Famous Births on 12 Jan

Famous Births on 12 Jan

1483 - Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)
1562 - Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630)
1576 - Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (d. 1660)
1577 - Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)
1580 - Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)
1591 - José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
1597 - François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)
1628 - Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
1715 - Jacques Duphly, French composer (d. 1789)
1716 - Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)
1721 - Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)
1723 - Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)
1729 - Edmund Burke, Irish statesman (d. 1797)
1746 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (d. 1827)
1751 - Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)
1772 - Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)
1786 - Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (d. 1855)
1792 - Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841)
1797 - Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)
1810 - King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1859)
1822 - Étienne Lenoir, French engineer (d. 1900)
1849 - Jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935)
1852 - Joseph Joffre, French general (d. 1931)
1856 - John Singer Sargent, American artist (d. 1925)
1860 - Henry Larkin, American baseball player (d. 1942)
1863 - Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (d. 1902)
1873 - Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner (d. 1940)
1876 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (d. 1948)
1876 - Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
1877 - Frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934)
1878 - Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer (d. 1952)
1879 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968)
1882 - Milton Sills, American actor (d. 1930)
1884 - Texas Guinan, American actress (d. 1933)
1892 - Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1976)
1893 - Hermann Göring, German Nazi official (d. 1946)
1893 - Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official (d. 1946)
1894 - Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975)
1896 - David Wechsler, American psychologist (d.1981)
1899 - Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1899 - Pierre Bernac, French baritone (d. 1979)
1903 - Igor_Kurchatov, Russian physicist , (d. 1960)
1904 - Fred McDowell, American blues musician (d. 1972)
1905 - James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. 1997)
1905 - Tex Ritter, American country singer and actor (d. 1974)
1906 - Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (d. 1942)
1907 - Patsy Kelly, American actress (d. 1981)
1907 - Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966)
1908 - Jean Delannoy, French film director
1908 - Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988)
1910 - Luise Rainer, German actress
1915 - Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Catholic archbishop of Ottawa
1915 - Paul Jarrico, American writer (d. 1997)
1916 - Pieter Willem Botha, South African politician (d. 2006)
1916 - Jay McShann, American musician (d. 2006)
1916 - William Pleeth, British cellist (d. 1999)
1917 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008)
1917 - Jimmy Skinner, Canadian hockey coach (d. 2007)
1917 - Walter Hendl, American conductor (d. 2007)
1920 - James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist (d. 1999)
1920 - Prof Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-born Australian sociologist
1922 - Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and art historian (d. 1994)
1923 - Ira Hayes, American soldier (d. 1955)
1924 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (d. 1998)
1925 - Bill Burrud, American television host (d. 1990)
1925 - Scottie MacGregor, American actress
1926 - Morton Feldman, American composer
1926 - Ray Price, American singer
1928 - Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver
1928 - Ruth Brown, American singer (d. 2006)
1929 - Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottis-born American philosopher
1930 - Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (d. 1974)
1930 - Glenn Yarborough, American singer
1932 - Des O'Connor, British television presenter
1933 - Michael Aspel, English broadcaster
1934 - Mick Sullivan, English rugby league footballer
1935 - Kreskin, American mentalist
1935 - Tomiko Ishii, Japanese actress
1937 - Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (d. 2002)
1937 - Shirley Eaton, British actress
1937 - Marie Dubois, French actress
1938 - Lewis Fiander, Australian actor
1941 - Long John Baldry, British blues singer (d. 2005)
1942 - Bernardine Dohrn, former leader of the radical leftist organization Weather Underground
1944 - Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor
1944 - Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist
1944 - Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovakian chess player
1944 - Hans Henning Atrott, Prussian euthanasia advocate
1944 - Joe Frazier, American boxer
1945 - Maggie Bell, Scottish singer (Stone the Crows)
1946 - Cynthia Robinson, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
1946 - George Duke, American musician
1946 - Lady Cosgrove, Scottish judiciary figure
1948 - Kenny Allen, English footballer
1948 - Anthony Andrews, English actor
1948 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (d. 2001)
1948 - William Nicholson, English writer
1949 - Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born American film director
1949 - Michael W. Vannier, American radiologist
1949 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
1949 - Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football manager
1949 - Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (d. 2007)
1950 - Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (d. 1992)
1950 - Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland
1950 - Bob McEwen, American politician
1950 - Göran Lindblad, Swedish politician
1950 - Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician
1951 - Kirstie Alley, American actress
1951 - Ann Althouse, American law professor
1951 - Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality and political commentator
1952 - Charles Faulkner, American motivational speaker and author
1952 - Walter Mosley, American author
1952 - John Walker, New Zealand middle distance runner
1954 - Howard Stern, American radio personality
1955 - Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter
1957 - John Lasseter, American animation director
1958 - Curt Fraser, American ice hockey coach
1959 - Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
1959 - Per Gessle, Swedish songwriter and musician (Roxette)
1959 - Nick Nairn, British celebrity chef
1960 - Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player
1960 - Oliver Platt, Canadian actor
1963 - François Girard, French-Canadian film director and screenwriter
1964 - Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur
1964 - Laura Gildemeister, Argentine tennis player
1965 - Rob Zombie, American musician
1965 - Mark Moore, British record producer
1966 - Olivier Martinez, French actor
1967 - Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish supermodel
1968 - Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer
1968 - Heather Mills, British activist
1968 - Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer
1968 - Rachael Harris, American actress
1968 - Keith Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter
1969 - Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and TV producer
1969 - Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer
1970 - Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine)
1970 - Raekwon, American rapper
1972 - Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi
1972 - Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player
1972 - Jason Sklar, American comedian
1972 - Randy Sklar, American comedian
1973 - Hande Yener, Turkish singer
1973 - Matt Wong, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1973 - Dan Haseltine, American singer (Jars of Clay)
1974 - Melanie Chisholm, British singer
1974 - Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier
1975 - Jason Freese, American musician
1975 - Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer
1977 - Dominic Etli, American soccer player
1977 - Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player
1977 - Cade McNown, American football player
1977 - Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor
1978 - Kris Roe, American musician (The Ataris)
1978 - Kim Sa Rang, Korean actress
1978 - Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer
1978 - Jeremy Camp, American musician
1978 - Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball pitcher
1978 - Amerie, American singer and songwriter
1979 - Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
1979 - Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
1980 - Bobby Crosby, American baseball player
1981 - Dan Klecko, American football player
1982 - Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
1982 - Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete
1982 - Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
1982 - Chris Ray, American baseball player
1982 - Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
1982 - Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbekistanian boxer
1984 - Scott Olsen, American baseball player
1985 - Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer
1985 - Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress
1986 - Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer
1987 - Will Rothhaar, American actor
1987 - Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer
1988 - Andrew Lawrence, American actor
1988 - Joseph Dundas, British TV Presenter
1988 - Chris Casement, Irish footballer
1990 - Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player
1992 - Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol
1995 - Laurel McGoff, American singer
1998 - Nathan Gamble, American child actor