Famous Births on 12 Aug

Famous Births on 12 Aug

1503 - Christian III of Denmark and Norway (d. 1559)
1566 - Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (d. 1633)
1604 - Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)
1629 - Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)
1643 - King Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683)
1644 - Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Bohemian composer (d. 1704)
1647 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)
1686 - John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)
1696 - Maurice Greene, English composer (d. 1755)
1720 - Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778)
1762 - King George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830)
1774 - Robert Southey, English poet and biographer (d. 1843)
1856 - "Diamond Jim" Brady, American financier (d. 1917)
1859 - Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (d. 1929)
1866 - Jacinto Benavente, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1954)
1867 - Edith Hamilton, German classicist (d. 1963)
1872 - Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1956)
1876 - Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author (d. 1958)
1880 - Radclyffe Hall, British author (d. 1943)
1880 - Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (d. 1925)
1881 - Cecil B. DeMille, American director (d. 1959)
1883 - Pauline Frederick, American actress (d. 1938)
1885 - Jean Cabannes, French physicist (d. 1959)
1885 - Marion Lorne, American actress (d. 1968)
1886 - Sir Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist and newspaper owner (d. 1952)
1887 - Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961)
1889 - Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. 1981)
1892 - Alfred Lunt, American actor (d. 1977)
1902 - Mohammad Hatta, Vice President of Indonesia 1945-1956 (d. 1980)
1904 - Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia, only son of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918)
1906 - Harry Hopman, Australian-born tennis player and coach (d. 1985)
1906 - Tedd Pierce, American animator (d. 1972)
1907 - Joe Besser, American actor and comedian (d. 1988)
1909 - Richard Bare, American director
1910 - Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (d. 1970)
1910 - Jane Wyatt, American actress (d. 2006)
1911 - Cantinflas, Mexican actor (d. 1993)
1912 - Samuel Fuller, American film director (d. 1997)
1914 - Gerd Buchdahl, German philosopher (d. 2001)
1914 - Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and composer (I'll Never Smile Again) (d. 1981)
1915 - Michael Kidd, American choreographer (d. 2007)
1918 - Guy Gibson, British aviator, awarded Victoria Cross (d. 1944)
1919 - Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (d. 1971)
1924 - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan (d. 1988)
1924 - Derek Shackleton, English cricketer (d. 2007)
1925 - Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. 2004)
1925 - Ross McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. 1975)
1925 - George Wetherill, American scientist (d. 2006)
1926 - John Derek, American actor (d. 1998)
1926 - Joe Jones, American R&B singer (d. 2005)
1926 - Wallace Markfield, American writer (d. 2002)
1927 - Porter Wagoner, American singer (d. 2007)
1928 - Charles Blackman, Australian artist
1928 - Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1928 - Dan Curtis, film and television producer and director
1929 - Buck Owens, American singer (d. 2006)
1930 - George Soros Hungarian-American financier and political activist
1930 - Jacques Tits, Belgian mathematician
1931 - William Goldman, American screenwriter
1932 - Somdet Phra Nang Chao Sirikit Phra Borommarachininat, Queen of Thailand
1932 - Charlie O'Donnell, American game show announcer
1933 - Parnelli Jones, American race car driver and team owner
1935 - John Cazale, Italian-American actor (d. 1978)
1937 - Walter Dean Myers, African-American author
1938 - Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian Mayor of Quebec
1939 - George Hamilton, American actor
1939 - Roy Romanow, Canadian politician
1939 - Michael D. Antonovich, American politician
1941 - Réjean Ducharme, Quebec novelist and playwright
1943 - Deborah Walley, American actress (d. 2001)
1944 - Peter Hofmann, German tenor
1947 - Ron Mael, American musician (Sparks)
1947 - Sam Rosen, American sportscaster
1949 - Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek politician
1949 - Mark Knopfler OBE, Scottish guitarist (Dire Straits)
1950 - Jim Beaver, American actor and writer
1951 - Willie Horton, American murderer and rapist
1952 - Chen Kaige, Chinese film director
1954 - Sam J. Jones, American actor
1954 - Pat Metheny, American guitarist
1955 - Ann M. Martin, American author
1955 - Terry Taylor, American retired professional wrestler
1956 - Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor
1959 - Amanda Redman, English actress
1960 - Laurent Fignon, French cyclist
1961 - Lawrence Hayward, English musician (Felt, Denim, Go Kart Mozart)
1961 - Roy Hay, British guitarist and keyboardist (Culture Club)
1962 - Miss Cleo, American psychic
1963 - Sir Mix A Lot, American rapper
1965 - Peter Krause, American actor
1966 - Les Ferdinand, English footballer
1967 - Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer
1967 - Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker
1967 - Andy Hui, Hong Kong actor and singer
1968 - Andras Jones, American actor
1969 - Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor
1970 - Anthony Swofford, American novelist
1970 - Jim Schlossnagle, baseball coach
1970 - Charles Mesure, British actor
1971 - Michael Ian Black, American comedian
1971 - Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
1971 - Pete Sampras, American tennis player
1972 - Takanohana, Sumo yokozuna
1972 - Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer
1973 - Grey DeLisle, American voice actress
1973 - Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr - son of Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr
1973 - Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress
1973 - Richard Reid (shoe bomber)
1973 - Todd Marchant, American ice hockey player
1973 - Jonathan Coachman, American professional wrestler and executive
1973 - Joseba Beloki, Spanish cyclist
1974 - Matt Clement, American baseball player
1975 - David Filmore, American actor
1975 - Casey Affleck, American actor
1976 - Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström, Finnish guitarist
1976 - Antoine Walker, American basketball player
1976 - Wednesday 13, American musician (Wednesday 13, Murderdolls)
1976 - Brad Lukowich, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Richard McCourt, English children's television presenter
1976 - Henry Tuilagi, Samoan rugby player
1977 - Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer
1977 - Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer
1977 - Plaxico Burress, American football player
1978 - Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 - Chris Chambers, American football player
1979 - D.J. Houlton, American baseball player
1979 - Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater
1980 - Jade Villalon, American singer/songwriter
1980 - Matt Thiessen, Canadian-born musician (Relient K)
1980 - Dominique Swain, American actress
1980 - Maggie Lawson, American actress
1981 - Tony Capaldi, Northern Ireland footballer
1981 - Djibril Cissé, French footballer
1982 - Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer
1983 - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
1984 - Marian Rivera, a Philippine actress
1990 - Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer