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March 12 birthdays

329 notable historical figures were born on March 12, and 204 died on this day. Everyone born on March 12 is a Pisces.

16% of March 12 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (81) than any other country.

Born on March 12

• Mitt Romney (born 1947. American politician and businessman (born 1947))
• Jack Kerouac (1922 to 1969. American writer (1922–1969))
• Liza Minnelli (born 1946. American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1946))
• Tammy Duckworth (born 1968. American politician and military officer (born 1968))
• Ratko Mladić (born 1943. Serbian war criminal (born 1942))
• Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 to 1938. Italian writer (1863–1938))
• George Berkeley (1685 to 1753. Anglo-Irish philosopher and bishop (1685–1753))
• Anish Kapoor (born 1954. British-Indian artist (born 1954))
• Gianni Agnelli (1921 to 2003. Italian businessman (1921–2003))
• Idris of Libya (1889 to 1983. King of Libya from 1951 to 1969)
• Farahnaz Pahlavi (born 1963. Iranian princess (born 1963))
• Edward Albee (1928 to 2016. American playwright (1928–2016))
• Anne Hyde (1637 to 1671. Duchess of York, first wife of the future James II of England)
• Gustav Kirchhoff (1824 to 1887. German physicist and mathematician (1824–1887))
• Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz (1911 to 1979. President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970)
• Dale Murphy (born 1956. American baseball player (born 1956))
• David Marshall (Singaporean politician) (1908 to 1995. Chief Minister of Singapore from 1955 to 1956)
• Charles, Count of Valois (1270 to 1325. French prince and nobleman (1270–1325))
• John Abbott (1821 to 1893. Prime Minister of Canada from 1891 to 1892)
• Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821 to 1912. Regent of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912)
• Harry Harrison (writer) (1925 to 2012. American science fiction author (1925–2012))
• William Buckland (1784 to 1856. English geologist and palaeontologist (1784–1856))
• Simon Newcomb (1835 to 1909. Canadian-American polymath (1835–1909))
• Isabella Beeton (1836 to 1865. English journalist, publisher and writer (1836–1865))
• Leo Esaki (1925 to 1995. Japanese solid-state physicist (born 1925))
• María Gabriela Chávez (born 1980. Venezuelan diplomat, daughter of President Hugo Chávez)
• Charles D. B. King (1875 to 1961. President of Liberia from 1920 to 1930)
• Meg Turney (born 1987. American adult model, internet personality, and cosplayer (born 1987))
• Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900 to 1975. President of Colombia from 1953 to 1957)
• Joseph Ngute (born 1954. Prime Minister of Cameroon since 2019)
• Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (born 1975. Prime Minister of Iceland from 2013 to 2016)
• Hulusi Akar (born 1952. Turkish general and politician (born 1952))
• Frederica of Baden (1781 to 1826. Queen of Sweden from 1797 to 1809)
• John Aubrey (1626 to 1697. English writer and antiquarian)
• Vern Law (born 1930. American baseball player (born 1930))
• Giuliano (1479 to 1516. Lord of Florence from 1513 to 1516)
• Louis-Jules Trochu (1815 to 1896. French head of state)
• W. H. R. Rivers (1864 to 1922. English psychiatrist and anthropologist (1864–1922))
• Virginia Bottomley (born 1948. British politician (born 1948))
• R. M. Hare (1919 to 2002. British moral philosopher (1919–2002))
• Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952. American writer (born 1952))
• Canute Lavard (1096 to 1131. Duke of Schleswig and Danish prince)
• George Bergstrom (1876 to 1955. American architect (1876–1955))
• Feodor Rostopchin (1763 to 1826. Moscow Governor)
• Mary Lee Woods (1924 to 2017. British mathematician and computer programmer)
• Charles Young (1864 to 1922. United States Army officer (1864–1922))
• Irving Layton (1912 to 2006. Romanian-born Canadian poet (1912–2006))
• Shreya Ghoshal (born 1984. Indian singer (born 1984))
• Francisco J. Ayala (1934 to 2023. Philosopher and biologist (1934–2023))
• Sudharmono (1927 to 2006. Vice President of Indonesia from 1988 to 1993)
• Paul Gerhardt (1607 to 1676. German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607–1676))
• Jesse Fuller (1896 to 1976. American one-man band musician (1896–1976))
• Valentyna Shevchenko (1935 to 2020. Ukrainian politician (1935–2020))
• William C. Lee (1895 to 1948. US Army general)
• Väinö Tanner (1881 to 1966. Prime minister of Finland from 1926 to 1927)
• Miranda Fricker (born 1966. English feminist philosopher)
• Aaron Eckhart (born 1968. American actor (born 1968))
• Virginia Hamilton (1936 to 2002. American writer of children's books (1936–2002))
• Christina Grimmie (1994 to 2016. American singer and YouTuber (1994–2016))
• Alexandre Guilmant (1837 to 1911. French organist and composer)

Died on March 12

• Sun Yat-sen (1866 to 1925. Chinese revolutionary and statesman (1866–1925))
• Terry Pratchett (1948 to 2015. English fantasy author (1948–2015))
• Cesare Borgia (1475 to 1507. Late 15th-century Italian nobleman and Catholic cardinal)
• Gregory I (540 to 604. 64th Bishop of Rome; head of the Roman Catholic Church from AD 590 to 604)
• Mary Anning (1799 to 1843. British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847))
• Yehudi Menuhin (1916 to 1999. American-British violinist (1916–1999))
• Margaret Theresa of Spain (1651 to 1673. Holy Roman Empress from 1666 to 1673)
• Robert Ludlum (1927 to 2001. American novelist (1927–2001))
• George Westinghouse (1846 to 1914. American engineer, inventor, and businessman (1846–1914))
• Zoran Đinđić (1952 to 2003. Prime Minister of Serbia (2001–2003))
• Alfred Hugenberg (1865 to 1951. German businessman and politician (1865–1951))
• Ferenc Szálasi (1897 to 1946. Fascist leader of Hungary from 1944 to 1945, dictator)
• Innocent I (400 to 417. Head of the Catholic Church from 401 to 417)
• Robert Trivers (1943 to 2026. American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist (1943–2026))
• Bolesław Bierut (1892 to 1956. Polish politician (1892–1956))
• Owsley Stanley (1935 to 2011. American sound engineer and chemist (1935–2011))
• Maurice Evans (1901 to 1989. English actor (1901–1989))
• Howard Fast (1914 to 2003. Prolific American writer)
• Lonnie Frisbee (1949 to 1993. American pastor and Evangelist)
• Dick Fosbury (1947 to 2023. American high jumper (1947–2023))
• Carrie Chapman Catt (1859 to 1947. American social reformer and suffragist (1859–1947))
• Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878 to 1958. Duchess of Västergötland (1878–1958))
• Woody Hayes (1913 to 1987. American football coach (1913–1987))
• Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) (1764 to 1820. Scottish explorer and fur trader (1764–1820))
• William Henry Bragg (1862 to 1942. British X-ray crystallographer (1862–1942))
• Goodwill Zwelithini (1948 to 2021. King of the Zulu nation from 1968 to 2021)
• Michael Graves (1934 to 2015. American architect, designer, and educator (1934–2015))
• Mihnea I the Bad (1462 to 1510. Voivode of Wallachia (1460-1510))
• Mihajlo Pupin (1858 to 1935. Serbian-American electrical engineer and inventor (1858–1935))
• Gustav Vigeland (1869 to 1943. Norwegian sculptor)

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