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October 12 birthdays

300 notable historical figures were born on October 12, and 180 died on this day. Everyone born on October 12 is a Libra.

19% of October 12 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (66) than any other country.

Born on October 12

• Edward VI (1537 to 1553. King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553)
• Aleister Crowley (1875 to 1947. English occultist (1875–1947))
• (born 1968. Australian actor and singer (born 1968))
• Pedro I of Brazil (1798 to 1834. Emperor of Brazil (1822–31) and King of Portugal (1826))
• Ramsay MacDonald (1866 to 1937. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1924; 1929–1935))
• Yvonne McGuinness (born 1972. Irish artist (born 1972))
• Peter II of Russia (1715 to 1730. Emperor of Russia from 1727 to 1730)
• Edith Stein (1891 to 1942. German nun and philosopher (1891–1942))
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 to 1958. English composer (1872–1958))
• Chen Shui-bian (born 1950. President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008)
• Jason Stanley (born 1969. American philosopher (born 1969))
• Kirill Vladimirovich (1876 to 1938. Cousin of Tsar Nicholas II (1876–1938))
• (1935 to 2007. Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007))
• Isabella I (infanta Isabella Clara of Spain) (1566 to 1633. Sovereign of the Netherlands from 1598 to 1621)
• Bhupinder Singh of Patiala (1891 to 1938. Maharaja of Patiala (r. 1900–1938) and cricket player)
• Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886 to 1937. Soviet politician (1886–1937))
• Dmitry Ivanovich (1350 to 1389. Prince of Moscow (1359–1389))
• Richard Meier (born 1934. American architect)
• Vijaya Raje Scindia (1919 to 2001. Rajmata of Gwalior (1919–2001))
• César Pelli (1926 to 2019. Argentine-American architect (1926–2019))
• Richard Price (writer) (born 1949. American novelist and screenwriter (born 1949))
• Elisabeth of Romania (1894 to 1956. Queen of Greece from 1922 to 1924)
• Brian Kennedy (singer) (born 1966. Northern Irish singer)
• Rupert Gregson-Williams (born 1966. English composer (born 1966))
• Magnus Magnusson (1929 to 2007. Icelandic-born journalist (1929–2007))
• Eugenio Montale (1896 to 1981. Italian writer (1896–1981))
• Bram Cohen (born 1975. American programmer and author of the BitTorrent protocol)
• Toby Marlow (born 1994. British composer, writer and actor (born 1994))
• Jake Garn (born 1932. American politician, general, and astronaut (born 1932))
• Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889 to 1977. German Catholic philosopher (1889-1977))
• Trần Đại Quang (1956 to 2018. President of Vietnam from 2016 to 2018)
• Cipriano Castro (1858 to 1924. President of Venezuela from 1899 to 1908)
• Maximilian III Archduke of Austria (1558 to 1618. Grand Master of the Teutonic Order)
• Josh Hutcherson (born 1992. American actor (born 1992))
• Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962. President of Macedonia from 2004 to 2009)
• Peng Zhen (1902 to 1997. Chinese politician (1902–1997))
• Alma Karlin (1889 to 1950. Slovenian travel writer and poet)
• Saara Kuugongelwa (born 1967. Prime Minister of Namibia from 2015 to 2025)
• Michael Ben-Ari (born 1963. Israeli politician)
• Marina Lewycka (1946 to 2025. British novelist (1946–2025))
• Ascanio Sobrero (1812 to 1888. Italian chemist (1812–1888))
• Christopher Dawson (1889 to 1970. British Catholic historian and independent scholar (1889–1970))
• Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008 to 1036. Emperor of Japan from 1016 to 1036)
• Sinéad Harnett (born 1989. Musical artist)
• Henry More (1614 to 1687. English philosopher (1614–1687))
• Praskovia Saltykova (1664 to 1723. Tsaritsa consort of Russia)
• Djivan Gasparyan (1928 to 2021. Armenian musician and composer (1928–2021))
• Troy H. Middleton (1889 to 1976. US Army general (1889–1976))
• Charlotte Clymer (born 1986. American activist)
• Laurence Silberman (1935 to 2022. American judge (1935–2022))
• Mariano Trías (1868 to 1914. Vice President First Philippine Republic (1868–1914))
• Kamini Roy (1864 to 1933. Bengali writer and feminist (1864–1933))
• Sevil Aliyeva (born 1955. Azerbaijani composer)
• Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860 to 1930. American industrialist (1860–1930))
• José Guadalupe Esparza (born 1954. Mexican musician)
• Aharon Haliva (born 1967. Israeli Major general (born 1967))
• Giovanni Guida (born 1992. Italian painter)
• Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari (1894 to 1948. Indian civil servant and politician (1894–1948))
• Aminata Touré (Senegalese politician) (born 1962. Senegalese politician)
• Robert Fitzgerald (1910 to 1985. American poet, critic and translator (1910–1985))

Died on October 12

• Carlo Acutis (1991 to 2006. Italian saint (1991–2006))
• Robert E. Lee (1807 to 1870. Confederate States Army general (1807–1870))
• Dennis Ritchie (1941 to 2011. American computer scientist known for Unix (1941–2011))
• Alex Salmond (1954 to 2024. First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014)
• Maximilian II (1527 to 1576. Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 to 1576)
• Anatole France (1844 to 1924. French author and journalist (1844–1924))
• Joseph Stilwell (1883 to 1946. United States Army general (1883–1946))
• René Lacoste (1904 to 1996. French and Jamaican tennis player (1904–1996))
• Kirill Vladimirovich (1876 to 1938. Cousin of Tsar Nicholas II (1876–1938))
• Piero della Francesca (1415 to 1492. Italian painter, mathematician and geometer (c. 1414–1492))
• Frederick IV of Denmark (1671 to 1730. King of Denmark and Norway from 1699 to 1730)
• Honorius I (585 to 638. Head of the Catholic Church from 625 to 638)
• Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899 to 1990. Norwegian philosopher (1899–1990))
• Leon Ames (1902 to 1993. American actor (1902–1993))
• Edwin of Northumbria (586 to 633. King of Deira and Bernicia from 616 to 632/633)
• Fahri Korutürk (1903 to 1987. President of Turkey from 1973 to 1980)
• Gillo Pontecorvo (1919 to 2006. Italian film director (1919–2006))
• al-Muti' (914 to 974. Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad (r. 946–974))
• Wilt Chamberlain (1936 to 1999. American basketball player (1936–1999))
• Michael IX (1277 to 1320. Byzantine emperor from 1294 to 1320)
• Peter Aufschnaiter (1899 to 1973. Austrian mountaineer (1900–1973))
• Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (1774 to 1837. Queen of the Netherlands from 1815 to 1837)
• Simon Kimbangu (1887 to 1951. Congolese religious leader (1887–1951))
• Max Wertheimer (1880 to 1943. Austro-Hungarian psychologist (1880–1943))
• John Corvinus (1473 to 1504. Illegitimate son of Matthias Corvinus (1473–1504))
• Violant of Hungary (1215 to 1251. Queen of Aragon from 1235 to 1251)
• Eleanor of England (1269 to 1297. English princess (1269–1298))
• Leonard T. Gerow (1888 to 1972. United States Army general (1888–1972))
• Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862 to 1953. Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917)
• Ali Mazrui (1933 to 2014. Kenyan academic (1933–2014))

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