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November 12 birthdays

299 notable historical figures were born on November 12, and 203 died on this day. Everyone born on November 12 is a Scorpio.

16% of November 12 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (72) than any other country.

Born on November 12

• Ryan Gosling (born 1980. Canadian actor (born 1980))
• Anne Hathaway (born 1982. American actress and activist (born 1982))
• Charles Manson (1934 to 2017. American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017))
• Grace Kelly (1929 to 1982. American actress, Princess of Monaco from 1956 to 1982)
• Sun Yat-sen (1866 to 1925. Chinese revolutionary and statesman (1866–1925))
• Hassan Rouhani (born 1948. President of Iran from 2013 to 2021)
• Baháʼu'lláh (1817 to 1892. Founder of the Baháʼí Faith (1817–1892))
• Auguste Rodin (1840 to 1917. French sculptor (1840–1917))
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 to 1902. American suffragist (1815–1902))
• Mayte Garcia (born 1973. American dancer, actress, and singer (born 1973))
• Jalal Talabani (1933 to 2017. President of Iraq from 2006 to 2014)
• Imee Marcos (born 1955. Senator of the Philippines since 2019 (born 1955))
• Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651 to 1695. Mexican Catholic nun, philosopher, composer and poet (1648–1695))
• Gloria Hemingway (1931 to 2001. American physician (1931–2001))
• Neil Young (born 1945. Canadian and American musician (born 1945))
• Amin al-Hafiz (1921 to 2009. Syrian politician and army general (1921–2009))
• Augustine Washington (1694 to 1743. American planter and merchant (1694–1743))
• Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum (1981 to 2015. Sheikh of the Emirate of Dubai (1981–2015))
• Neal Shusterman (born 1962. American novelist (born 1962))
• Julia, Princess of Battenberg (1825 to 1895. Russian and German noblewoman (1825–1895))
• John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842 to 1919. British physicist (1842–1919))
• Claude of France (1547 to 1575. Duchess of Lorraine from 1559 to 1575)
• Hanan al-Shaykh (born 1945. Lebanese writer (born 1945))
• Nadia Comăneci (born 1961. Romanian gymnast (born 1961))
• Benjamin Mkapa (1938 to 2020. President of Tanzania from 1995 to 2005)
• Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909 to 1959. Nepalese writer (1909 – 1960))
• Michael Kremer (born 1964. American economist and Nobel laureate (born 1964))
• Manal bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (born 1977. Emirati politician)
• Charles Bell (1774 to 1842. Scottish surgeon, anatomist, artist and theologian (1774–1842))
• Jacques Charles (1746 to 1823. French inventor, scientist and mathematician (1746–1823))
• Piet Retief (1780 to 1838. South African Voortrekker leader (1780-1838))
• Malcolm Guite (born 1957. English poet, academic and Anglican priest (born 1957))
• Damon Galgut (born 1963. South African writer (born 1963))
• Keith Mitchell (born 1946. Prime Minister of Grenada (1995–2008, 2013–2022))
• Paul Alivisatos (born 1959. American chemist and university administrator)
• Richelle Mead (born 1976. American fantasy author (born 1976))
• Ulrich von Hassell (1881 to 1944. German diplomat and resistance member (1881–1944))
• Richard H. Truly (1937 to 2024. American astronaut and NASA administrator (1937–2024))
• Yutaka Taniyama (1927 to 1958. Japanese mathematician)
• Irina Zarutskaya (1908 to 1990. Soviet geomorphologist, cartographer (1908–1990))
• Issa Pliyev (1903 to 1979. Soviet military commander (1903–1979))
• Margaret Corbin (1751 to 1800. American combatant in the American Revolutionary War (1751-1800))
• Infanta María Teresa of Spain (1882 to 1912. Princess Ferdinand of Bavaria)
• Leopold Okulicki (1898 to 1946. General of the Polish Army and Home Army member)
• Russell Westbrook (born 1988. American basketball player (born 1988))
• Hua Luogeng (1910 to 1985. Chinese mathematician and politician (1910–1985))
• Cristina Peri Rossi (born 1941. Uruguayan novelist, poet, translator, and author of short stories)
• Julian Corbett (1854 to 1922. British naval historian and geostrategist (1854–1922))
• Judith Holofernes (born 1976. German singer, guitarist, songwriter and author)
• Baccio Bandinelli (1493 to 1560. Italian artist (1493–1560))
• Pandurang Mahadev Bapat (1880 to 1967. Indian revolutionary (1880–1967))
• Jean Joseph Mounier (1758 to 1806. French politician and judge (1758–1806))
• Henryk Sucharski (1898 to 1946. Polish military officer (1898–1946))
• Dilip Mahalanabis (1934 to 2022. Indian paediatrician (1934–2022))
• Toshihiko Sahashi (born 1959. Japanese composer (born 1959))
• Ruth Behar (born 1956. Cuban-American anthropologist and writer)
• Tonya Harding (born 1970. American figure skater (born 1970))
• Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani (1117 to 1197. Uzbek Islamic scholar of the Hanafi school (1135–1197))
• Du Xigui (1875 to 1933. Chinese admiral)
• Satarupa Sanyal (born 1962. Film director (born12 November 1962))

Died on November 12

• Stan Lee (1922 to 2018. American comic book writer (1922–2018))
• Cnut (994 to 1035. 11th-century King of Denmark, Norway, and England (c.990-1035))
• Liu Shaoqi (1898 to 1969. President of China from 1959 to 1968)
• Jerry Rawlings (1947 to 2020. Leader of Ghana in 1979 and 1981–2001)
• Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 to 1865. English novelist, biographer, and short story writer (1810–1865))
• Ira Levin (1929 to 2007. American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (1929–2007))
• Stephen Gardiner (1483 to 1555. English bishop and politician (1483–1555))
• Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861 to 1946. Indian independence activist, scholar, educator, politician (1861–1946))
• Dolores Ibárruri (1895 to 1989. Former leader of the Communist Party of Spain (1895–1989))
• Baroness Orczy (1865 to 1947. Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865–1947))
• Percival Lowell (1855 to 1916. American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer (1855–1916))
• Henryk Górecki (1933 to 2010. Polish composer (1933–2010))
• John Tavener (1944 to 2013. English composer (1944–2013))
• Anne de Montmorency (1493 to 1567. French soldier, statesman and diplomat (1493–1567))
• Lucian Truscott (1895 to 1965. United States Army general (1895–1965))
• Juan Negrín (1892 to 1956. Prime Minister of Spain from 1937 to 1939)
• Lyman Lemnitzer (1899 to 1988. US Army general (1899–1988))
• Boniface III (540 to 607. Head of the Catholic Church in 607)
• Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia (1253 to 1321. King of Serbia from 1282 to 1321)
• Sakina bint Husayn (Islamic princess, descendant of Muhammad)
• Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736 to 1793. French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader (1736–1793))
• Charles Huntziger (1880 to 1941. General in French Army (1880–1941))
• M. Russell Ballard (1928 to 2023. American businessman and religious leader (1928–2023))
• Matthew Festing (1949 to 2021. Prince & Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta)
• Tokugawa Ienobu (1662 to 1712. Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military leader of Japan from 1709 to 1712)
• Albert Hague (1920 to 2001. American songwriter (1920–2001))
• Anna Sten (1908 to 1993. Russian-American actress (1908–1993))
• Canute VI of Denmark (1163 to 1202. King of Denmark from 1182 to 1202)
• Duncan II of Scotland (1060 to 1094. King of Alba in 1094)
• Liz Smith (journalist) (1923 to 2017. American writer (1923–2017))

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