Notable Birthdays on September 12th
September 12th Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1492 |
Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519) |
1494 |
King Francis I of France (1515-47), (d. 1547) |
1559 |
Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect |
1575 |
Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River) |
1605 |
William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686) |
1655 |
Sebastien de Brossard, composer |
1688 |
Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) |
1690 |
Peter Dens, Belgian Catholic theologian (d. 1775) |
1720 |
Frederick Philipse III, NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam) |
1725 |
Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792) |
1740 |
Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (d. 1817) |
1761 |
Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer |
1768 |
Bemnjamin Carr, composer |
1788 |
Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ) |
1801 |
Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing-teacher |
1803 |
Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer |
1806 |
Andrew Hull Foote, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1863 |
1811 |
James Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY) |
1812 |
Richard Hoe, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1886) |
1818 |
Richard Jordan Gatling, US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun) |
1829 |
Anselm Feuerbach, German painter |
1829 |
Charles Dudley Warner, Mass, newspaperman/author (Being a Boy) |
1830 |
William Sprague, governor of Rhode Island (1859-63) |
1852 |
Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (L, 1908-16), (d. 1928) |
1855 |
Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician (d. 1920) |
1856 |
Johann Heinrich Beck, composer |
1857 |
George H Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter/water colors painter |
1858 |
Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor |
1871 |
Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania |
1873 |
Sul-To-Wan, [Nellie Conley], US actress (Uncle Tom's Cabin) |
1875 |
Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (d. 1926) |
1876 |
Flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel, Pallieter) |
1877 |
Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Jane Eyre) |
1879 |
Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter |
1879 |
H de Bie, Dutch lawyer (children's law) |
1880 |
Henry Louis Mencken, Baltimore, Md, American newspaperman/critic (Prejudices) |
1881 |
Daniel Jones, England phoneticist (English pronouncing dictionary) |
1887 |
George Georgescu, composer |
1888 |
Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi) |
1890 |
Guido Guerrini, composer |
1891 |
Adolph Weiss, composer |
1891 |
Pedro Albizu Campos, advocate for Puerto Rican independence (d. 1965) |
1892 |
Alfred A Knopf, US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal) |
1894 |
Billy Gilbert, Louisville KY, actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday) |
1895 |
Alice Lake, Brooklyn NY, silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked) |
1896 |
Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe) |
1897 |
Irene Joliot-Curie, Paris, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, (d. 1956) |
1898 |
Ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts & Letters) |
1898 |
Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963) |
1899 |
Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter |
1900 |
Eric Harding Thiman, composer |
1901 |
Ben Blue, Montreal, Quebec, Canadian actor and comedian (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show) |
1901 |
Ernst Pepping, German composer |
1902 |
Juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60) |
1904 |
Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer |
1905 |
Boris Arapov, composer |
1906 |
Ruvim Pergament, composer |
1907 |
Joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer (Drei Tage Liebe) |
1907 |
Louis MacNeice, Irish poet (d. 1963) |
1909 |
Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943) |
1909 |
Donald MacDonald, O.C., LL.D. former president of the Canadian Labour Congress and politician (d.1986) |
1913 |
Ben[jamin S] Polak, Neth, physician/communist/resistance fighter |
1913 |
Jesse Owens, track star, spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics with 4 gold |
