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January 12 birthdays

310 notable historical figures were born on January 12, and 188 died on this day. Everyone born on January 12 is a Capricorn.

18% of January 12 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (78) than any other country.

Born on January 12

• Hermann Göring (1893 to 1946. German Nazi politician and military leader (1893–1946))
• Jeff Bezos (born 1964. American businessman (born 1964))
• Jack London (1876 to 1916. American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916))
• Haruki Murakami (born 1949. Japanese writer (born 1949))
• Swami Vivekananda (1863 to 1902. Indian monk and philosopher (1863–1902))
• Edmund Burke (1729 to 1797. Anglo-Irish politician, writer and philosopher (1729–1797))
• Issa Rae (born 1985. American actress and writer (born 1985))
• Alfred Rosenberg (1893 to 1946. Nazi theorist and war criminal (1893–1946))
• P. W. Botha (1916 to 2006. South African politician (1916–2006))
• Charles Perrault (1628 to 1703. French author (1628–1703))
• Alasdair MacIntyre (1929 to 2025. Scottish-American philosopher (1929–2025))
• Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751 to 1825. King of Naples and Sicily (r. 1759–1799; 1799–1806; 1815–1825))
• Joseph Joffre (1852 to 1931. French general (1852–1931))
• Peter Madsen (born 1971. Danish entrepreneur and murderer)
• Zayn Malik (born 1993. English singer (born 1993))
• Emmanuel Levinas (1906 to 1995. Lithuanian-French philosopher (1906–1995))
• Saikat Chakrabarti (born 1986. American political activist (born 1986))
• Arun Govil (born 1958. Indian actor and politician (born 1958))
• Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810 to 1859. King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 to 1859)
• Abd el-Krim (1882 to 1963. Moroccan political and military leader (1882/1883–1963))
• Jijabai (1598 to 1674. Mother of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj , founder of the Maratha kingdom)
• Ilya Prigogine (1917 to 2003. Belgian physical chemist (1917–2003))
• Junichi Masuda (born 1968. Japanese video game composer and developer (born 1968))
• Jusepe de Ribera (1591 to 1652. Spanish painter (1591–1652))
• Edward Leedskalnin (1887 to 1951. Builder of Coral Castle)
• Randy Jones (1950 to 2025. American baseball player (1950–2025))
• Khalid Abdul Muhammad (1948 to 2001. American Black nationalist (1948–2001))
• James Farmer (1920 to 1999. American civil rights activist (1920–1999))
• Émile Lahoud (born 1936. President of Lebanon from 1998 to 2007)
• Nihal Atsız (1905 to 1975. Turkish ultranationalist writer, novelist, and poet (1905–1975))
• Aziz Dweik (born 1947. Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council since 2006)
• Fevzi Çakmak (1876 to 1950. Turkish field marshal and politician (1876–1950))
• Boris Skossyreff (1896 to 1989. Russian adventurer and self-declared King of Andorra (1896–1989))
• Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729 to 1799. Italian priest, biologist and physiologist (1729–1799))
• Jim Gray (computer scientist) (1944 to 2012. American computer scientist)
• William Nicholson (born 1948. British screenwriter, playwright and novelist)
• Joe Frazier (1944 to 2011. American boxer (1944–2011))
• Michel Mayor (born 1942. Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics)
• Cliff Bentz (born 1952. American politician (born 1952))
• Sajith Premadasa (born 1967. Sri Lankan politician (born 1967))
• Joe E. Lewis (1902 to 1971. American singer (1902–1971))
• Raimonds Pauls (born 1936. Latvian composer and piano player (born 1936))
• Antonio de Ulloa (1716 to 1795. Spanish Navy officer, scientist, and colonial administrator (1716–1795))
• Nobuko Yoshiya (1896 to 1973. Japanese novelist (1896–1973))
• Rockne S. O'Bannon (born 1955. American science fiction writer)
• Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (born 1740) (1740 to 1741. Austrian archduchess (1740–1741))
• Richard Evans Schultes (1915 to 2001. American ethnobotanist (1915–2001))
• Leopoldo O'Donnell Count of Lucena (1809 to 1867. Spanish general and statesman (1809-1867))
• Jide Kosoko (born 1954. Nigerian actor (born 1954))
• Princess Tenagnework (1912 to 2003. Eldest child of Emperor Haile Selassie (1912–2003))
• Paul Hermann Müller (1899 to 1965. 20th-century Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate)
• Jaakko Hintikka (1929 to 2015. Finnish and American philosopher and logician (1929–2015))
• Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (1858 to 1945. British politician and diplomat (1858–1945))
• John Singer Sargent (1856 to 1925. American painter (1856–1925))
• Xhafer Ypi (1880 to 1940. Albanian politician (1880–1940))
• Naya Rivera (1987 to 2020. American actress and singer (1987–2020))
• Melanie C (born 1974. British pop singer (born 1974))
• Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti (1846 to 1871. Prince of the Two Sicilies; fifth son of Ferdinand II)
• Charles Emmanuel I (1562 to 1630. Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630)
• Shin Kyung-sook (born 1963. South Korean writer (born 1963))

Died on January 12

• Agatha Christie (1890 to 1976. English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976))
• Maximilian I of Austria (1459 to 1519. Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 to 1519)
• Amrish Puri (1932 to 2005. Indian actor (1932–2005))
• Roger Scruton (1944 to 2020. English philosopher (1944–2020))
• Leopoldo Galtieri (1926 to 2003. Argentine general and military ruler (1926–2003))
• Cyrus Vance (1917 to 2002. American lawyer and government official (1917–2002))
• Tongzhi Emperor (1856 to 1875. Emperor of China from 1861 to 1875)
• Hermann Minkowski (1864 to 1909. German mathematician and physicist (1864–1909))
• Nevil Shute (1899 to 1960. English novelist (1899–1960))
• Bill Hewlett (1913 to 2001. American engineer (1913–2001))
• Luiz Bonfá (1922 to 2001. Brazilian guitarist and composer (1922–2001))
• Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907 to 1977. French film director (1907–1977))
• Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709 to 1759. Princess of Orange from 1734 to 1751)
• William Grenville (1759 to 1834. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807)
• Friedrich Schlegel (1772 to 1829. German poet, critic, philosopher, and Indologist (1772–1829))
• Princess Louise of Denmark (1750–1831) (1750 to 1831. Princess Charles of Hesse-Kassel)
• Ľudovít Štúr (1815 to 1856. Slovak revolutionary, philosopher, politician, and writer (1815–1856))
• Henry Gene Skeen (1933 to 2006. United States Army general)
• Nathan of Gaza (1644 to 1680. Jewish theologian and author)
• Queen Jeongsun (1745 to 1805. Queen of Joseon from 1759 to 1776)
• Tatiana of Rome (300 to ?. 3rd-century Roman Christian martyr)
• Lisa Marie Presley (1968 to 2023. American singer-songwriter (1968–2023))
• Olga Ladyzhenskaya (1922 to 2004. Russian mathematician (1922–2004))
• Massoud Ali-Mohammadi (1959 to 2010. Iranian particle physicist (1959–2010))
• Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903 to 1996. Dutch mathematician (1903–1996))
• Bob Kaufman (1925 to 1986. American writer (1925–1986))
• Susanne Wenger (1915 to 2009. Austrian-Nigerian artist (1915–2009))
• Suniti Choudhury (1917 to 1988. Indian nationalist (1917–1988))
• Arisaka Nariakira (1852 to 1915. Japanese general (1852–1915))
• Henry Gauthier-Villars (1859 to 1931. French author (1859–1931))

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