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February 12 birthdays

338 notable historical figures were born on February 12, and 222 died on this day. Everyone born on February 12 is a Aquarius.

18% of February 12 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (88) than any other country.

Born on February 12

• Abraham Lincoln (1809 to 1865. President of the United States from 1861 to 1865)
• Charles Darwin (1809 to 1882. English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882))
• Ehud Barak (born 1942. Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001)
• Francis (Emperor Francis II) (1768 to 1835. Habsburg monarch from 1792 to 1835)
• Omar Bradley (1893 to 1981. United States Army general (1893–1981))
• David Graeber (1961 to 2020. American anthropologist and activist (1961–2020))
• Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746 to 1817. Polish military leader (1746–1817))
• Judy Blume (born 1938. American author (born 1938))
• Christina Ricci (born 1980. American actress (born 1980))
• Dayananda Saraswati (1824 to 1883. Indian philosopher and socio-religious reformer (1824–1883))
• Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Piedmont (1937 to 2024. Disputed Head of the House of Savoy from 1983 to 2024)
• Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861 to 1937. Psychoanalyst and author (1861–1937))
• Simon MacCorkindale (1952 to 2010. British actor (1952–2010))
• Cotton Mather (1663 to 1728. Puritan clergyman (1663–1728))
• Mate Rimac (born 1988. Croatian innovator and entrepreneur (born 1988))
• One Man Gang (born 1960. American professional wrestler (born 1960))
• Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (born 1932. Norwegian princess (born 1932))
• Julian Schwinger (1918 to 1994. American theoretical physicist (1918–1994))
• Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911 to 1978. President of Ireland from 1974 to 1976)
• Michel Martelly (born 1961. President of Haiti from 2011 to 2016)
• David D. Friedman (born 1945. American academic (born 1945))
• Katherine Barrell (born 1990. Canadian actress)
• Hussein Onn (1922 to 1990. Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1976 to 1981)
• George Meredith (1828 to 1909. British novelist and poet (1828–1909))
• Robin Thomas (born 1949. American actor)
• Gil Cisneros (born 1971. American politician (born 1971))
• Lazar Koliševski (1914 to 2000. Yugoslav political leader)
• Peter Cooper (1791 to 1883. American politician and businessman (1791–1883))
• Zhao Bing (1272 to 1279. Emperor of Song China from 1278 to 1279)
• Jacqueline Woodson (born 1963. American writer (born 1963))
• Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728 to 1799. French architect (1728–1799))
• Joaquín Sabina (born 1949. Spanish musician (born 1949))
• John Edward Gray (1800 to 1875. British zoologist (1800–1875))
• Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (1851 to 1914. Austrian economist (1851–1914))
• Thomas Moran (1837 to 1926. American artist (1837–1926))
• Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg (1847 to 1921. Diplomat and composer of Imperial Germany)
• Hakim Ajmal Khan (1868 to 1927. Indian physician and politician (1868–1927))
• Infanta Eulalia of Spain (1864 to 1958. Duchess of Galliera)
• Conrad II of Italy (1074 to 1101. Duke of Lower Lorraine)
• Bill Russell (1934 to 2022. American basketball player and coach (1934–2022))
• Charles McArther Emmanuel (born 1977. American-Liberian war criminal (born 1978))
• Peter Schoomaker (born 1946. Retired US Army general (born 1946))
• Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt (born 1982. Egyptian royal)
• Federica Montseny (1905 to 1994. Spanish politician, anarchist, intellectual, and writer (1905–1994))
• Sean MacFarland (born 1959. American general)
• Johan Laidoner (1884 to 1953. Estonian general (1884–1953))
• Naomi Uemura (1941 to 1984. Japanese adventurer)
• Edelmiro Julián Farrell (1887 to 1980. 23rd President of Argentina)
• Antonio Guzmán Fernández (1911 to 1982. President of the Dominican Republic from 1978 to 1982)
• Jan Swammerdam (1637 to 1680. Dutch biologist and microscopist (1637–1680))
• Stefan Stambolov (1854 to 1895. Bulgarian politician (1854–1895))
• François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers (1753 to 1798. French Navy officer (1753–1798))
• Julian Simon (1932 to 1998. American economist (1932–1998))
• Darren Aronofsky (born 1969. American filmmaker (born 1969))
• Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760 to 1812. Czech composer and pianist (1760–1812))
• Laza Kostić (1841 to 1910. Serbian writer and politician (1841–1910))
• Robert P. Patterson (1891 to 1952. American judge (1891–1952))
• Russell L. Ackoff (1919 to 2009. American organizational theorist, consultant and management scientist)
• Thomas Campion (1567 to 1620. English composer and poet (1567–1620))
• Yael Dayan (1939 to 2024. Israeli politician and author (1939–2024))

Died on February 12

• Immanuel Kant (1724 to 1804. German philosopher (1724–1804))
• Lady Jane Grey (1537 to 1554. Disputed Queen of England and Ireland in 1553)
• Stanisław II August (1732 to 1798. Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1764 to 1795)
• Jahandar Shah (1661 to 1713. Mughal emperor from 1712 to 1713)
• Julio Cortázar (1914 to 1984. Argentine writer (1914–1984))
• Ethan Allen (1738 to 1789. American farmer, military officer and politician (1738–1789))
• Fanny Crosby (1820 to 1915. American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer (1820–1915))
• Hassan al-Banna (1906 to 1949. Egyptian Islamist leader and politician (1906–1949))
• Adolf Frederick of Sweden (1710 to 1771. King of Sweden from 1751 to 1771)
• Guildford Dudley (1535 to 1554. Consort of Lady Jane Grey in 1553)
• Marie Louise of Orléans (1662 to 1689. Queen of Spain from 1679 to 1689)
• Thomas Bernhard (1931 to 1989. Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989))
• Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768 to 1834. German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768–1834))
• Kurt Lewin (1890 to 1947. German-American psychologist (1890–1947))
• Avraham Stern (1907 to 1942. Zionist leader (1907–1942))
• Dziga Vertov (1895 to 1954. Soviet-Jewish filmmaker (1896–1954))
• Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792 to 1856. Russian mathematician (1792–1856))
• Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886 to 1944. First Lady of the United States from 1914 to 1915)
• Richard Dedekind (1831 to 1916. German mathematician (1831–1916))
• Marie Adelaide of Savoy (1685 to 1712. Dauphine of France (1685–1712))
• Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507 to 1578. Queen of Portugal from 1525 to 1557)
• George Antheil (1900 to 1959. American composer and inventor (1900–1959))
• Mahadaji Shinde (1727 to 1794. Maharaja of Gwalior from 1768 to 1794)
• Oskar von Hindenburg (1883 to 1960. German politician and general)
• Hans von Bülow (1830 to 1894. German conductor and pianist (1830–1894))
• Eubie Blake (1887 to 1983. American jazz pianist (1887–1983))
• Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal (1855 to 1944. Austrian and Portuguese royal (1855–1944))
• Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826 to 1902. British public servant and prominent member of Victorian society (1826–1902))
• Catherine of Navarre (1470 to 1517. Queen of Navarre from 1483 to 1517)
• Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729 to 1799. Italian priest, biologist and physiologist (1729–1799))

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