1913 |
Kenneth Lo, cookery writer/restaurateur |
1914 |
Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst (d. 1988) |
1914 |
Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (d. 1999) |
1915 |
Billy Daniels, Jacksonville Fla, singer (Billy Daniels Show) |
1915 |
Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974) |
1916 |
Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961) |
1917 |
Christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist |
1917 |
Seamas NacNeill, piper |
1917 |
Pierre Sévigny, Canadian politician (d. 2004) |
1920 |
Irene Dailey, NYC, actress (Liz-Another World, Grissom Gang) |
1920 |
Jan W Schulte Nordholt, Dutch poet/historian (Blossoming Stone) |
1921 |
Frank McGee, Monroe La, news anchor (NBC Evening News) |
1921 |
Stanislaw Lem, Lwów, Poland, sci-fi author (Solaris, Invincible) |
1922 |
Jackson Mac Low, composer |
1922 |
Viscount Allendale, English large landowner/multi-millionaire |
1922 |
Ellen Demming, American actress (d. 2002) |
1924 |
Howard Curtis Nielson, (Rep-R-UT, 1983- ) |
1924 |
Jean Le Poulain, Marseille, France, actor (Divine) |
1925 |
Dickie Moore, Los Angeles California, actor (Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men) |
1925 |
Stan Lopata, American baseball player, (d. 2013) |
1927 |
Gianna Maria Canale, Reggio Calabria Italy, actress (Go For Broke) |
1927 |
Ina Muller-van Ast, Dutch MP (PvdA) |
1929 |
Harvey Lester Schmidt, composer |
1930 |
Larry Austin, composer |
1931 |
George Jones, Saratoga Tx, singer (Golden Rings, Oh Lonesome Me), (d. 2013) |
1931 |
Ian Holm, Ilford Essex England, actor (Himmler-Holocaust) |
1931 |
Kristin Hunter, [Eggleston], US author (God Bless the Child) |
1933 |
Stafford Heginbotham, toymaker/Football Club Chairman |
1933 |
Tatiana Doronina, Russian actress |
1934 |
Gunther Gebel-Williams, lion tamer (Ringling Bros Circus) |
1934 |
Glenn Davis, American athlete |
1934 |
Jaegwon Kim, Korean-born American philosopher |
1935 |
Allan B Swift, (Rep-D-Washington, 1979- ) |
1935 |
Richard H Hunt, Chicago, sculptor (Pyramidal Construction) |
1937 |
Daniela Rocca, Sicily, actress (Battle of Austerlitz, Empty Canvas) |
1937 |
Wesley Hall, West indian/British politician |
1937 |
George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer |
1938 |
Tatiana Troyanos, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier) |
1939 |
Henry A Waxman, (Rep-D-California, 1975-86) |
1939 |
Phillip Ramey, composer |
1940 |
Linda Gray, Santa Monica California, actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas) |
1940 |
Mickey Lolich, pitcher (Detroit Tiger, won 25 in 1971) |
1940 |
Roger K Crouch, Jamestown Tenn, astronauts (STS 83, 94) |
1940 |
Stephen J Solarz, (Rep-D-NY, 1975-93) |
1940 |
Susan Sennett, Santa Monica California, actress (Big Bad Mama) |
1940 |
Patrick Mower, English actor |
1941 |
Hans-Karsten Raecke, composer |
1942 |
Tomés Marco, Basque/Spanish composer |
1943 |
Maria Muldaur, Greenwich Village, NY, singer (Midnight at the Oasis) |
1943 |
Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-born writer |
1944 |
Barry White, Galveston Tx, singer (Love's Theme), (d. 2003) |
1944 |
Leonard Peltier, American activist |
1945 |
John Mauceri, NYC, conductor (Wash DC Opera) |
1945 |
Maria Aitken, actress (Fish Called Wanda) |
1945 |
Vern M Lindblad, Seattle WA, Turkologist |
1948 |
Max Walker, Australian cricket player |
1948 |
Luis Lima, Argentinian tenor |
1949 |
Irina Rodnina, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80) |
1949 |
Tony Stevens, rocker |
1950 |
Cynthia Meyers, playmate (Dec 1968)/actress (Beyond Valley of Dolls) |
1950 |
Gustav Brunner, Austrian engineer |
1951 |
Berty Ahern, Drumcondra, Dublin, PM of Ireland (1997-2008) |
1951 |
Joe Pantoliano, Jersey City NJ, actor (Finelli Boys, Fugitive) |
1951 |
Gerald Stano, American serial killer |
1952 |
Gerry Beckley, rock vocalist/guitarist (America-Daisy Jane) |
1952 |
Neil Peart, Canada, musician and drummer (Rush-A Farewell to Kings) |
1953 |
John Williams, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972) |
1953 |
Nancy "Nan" Goldin, Washington D.C., Photographer |
1954 |
Russell G. Alexander, creator of Today In History v1.2 |
1954 |
Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (d. 1988) |
1954 |
Jeff Jarvis, American journalist |
1955 |
Peter Scolari, New Rochelle New York, American actor (Newhart, Bosom Buddies) |
