December 12

December 12 – Famous Birthdays:

1900 – Sammy Davis, Sr., American actor and dancer (d. 1988)
1901 – Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (d. 1942)
1903 – Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1963)
1904 – Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker and journalist (d. 1981)
1905 – Manès Sperber, Austrian-French psychologist and author (d. 1984)
1905 – Vasily Grossman, Russian journalist and author (d. 1964)
1907 – Roy Douglas, English pianist and composer (d. 2015)
1908 – Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1993)
1909 – Hans Keilson, German-Dutch psychologist, author, and poet (d. 2011)
1909 – Karen Morley, American actress and political activist (d. 2003)
1911 – Boun Oum, Laotian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Laos (d. 1980)
1912 – Henry Armstrong, American boxer (d. 1988)
1914 – Patrick O’Brian, English author and translator (d. 2000)
1915 – Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer (d. 1998)
1918 – Joe Williams, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)
1919 – Olivia Barclay, English astrologer and author (d. 2001)
1919 – Dan DeCarlo, American soldier and illustrator (d. 2001)
1920 – Josef Doležal, Czech race walker (d. 1999)
1920 – Fred Kida, American illustrator (d. 2014)
1922 – Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1979)
1923 – Bob Barker, American game show host and producer
1923 – Bob Dorough, American musician, composer, and producer (d. 2018)
1924 – Ed Koch, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (d. 2013)
1925 – Ted Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2009)
1925 – Dattu Phadkar, Indian cricketer (d. 1985)
1925 – Vladimir Shainsky, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer (d. 2017)
1925 – Ahmad Shamloo, Iranian journalist and poet (d. 2000)
1927 – Robert Noyce, American inventor and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation (d. 1990)
1928 – Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani diplomat and author (d. 2008)
1928 – Lionel Blair, English actor
1928 – Helen Frankenthaler, American painter and academic (d. 2011)
1929 – Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese pianist and composer
1929 – John Osborne, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1930 – Silvio Santos, Brazilian television host and businessman, founded Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão
1932 – Bob Pettit, American basketball player and coach
1933 – Manu Dibango, Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player
1933 – Christa Stubnick, German sprinter
1934 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican lawyer and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (d. 2012)
1935 – John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Minister of Agriculture (d. 2013)
1936 – Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper and educator (d. 2016)
1936 – Denise Coffey, English actress and director
1937 – Michael Jeffery, Australian general and politician, 24th Governor-General of Australia
1937 – Philip Ledger, English pianist, composer, and academic (d. 2012)
1937 – Buford Pusser, American police officer (d. 1974)
1938 – Connie Francis, American singer and actress
1939 – Terry Kirkman, American singer-songwriter and musician
1940 – Sharad Pawar, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Agriculture
1940 – Dionne Warwick, American singer
1942 – Morris Sadek, Egyptian-American lawyer and activist
1942 – Brough Scott, English jockey and journalist
1943 – Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-French author and translator
1943 – Dickey Betts, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (d. 2015)
1943 – Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (d. 1999)
1944 – Jean Doré, Canadian lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Montreal (d. 2015)
1944 – Cara Duff-MacCormick, Canadian actress
1944 – Zoe Laskari, Greek actress
1944 – Rob Tyner, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 1991)
1945 – Portia Simpson-Miller, Jamaican politician, 7th Prime Minister of Jamaica
1945 – Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (d. 1997)
1946 – Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
1947 – Will Alsop, English architect and academic
1947 – Wings Hauser, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Chris Mullin, English journalist and politician
1948 – Colin Todd, English football player and coach
1949 – Gopinath Munde, Indian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2014)
1949 – Bill Nighy, English actor
1949 – Marc Ravalomanana, Malagasy businessman and politician, President of Madagascar
