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December 12 birthdays

327 notable historical figures were born on December 12, and 214 died on this day. Everyone born on December 12 is a Sagittarius.

20% of December 12 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (81) than any other country.

Born on December 12

• Jennifer Connelly (born 1970. American actress (born 1970))
• Frank Sinatra (1915 to 1998. American singer and actor (1915–1998))
• Alexander I of Russia (1777 to 1825. Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825)
• Dionne Warwick (born 1940. American singer (born 1940))
• Edvard Munch (1863 to 1944. Norwegian painter (1863–1944))
• Sophie Kinsella (1969 to 2025. English author (1969–2025))
• John Jay (1745 to 1829. American Founding Father (1745–1829))
• Marie Louise (1791 to 1847. Duchess of Parma (r. 1814–1847); Empress of the French (1810–1814))
• Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (born 1948. President of Portugal from 2016 to 2026)
• Gustave Flaubert (1821 to 1880. French novelist (1821–1880))
• Anne of Denmark (1574 to 1619. Queen of Scotland (1589–1619); Queen of England and Ireland (1603–1619))
• John Osborne (1929 to 1994. English playwright (1929–1994))
• Robert Noyce (1927 to 1990. American physicist and entrepreneur (1927–1990))
• Erasmus Darwin (1731 to 1802. English physician (1731–1802))
• Jacobo Grinberg (born 1946. Mexican pseudoscientist, neurophysiologist and psychologist)
• Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928 to 2008. Soviet and Kyrgyz author (1928-2008))
• Portia Simpson-Miller (born 1945. Prime Minister of Jamaica (2006–2007, 2012–2016))
• Yuzo Koshiro (born 1967. Japanese composer (born 1967))
• Marc Ravalomanana (born 1949. President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009)
• Alexander Ypsilantis (1792 to 1828. Greek revolutionary and commander (1792–1828))
• Abdul Rehman Malik (1951 to 2022. Pakistani politician (1951–2022))
• Joe Sestak (born 1951. American politician and Navy officer (born 1951))
• Mária Telkes (1900 to 1995. Hungarian-American engineer, scientist and inventor (1900–1995))
• John of Saxony (1801 to 1873. King of Saxony (1801–1873))
• Juan Carlos Varela (born 1963. President of Panama from 2014 to 2019)
• Kate Humble (born 1968. British television presenter and narrator)
• Karl Bryullov (1799 to 1852. Russian painter (1799–1852))
• Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1911 to 1996. Spanish infanta)
• Eric Maskin (born 1950. American Nobel laureate in economics)
• Cao Kun (1862 to 1938. Chinese general and warlord (1862–1938))
• Addison Mizner (1872 to 1933. American architect (1872–1933))
• Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709 to 1751. French physician and philosopher (1709–1751))
• David Abulafia (1949 to 2026. English historian (1949–2026))
• Edward Almond (1892 to 1979. United States Army general (1892–1979))
• Hilla Limann (1934 to 1998. President of Ghana from 1979 to 1981)
• Cesar Virata (born 1930. Prime Minister of the Philippines from 1981 to 1986)
• Wilson Kipketer (born 1972. Danish former middle distance runner (born 1972))
• William Beechey (1753 to 1839. English painter (1753–1839))
• Alfred Werner (1866 to 1919. Swiss chemist (1866–1919))
• Bob Dorough (1923 to 2018. American pianist, singer, and composer (1923–2018))
• John Lloyd Wright (1892 to 1972. American architect (1892–1972))
• G. S. Ghurye (1893 to 1983. Founder of Indian sociology (1893–1983))
• Karl Edward Wagner (1945 to 1994. American writer (1945–1994))
• Bilal Saeed (born 1988. Pakistani Singer-songwriter)
• Shaker Aamer (born 1968. Saudi citizen held in Guantanamo Bay from 2001–2015)
• Rajinikanth (born 1950. Indian actor (born 1950))
• Helen Dunmore (1952 to 2017. British writer (1952–2017))
• Prosper Avril (born 1937. Haitian political figure (born 1937))
• Chris Mullin (politician) (born 1947. British Labour politician (born 1947))
• Julian Opie (born 1958. British artist)
• Kurt Atterberg (1887 to 1974. Swedish composer and engineer)
• Boun Oum (1912 to 1980. Laotian politician (1911–1980))
• Mayim Bialik (born 1975. American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975))
• Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854 to 1936. French anthropologist)
• Kader Abdolah (born 1954. Iranian-Dutch writer, poet and columnist)
• Ali Amini (1905 to 1992. Iranian politician (1905–1992))
• Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani (born 1948. Member of the royal family of Qatar)
• Connie Francis (1937 to 2025. American singer and actress (1937–2025))
• Michael Jeffery (1937 to 2020. Australian governor-general and army officer (1937–2020))
• Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe (1834 to 1906. Austrian general (1834–1906))

Died on December 12

• Sacagawea (1788 to 1812. Native American explorer (c.1788 – 1812))
• Heydar Aliyev (1923 to 2003. President of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003)
• Robert Browning (1812 to 1889. English poet and playwright (1812–1889))
• Clementine Churchill (1885 to 1977. Wife of Winston Churchill and life peer (1885–1977))
• William I of the Netherlands (1772 to 1843. King of the Netherlands from 1815 to 1840)
• Charley Pride (1934 to 2020. American country musician (1934–2020))
• Joseph Heller (1923 to 1999. American writer (1923–1999))
• Stephen Báthory (1533 to 1586. Ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1576 to 1586)
• Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868 to 1921. American astronomer (1868–1921))
• David Marshall (Singaporean politician) (1908 to 1995. Chief Minister of Singapore from 1955 to 1956)
• Harry Augustus Garfield (1863 to 1942. American lawyer, academic and public official (1863–1942))
• Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821 to 1912. Regent of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912)
• Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923 to 2008. American medical researcher (1923–2008))
• Milutin Milanković (1879 to 1958. Serbian scientist and professor (1879–1958))
• Marc Isambard Brunel (1769 to 1849. French-British engineer (1769–1849))
• Guy (855 to 894. Emperor in Italy from 891 to 894)
• John Sparrow David Thompson (1845 to 1894. Prime Minister of Canada from 1892 to 1894)
• Ikkyū (1394 to 1481. Japanese Zen Buddhist monk (1394–1481))
• Isabella of Mar (1277 to 1296. Countess of Carrick)
• Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678 to 1751. British politician and philosopher (1678–1751))
• John le Carré (1931 to 2020. Irish-British novelist and former spy (1931–2020))
• Mirosław Hermaszewski (1941 to 2022. First Polish cosmonaut (1941–2022))
• Raymond Radiguet (1903 to 1923. French novelist and poet (1903–1923))
• Huda Sha'arawi (1879 to 1947. Egyptian feminist leader (1879–1947))
• Jack Steinberger (1921 to 2020. German-American physicist, Nobel laureate (1921–2020))
• Tassos Papadopoulos (1934 to 2008. President of Cyprus from 2003 to 2008)
• József Antall (1932 to 1993. Hungarian politician (1932–1993))
• Joan the Lame of Burgundy (1293 to 1349. Queen of France from 1328 to 1349)
• Joan of Portugal (1439 to 1475. Queen of Castile and León from 1455 to 1474)
• J. L. Mackie (1917 to 1981. Australian philosopher (1917–1981))

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