1955 |
Nina Blackwood, Mass, actress/VJ (MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad) |
1956 |
Brian Robertson, Glasgow Scotland, rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy) |
1956 |
Charles Henry Beck, Fayetteville NC, PGA golfer (1990 Buick Open 1992) |
1956 |
Barry Andrews, British musician |
1956 |
Sam Brownback, American politician |
1956 |
Ricky Rudd, American race car driver |
1957 |
Hawk, [Michael Hegstrand], wrestler (ECW/WCW/WWF/AWA, Legion of Doom) |
1957 |
Rachel Ward, Cornwell Manor England, actress (Thorn Birds) |
1957 |
Hans Zimmer, German composer |
1958 |
Gregg Edelman, Chicago IL, actor (Green Card) |
1958 |
Wilfredo Benitez, PR, boxer (world champ at 17y176d) |
1959 |
Cindy Rarick, Glenwood MN, LPGA golfer (1991 Northgate Computer) |
1960 |
Lynn Connelly, Washington DC, LPGA golfer (1988 USX Golf Classic-6th) |
1961 |
Mylene Farmer, Montreal Canada, french singer (Cendres de Lune) |
1961 |
Kathem Al Saher, Iraqi singer |
1962 |
Amy Yasbeck, Blue Ash, Ohio, American actress (Casey Davenport-Wings, Mask) |
1962 |
Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer |
1964 |
Dieter Hecking, German footballer |
1965 |
Silke Horner, German DR, swimmer (world record 100m-breast stroke) |
1965 |
Vernon Maxwell, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets) |
1965 |
Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian cartoonist, designer and TV host |
1965 |
John Norwood Fisher, American musician |
1966 |
Darren E Burrows, Kansas, actor (Ed Chigliak-Northern Exposure) |
1966 |
Ben Folds, American musician |
1967 |
Pat Listach, Natchitoches LA, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers) |
1968 |
[Reid Laurence] Larry LaLonde, Richmond, California, American guitarist (Primus-Frizzle Fry) |
1968 |
Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian |
1969 |
Ángel Cabrera, Argentine golfer |
1969 |
James Frey, American writer |
1969 |
Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer |
1969 |
André Heinz, American environmentalist; son of Teresa Heinz |
1970 |
Rebecca Joyce, Australia, rower (Olympics-96) |
1970 |
Nathan Larson, American guitarist and composer (Shudder To Think, Hot One) |
1971 |
Terry Dehere, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings) |
1972 |
Amy Locane, NJ, actress (Sandy Harling-Melrose Place) |
1972 |
Cady Cantrell, Lanett AL, playmate (Apr, 1992) |
1973 |
Darren Campbell, British athlete |
1973 |
Martin Lapointe, Canadian hockey player |
1973 |
Paul Walker, Glendale, California, American actor (The Fast and the Furious) |
1974 |
Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer |
1974 |
Caroline Aigle, First female French fighter pilot (d. 2007) |
1974 |
Jennifer Nettles, American country singer, part of Sugarland |
1975 |
Tom Carroll, actor (J T Adams-Swan's Crossing) |
1976 |
Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer |
1976 |
Bizzy Bone (Bryon Anthony McCane), American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) |
1977 |
James Louis McCartney, son of Paul & Linda McCartney |
1977 |
Idan Raichel, Israeli musician |
1977 |
Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer |
1977 |
Grant Denyer, Australian television personality and TV Host |
1977 |
Jeff Irwin, American musician |
1977 |
David Thompson, English footballer |
1978 |
Elisabetta Canalis, Italian model and actress |
1978 |
Benjamin McKenzie, American actor |
1978 |
Michael Paget, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine) |
1978 |
Ruben Studdard, American singer |
1980 |
Fernando Cesar de Souza, Brazilian footballer |
1980 |
Gus G., Greek guitarist (Firewind, Dream Evil) |
1980 |
Sean Burroughs, American baseball player |
1980 |
Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player |
1980 |
Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player |
1981 |
Jered Guzman, Garden Grove California, pairs skater (& Natalie Vlandis) |
1981 |
Jennifer Hudson, Chicago, Illinois, American actress and singer (Dreamgirls, Jennifer Hudson) |
1982 |
Nana Ozaki, Japanese model |
1983 |
Carly Smithson, Irish singer |
1983 |
Daniel Muir, football player |
1985 |
Jack Wilkinson, English footballer |
1986 |
Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer |
1986 |
Yang Mi, Chinese actress |
1988 |
Aaron Sidwell, English actor |
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