892)
1852 – H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1928)
1855 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (d. 1920)
1856 – Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer and conductor (d. 1924)
1857 – Manuel Espinosa Batista, Colombian pharmacist and politician (d. 1919)
1862 – Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1925)
1866 – Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English cricketer and politician, 13th Governor General of Canada (d. 1941)
1869 – Paweł Owerłło, Polish actor (d, 1957)
1875 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (d. 1926)
1880 – H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (d. 1956)
1882 – Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop (d. 1963)
1884 – Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (d. 1947)
1885 – Heinrich Hoffmann, German photographer and art dealer (d. 1957)
1888 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1972)
1889 – Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1942)
1891 – Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician (d. 1965)
1891 – Jean-François Martial, Belgian actor (d. 1977)
1891 – Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (d. 1968)
1892 – Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc. (d. 1984)
1894 – Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (d. 1953)
1894 – Dorothy Maud Wrinch, Argentinian-English mathematician, biochemist and philosopher (d. 1976)
1895 – Freymóður Jóhannsson, Icelandic painter and composer (d. 1973)
1897 – Irène Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1956)
1897 – Walter B. Gibson, American magician and author (d. 1985)
1898 – Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)
1898 – Alma Moodie, Australian violinist and educator (d. 1943)
1898 – Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter and photographer (d. 1969)
1900 – Haskell Curry, American mathematician, logician, and academic (d. 1982)
1901 – Shmuel Horowitz, Israeli agronomist and academic (d. 1999)
1902 – Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (d. 1976)
1902 – Marya Zaturenska, Ukrainian-American poet and author (d. 1982)
1904 – István Horthy, Hungarian fighter pilot and deputy regent (d. 1942)
1904 – John Courtney Murray, American priest and theologian (d. 1967)
1904 – Lou Moore, American race car driver (d. 1956)
1907 – Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (d. 1963)
1909 – Donald MacDonald, Canadian trade union leader and politician (d. 1986)
1913 – Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (d. 1980)
1914 – Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, poet, and scholar (d. 1988)
1914 – Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh-English soldier and actor (d. 1999)
1916 – Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961)
1917 – Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel, academic, and politician (d. 2004)
1917 – Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (d. 2012)
1920 – Irene Dailey, American actress (d. 2008)
1921 – Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)
1921 – Stanisław Lem, Ukrainian-Polish philosopher and author (d. 2006)
1921 – Turgut Cansever, Turkish Architect, city planner, thinker (d. 2009)
1922 – Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (d. 2014)
1922 – Jackson Mac Low, American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 2004)
1922 – Mark Rosenzweig, American psychologist and academic (d. 2009)
1924 – Amílcar Cabral, Guinea-Bissauan political leader (d. 1973)
1925 – Stan Lopata, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1925 – Dickie Moore, American actor (d. 2015)
1927 – Mathé Altéry, French soprano and actress
1928 – Robert Irwin, American painter and gardener
1928 – Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1928 – Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (d. 2014)
1929 – Harvey Schmidt, American composer and illustrator
1930 – Larry Austin, American composer and educator
1931 – Ian Holm, English actor
1931 – George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1932 – Atli Dam, Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2005)
1934 – Glenn Davis, American hurdler, sprinter, and football player (d. 2009)
1934 – Jaegwon Kim, South Korean-American philosopher and academic
1935 – Richard Hunt, American sculptor
1937 – George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer
1937 – Wes Hall, Barbadian cricketer and politician
1938 – Judy Clay, American soul and gospel singer (d. 2001)
1938 – Claude Ruel, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1938 – Tatiana Troyanos, American operatic soprano (d. 1993)
1939 – Phillip Ramey, American pianist and composer
1939 – Henry Waxman, American lawyer and politician
1940 – Linda Gray, American model and actress
1940 – Mickey Lolich, American baseball player
1940 – Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (d. 2010)
1942 – Michel Drucker, French journalist
1942 – Tomás Marco, Spanish composer
1942 – François Tavenas, Canadian engineer and academic (d. 2004)
1943 – Maria Muldaur, American folk and blues singer
1943 – Leonard Peltier, American political activist and convicted criminal
1944 – Vladimir Spivakov, Russian violinist and conductor
1944 – Barry White, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1945 – Milo Manara, Italian author and illustrator
1945 – John Mauceri, American conductor and producer
1946 – Tony Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1946 – Neil Lyndon, British journalist and writer
1947 – David Grant, English engineer and academic
1947 – Gerald Howarth, English soldier, pilot, and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
1948 – Steve Turre, American trombonist and educator
1948 – Max Walker, Australian cricketer, sportscaster, and architect (d. 2016)
1949 – Charles Burlingame, American captain and pilot (d. 2001)
1949 – Irina Rodnina, Russian figure skater and politician
1949 – Tony Stevens, English rock bassist and songwriter (Savoy Brown; Foghat)
1950 – Marguerite Blais, Canadian journalist and politician
1950 – Gustav Brunner, Austrian engineer
1950 – Bruce Mahler, American actor and screenwriter