1950 – Pedro Ferriz de Con, Mexican journalist
1950 – Heiner Flassbeck, German economist and academic
1950 – Gorman Thomas, American baseball player
1950 – Rajinikanth, Indian actor
1950 – Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1951 – Rehman Malik, Pakistani politician, Pakistani Minister of Interior
1952 – Herb Dhaliwal, Indian-Canadian businessman and politician, 3rd Canadian Minister of Natural Resources
1952 – Sarah Douglas, English actress
1952 – Cathy Rigby, American gymnast
1953 – Martin Ferguson, Australian lawyer and politician
1953 – Bruce Kulick, American guitarist and songwriter
1953 – Rafael Septién, Mexican-American football player
1955 – Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Greek businesswoman
1955 – Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist
1955 – Stephen Smith, Australian lawyer and politician, 53rd Australian Minister of Defence
1956 – Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
1957 – Sheila E., American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actress
1958 – Alexander Crutchfield, American businessman, financier and investor
1959 – Jasper Conran, English fashion designer
1960 – Martina Hellmann, German discus thrower
1961 – Andrey Perlov, Russian race walker
1962 – Tracy Austin, American tennis player and sportscaster
1962 – Arturo Barrios, Mexican-American runner
1962 – Peter Bergen, American-English journalist and author
1962 – Mike Golic, American football player and radio host
1962 – Ulrike Tillmann, German mathematician and academic
1963 – Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (d. 2012)
1964 – Reeta Chakrabarti, English journalist
1964 – Haywood Jeffires, American football player and coach
1965 – Will Carling, English rugby player
1966 – Royce Gracie, Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and actor
1966 – Ian Paisley, Jr., Northern Irish politician
1967 – Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer and producer
1967 – John Randle, American football player
1968 – Rory Kennedy, American director and producer
1968 – Sašo Udovič, Slovenian footballer
1968 – Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (d. 2002)
1969 – Sophie Kinsella, English author and educator
1969 – Wilfred Kirochi, Kenyan runner
1969 – Fiona May, English-Italian long jumper
1969 – Michael Möllenbeck, German discus thrower
1970 – Jennifer Connelly, American actress
1970 – Regina Hall, American actress
1971 – Sammy Korir, Kenyan runner
1972 – Nicky Eaden, English footballer and coach
1972 – Craig Field, Australian rugby league player
1972 – Wilson Kipketer, Kenyan-Danish runner
1972 – Georgios Theodoridis, Greek sprinter
1972 – Hank Williams III, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Tony Hsieh, American businessman, founded LinkExchange
1974 – Bernard Lagat, Kenyan-American runner
1974 – Nolberto Solano, Peruvian footballer and manager
1975 – Mayim Bialik, American actress
1975 – Craig Moore, Australian footballer and manager
1976 – Dan Hawkins, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1976 – Brent Johnson, Canadian football player
1977 – Yoel Hernández, Cuban hurdler
1977 – Dean Macey, English decathlete and bobsledder
1977 – Colin White, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Gbenga Akinnagbe, American actor and screenwriter
1978 – Shin Seung-hwan, South Korean actor
1979 – Nate Clements, American football player
1979 – John Salmons, American basketball player
1980 – Dejene Berhanu, Ethiopian runner (d. 2010)
1980 – Dorin Goian, Romanian footballer
1980 – Berkant Göktan, Turkish-German footballer
1981 – Jeret Peterson, American skier (d. 2011)
1981 – Pedro Ríos, Spanish footballer
1981 – Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer
1981 – Stephen Warnock, English footballer
1982 – Dmitry Tursunov, Russian tennis player
1984 – Daniel Agger, Danish footballer
1985 – Pat Calathes, Greek-American basketball player
1985 – Giannis Zaradoukas, Greek footballer
1986 – Daddy Birori, Rwandan footballer
1986 – Përparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer
1986 – Nina Kolarič, Slovenian long jumper
1986 – T. J. Ward, American football player
1987 – Marte Eberson, Norwegian keyboard player and composer
1988 – Isaac John, New Zealand rugby league player
1988 – Tony Williams, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
1990 – Nixon Chepseba, Kenyan runner
1990 – Victor Moses, Nigerian footballer
1990 – Seungri, South Korean singer-songwriter
1991 – Joseph Leilua, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1993 – Zeli Ismail, English footballer
1994 – Otto Warmbier, American student imprisoned in North Korea (d. 2017)