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June 12 birthdays

308 notable historical figures were born on June 12, and 173 died on this day. Everyone born on June 12 is a Gemini.

19% of June 12 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (73) than any other country.

Born on June 12

• George H. W. Bush (1924 to 2018. President of the United States from 1989 to 1993)
• Anne Frank (1929 to 1945. German-born diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945))
• Anthony Eden (1897 to 1977. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957)
• Harriet Martineau (1802 to 1876. English writer and sociologist (1802–1876))
• Jordan Peterson (born 1962. Canadian psychologist (born 1962))
• Egon Schiele (1890 to 1918. Austrian painter (1890–1918))
• Roy Harper (singer) (born 1941. British singer-songwriter (b. 1941))
• Cosimo I de' Medici (1519 to 1574. Duke of Florence later Grand Duke of Tuscany (1537–1574))
• Djuna Barnes (1892 to 1982. American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892–1982))
• TB Joshua (1963 to 2021. Nigerian Christian leader (1963–2021))
• Adriana Lima (born 1981. Brazilian model (born 1981))
• Sharada (born 1945. Indian actress)
• Miguel López de Legazpi (1502 to 1572. Spanish conquistador, navigator, and colonial administrator (1502–1572))
• Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen (born 1952. Detitled German noble and Emperor of the Romanov Empire)
• Richard M. Sherman (1928 to 2024. American songwriter (1928–2024))
• Tess Gerritsen (born 1953. Chinese-American novelist (born 1953))
• Philippe Coutinho (born 1992. Brazilian footballer (born 1992))
• Charles Kingsley (1819 to 1875. English clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875))
• Klaus Badelt (born 1967. German composer (born 1967))
• Ahmadu Bello (1910 to 1966. Nigerian politician (1909–1966))
• Milovan Djilas (1911 to 1995. Yugoslav politician (1911–1995))
• Emperor Gaozong of Song (1107 to 1187. Emperor of China from 1127 to 1162)
• Ang Duong (1796 to 1860. King of Cambodia from 1848 to 1860)
• William Wesley Peters (1912 to 1991. American architect and engineer (1912–1991))
• KevJumba (born 1990. American Internet personality)
• Henry Scott Tuke (1858 to 1929. English painter and photographer)
• Kerry Kittles (born 1974. American basketball player (born 1974))
• Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859 to 1869. Heir apparent of Leopold II of Belgium (1859–1869))
• Margherita Hack (1922 to 2013. Italian astrophysicist and science writer (1922–2013))
• Afua Hirsch (born 1981. British writer and broadcaster (born 1981))
• Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161 to 1201. Duchess of Brittany from 1166 to 1201)
• John C. Baez (born 1961. American mathematical physicist (b. 1961))
• Charles C. Mann (born 1955. American journalist and author)
• Samuel Cooper (general) (1798 to 1876. Adjutant and Inspector General of the armies of the Confederate States)
• John R. Hodge (1893 to 1963. American army officer (1893–1963))
• Mark J. O'Neil (born 1964. Retired US Army general (born 1964))
• Brigid Brophy (1929 to 1995. English author, literary critic and polemicist (1929–1995))
• Reizei (950 to 1011. Emperor of Japan from 967 to 969)
• Ahmed Abdallah (1919 to 1989. President of the Comoros from 1978 to 1989)
• Bill Kenny (1914 to 1978. American vocalist (1914–1978))
• Icíar Bollaín (born 1967. Spanish actress, film director and screenwriter)
• Friedrich Kittler (1943 to 2011. Literary scholar and media theorist)
• Alexandre Tansman (1897 to 1986. Polish composer, pianist, conductor (1897–1986))
• Agustín Lizárraga (1865 to 1912. Peruvian explorer and farmer (1865–1912))
• Claudia Gray (born 1970. American author)
• Harry Johnston (1858 to 1927. British explorer (1858–1927))
• Rona Jaffe (1931 to 2005. American novelist (1931–2005))
• Rutka Laskier (1929 to 1943. Jewish Polish diarist died in Auschwitz)
• Robert Cutler (1895 to 1974. American government official (1895–1974))
• Henry Slesar (1927 to 2002. American writer)
• Leroy S. Johnson (1888 to 1986. Fundamentalist Mormon leader (1888–1986))
• William Appleman Williams (1921 to 1990. American historian (1921–1990))
• Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899 to 1986. German-American biochemist)
• Maria Amalia of Courland (1653 to 1711. Landgravine consort of Hesse-Kassel)
• Victor David Brenner (1871 to 1924. American sculptor, engraver, and medalist (1871–1924))
• Maruyama Ōkyo (1733 to 1795. Japanese artist (1733–1795))
• Bert Sakmann (born 1942. German Nobel laureate)
• Sadegh Zibakalam (born 1948. Iranian academic)
• Mekere Morauta (1946 to 2020. 7th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea)
• Patrick Wolfe (1949 to 2016. Australian historian (1949–2016))

Died on June 12

• Gregory Peck (1916 to 2003. American actor (1916–2003))
• Silvio Berlusconi (1936 to 2023. Italian media tycoon and politician (1936–2023))
• George V of Hanover (1819 to 1878. King of Hanover from 1851 to 1866)
• Æthelflæd (870 to 918. Ruler of Mercia in England from 911 to 918)
• Hasan-i Sabbah (1037 to 1124. Ismaili religious and military leader (c. 1050–1124))
• Pope Leo III (750 to 816. Head of the Catholic Church from 795 to 816)
• Elinor Ostrom (1933 to 2012. American political economist (1933–2012))
• György Ligeti (1923 to 2006. Hungarian composer (1923–2006))
• William Cullen Bryant (1794 to 1878. American writer & journalist (1794–1878))
• James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (1670 to 1734. French-English army officer (1670–1734))
• Karl Kraus (writer) (1874 to 1936. Austrian writer and journalist (1874–1936))
• Emmanuelle Arsan (1932 to 2005. Thai-French novelist (1932–2005))
• Augustus William of Prussia (1722 to 1758. Son of King Frederick William I of Prussia (1722–1758))
• Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465 to 1524. Spanish conquistador; 1st colonial governor of Cuba (1511–24))
• Leo Buscaglia (1924 to 1998. American professor of special education, motivational speaker, author (1924–1998))
• Karl von Frisch (1886 to 1982. German-Austrian ethologist (1886–1982))
• Renée of France (1510 to 1574. Duchess of Ferrara, Modena & Reggio (1510–1574))
• Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901 to 1972. Austrian biologist and systems theorist (1901–1972))
• Francis I of Lorraine (1517 to 1545. Duke of Lorraine and Bar from 1544 to 1545)
• Guo Moruo (1892 to 1978. Chinese politician, poet, and historian (1892–1978))
• Bulat Okudzhava (1924 to 1997. Soviet-Russian singer (1924–1997))
• Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan (1569 to 1641. Grand Vizier of the Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1641)
• Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova (1878 to 1937. Russian-Soviet revolutionary, politician and stateswoman)
• Herbert Edward Read (1893 to 1968. English anarchist and writer (1893–1968))
• Princess Anna of Prussia (1836 to 1918. Prussian princess (1836–1918))
• Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702 to 1789. Painter, art dealer, and Turkophile (1702–1789))
• Charles-Pierre Augereau (1757 to 1816. French military officer (1757–1816))
• John Ireland (composer) (1879 to 1962. British composer and music teacher (1879–1962))
• Terence O'Neill (1914 to 1990. Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1963 to 1969)
• Ferenc Nagy (1903 to 1979. Hungarian politician)

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