1950 – Mike Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951 – Bertie Ahern, Irish accountant and politician, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland
1951 – Norm Dubé, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 – Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player and actor (d. 2007)
1951 – Joe Pantoliano, American actor and producer
1951 – Ali-Ollie Woodson, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2010)
1952 – Gerry Beckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Neil Peart, Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer
1953 – Nan Goldin, American photographer
1953 – Fiona Mactaggart, Scottish educator and politician
1954 – Robert Gober, American sculptor
1954 – Scott Hamilton, American saxophonist
1954 – Peeter Volkonski, Estonian singer-songwriter and actor
1955 – Brian Smith, English footballer (d. 2013)
1956 – Barry Andrews, English singer and keyboard player
1956 – Chip Beck, American golfer
1956 – Sam Brownback, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Kansas
1956 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003)
1956 – David Goodhart, English journalist and author
1956 – Brian Robertson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Ricky Rudd, American race car driver and sportscaster
1956 – Walter Woon, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 7th Attorney-General of Singapore
1957 – Paul M. Sharp, British academic and educator
1957 – Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian
1957 – Rachel Ward, English-Australian actress
1957 – Hans Zimmer, German composer and producer
1958 – Wilfred Benítez, American boxer
1958 – Gregg Edelman, American actor and singer
1959 – Scott Brown, American colonel and politician
1959 – Deron Cherry, American football player and sportscaster
1959 – Sigmar Gabriel, German educator and politician, 17th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
1960 – Evan Jenkins, American academic and politician
1960 – Stefanos Korkolis, Greek pianist and composer
1961 – Mylène Farmer, Canadian-French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1962 – Sunay Akın, Turkish poet, journalist, and philanthropist
1962 – Amy Yasbeck, American actress
1964 – Greg Gutfeld, American television journalist and author
1964 – Dieter Hecking, German footballer and manager
1965 – Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian animator and producer
1965 – Vernon Maxwell, American basketball player
1966 – Ben Folds, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1966 – Vezio Sacratini, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Louis C.K., American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1967 – Pat Listach, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1968 – Larry LaLonde, American guitarist and songwriter
1968 – Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell, English politician (d. 2014)
1968 – Richard Snell, South African cricketer and physiotherapist
1969 – Max Boot, Russian-American historian and author
1969 – Ángel Cabrera, Argentinian golfer
1969 – James Frey, American author and screenwriter
1969 – Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer
1970 – Nathan Larson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Younes El Aynaoui, Moroccan tennis player
1972 – Gideon Emery, English-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Paul Green, Australian rugby league player and coach
1972 – Sidney Souza, Brazilian footballer
1973 – Kara David, Filipino journalist and documentarian
1973 – Martin Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973 – Paul Walker, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
1974 – Caroline Aigle, French soldier and pilot (d. 2007)
1974 – Jennifer Nettles, American singer-songwriter
1974 – Guy Smith, English race car driver
1974 – Kenichi Suzumura, Japanese voice actor and singer-songwriter
1974 – Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer and coach
1975 – Luis Castillo, Dominican baseball player
1975 – Bill Kirby, Australian swimmer and coach
1976 – Bizzy Bone, American rapper
1976 – Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer
1977 – Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer
1977 – Grant Denyer, Australian race car driver and journalist
1977 – Jeff Irwin, American singer-songwriter and producer
1977 – James McCartney, English singer-songwriter
1977 – David Thompson, English footballer
1978 – Elisabetta Canalis, Italian model and actress
1978 – Benjamin McKenzie, American actor
1978 – Ruben Studdard, American R&B, pop, and gospel singer
1980 – Sean Burroughs, American baseball player
1980 – Fernando César de Souza, Brazilian footballer
1980 – Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
1980 – Kevin Sinfield, English rugby player
1980 – Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1981 – Marty Adams, Canadian actor and screenwriter
1981 – Alan Arruda, Brazilian footballer
1981 – Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
1981 – Staciana Stitts, American swimmer
1982 – Zoran Planinić, Croatian basketball player
1983 – Tom Geißler, German footballer
1983 – Rami Haikal, Jordanian guitarist
1983 – Sebastian Hofmann, German footballer
1983 – Daniel Muir, American football player
1983 – Sergio Parisse, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1983 – Clayton Richard, American baseball player
1983 – Carly Smithson, Irish singer-songwriter
1984 – Nashat Akram, Iraqi footballer
1984 – Chelsea Carey, Canadian curler
1986 – Kamila Chudzik, Polish heptathlete
1986 – Akwasi Fobi-Edusei, English footballer
1986 – Joanne Jackson, English swimmer
1986 – Yuto Nagatomo, Japanese footballer
1986 – Dimitrios Regas, Greek sprinter
1986 – Emmy Rossum, American singer and actress
1988 – Amanda Jenssen, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1989 – Freddie Freeman, American-Canadian baseball player
1989 – Andrew Luck, American football player
1991 – Mike Towell, Scottish professional boxer (d. 2016)
1991 – Scott Wootton, English footballer
1992 – Sviatlana Pirazhenka, Belarusian tennis player
1993 – Kelsea Ballerini, American Singer
1994 – Rap Monster, South Korean Rapper, songwriter and record producer

Source: wikipedia

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