History Births on November 12

Trey Burke, American basketball player

#Trey_Burke

Corey Maggette, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Corey_Maggette

Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer

#Enzo_Francescoli

Booker T. Jones, American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer

#Booker_T._Jones

Barbara Stühlmeyer, German musicologist, church musician and writer

#Barbara_Stühlmeyer

Gijs Van Hoecke, Belgian cyclist

#Gijs_Van_Hoecke

France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter (d. 1993)

#France_Štiglic

Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author (d. 1987)

#Salim_Ali

Charlie Morton, American baseball player

#Charlie_Morton_(pitcher)

Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer

#Mikele_Leigertwood

Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (d. 2014)

#Björn_Waldegård

Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008)

#Jo_Stafford

Jason Lezak, American swimmer

#Jason_Lezak

Disco Inferno, American wrestler and manager

#Disco_Inferno_(wrestler)

Neal Shusterman, American author and poet

#Neal_Shusterman

Richard Quine, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)

#Richard_Quine

Jorge Masvidal, American mixed martial artist

#Jorge_Masvidal

Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)

#Lily_Kronberger

Errol Brown, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

#Errol_Brown

Mista, Spanish footballer

#Mista_(footballer)

Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun, poet, and scholar (d. 1695)

#Juana_Inés_de_la_Cruz

Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981)

#Dudley_Nourse

Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)

#Vic_Chesnutt

Lucas Glover, American golfer

#Lucas_Glover

Nima Yooshij, Iranian poet and academic (d. 1960)

#Nima_Yooshij

John Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)

#John_Walker_(musician)

Johan Rantzau, German general (d. 1565)

#Johan_Rantzau

Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (d. 1856)

#Thaddeus_William_Harris

Francis Nicholson, British Army general and colonial administrator (d. 1727)

#Francis_Nicholson

Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress

#Cote_de_Pablo

Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (d. 1673)

#Jeanne_Mance

John McGahern, Irish author and educator (d. 2006)

#John_McGahern

Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist (d. 1831)

#Johann_Friedrich_von_Eschscholtz

Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and theologian (d. 1691)

#Richard_Baxter

Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Denis_DeJordy

Sammy Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player

#Sammy_Sosa

Chen Guangcheng, Chinese-American lawyer and activist

#Chen_Guangcheng

Richelle Mead, American author and educator

#Richelle_Mead

Barbara Fairchild, American country and gospel singer-songwriter

#Barbara_Fairchild

Nedum Onuoha, English footballer

#Nedum_Onuoha

Peter Whitehead, English race car driver (d. 1958)

#Peter_Whitehead_(racing_driver)

Judith Roitman, American mathematician and academic

#Judith_Roitman

Jon Dough, American porn actor, director, and producer (d. 2006)

#Jon_Dough

Florent Manaudou, French swimmer

#Florent_Manaudou

Piet Retief, South African ruler (d. 1838)

#Piet_Retief

Les McKeown, Scottish pop singer (Bay City Rollers)

#Les_McKeown

Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist (d. 1976)

#Thorleif_Schjelderup-Ebbe

Hiroshi Kiyotake, Japanese footballer

#Hiroshi_Kiyotake

Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)

#Qi_Jiguang

Charlie Hodgson, English rugby player

#Charlie_Hodgson

Sandara Park, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

#Sandara_Park

Adam Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player

#Adam_Larsson

Jürgen Todenhöfer, German judge and politician

#Jürgen_Todenhöfer

Russell Westbrook, American basketball player

#Russell_Westbrook

Buck Dharma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Buck_Dharma

Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Sarah_Harmer

Maurane, Belgian singer and actress (d. 2018)

#Maurane

Jack Oakie, American actor (d. 1978)

#Jack_Oakie

Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (d. 1813)

#Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst

Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect (d. 1948)

#Olev_Siinmaa

Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, author, and journalist (d. 1951)

#Tadeusz_Borowski

Grant Nicholas, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Grant_Nicholas

Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (d. 1999)

#Leon_Štukelj

Stanley Graham, New Zealand mass murderer (d. 1941)

#Stanley_Graham

Vavá, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2002)

#Vavá

Hassan Rouhani, Iranian lawyer and politician; 7th President of Iran

#Hassan_Rouhani

Chad Cornes, Australian footballer

#Chad_Cornes

Megan Mullally, American actress and singer

#Megan_Mullally

Kengo Kora, Japanese actor

#Kengo_Kora

Alessandro Birindelli, Italian footballer

#Alessandro_Birindelli

Ian Bremmer, American political scientist and author

#Ian_Bremmer

Patrice Leconte, French director and screenwriter

#Patrice_Leconte

Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)

#Maximilian_von_Weichs

Louise Thaden, American pilot (d. 1979)

#Louise_Thaden

Charles Manson, American cult leader (d. 2017)

#Charles_Manson

Albrecht of Hanau-Münzenberg, German nobleman (d. 1635)

#Albrecht_of_Hanau-Münzenberg

Oscar Strasnoy, French-Argentine composer

#Oscar_Strasnoy

Paul McNamee, Australian tennis player

#Paul_McNamee

Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian journalist and actress

#Mariella_Frostrup

Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Baaba_Maal

Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player

#Bryan_Little

Arianny Celeste, American model and actress

#Arianny_Celeste

Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic (d. 1980)

#Roland_Barthes

Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (d. 1757)

#Edward_Vernon

Anne Hathaway, American actress

#Anne_Hathaway

Radha Mitchell, Australian actress

#Radha_Mitchell

Naomi Wolf, American author and activist

#Naomi_Wolf

Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont, Prince of Savoy (d. 1486)

#Jacques_of_Savoy,_Count_of_Romont

Adlène Guedioura, French-Algerian footballer

#Adlène_Guedioura

Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and academic (d. 1991)

#Buck_Clayton

Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor, producer and singer

#Ryan_Gosling

Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)

#Alexander_Borodin

Yan Zi, Chinese tennis player

#Yan_Zi_(tennis)

Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania

#Benjamin_Mkapa

Grace Kelly, American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco (d. 1982)

#Grace_Kelly

Neil Young, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Neil_Young

Ignazio Abate, Italian footballer

#Ignazio_Abate

Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1811)

#Louis_Antoine_de_Bougainville

Rob Schrab, American writer and artist

#Rob_Schrab

DJ Campbell, English footballer

#DJ_Campbell

Sergio Floccari, Italian footballer

#Sergio_Floccari

Ashley Williams, American actress

#Ashley_Williams_(actress)

Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

#Mark_Hunter_(ice_hockey)

Omarion, American singer, songwriter, actor and dancer

#Omarion

Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (d. 1999)

#Harry_Blackmun

Nadia Com?neci, Romanian gymnast and coach

#Nadia_Com?neci

Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen, Princess of Anhalt by birth, by marriage Duchess of Saxony (d. 1521)

#Margaret_of_Anhalt-Köthen

Guillaume Cizeron, French ice dancer

#Guillaume_Cizeron

Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress

#Alexandra_Maria_Lara

Lex Lang, American voice actor and producer

#Lex_Lang

Judith Holofernes, German singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Judith_Holofernes

Aaron Stainthorpe, English-German singer-songwriter

#Aaron_Stainthorpe

Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (d. 1908)

#Mikhail_Chigorin

David Ellefson, American bass player and songwriter

#David_Ellefson

Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (d. 2013)

#Rubén_Bonifaz_Nuño

Alexandra Charles, Swedish businesswoman

#Alexandra_Charles

Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (d. 1925)

#Sun_Yat-sen

Eduard Müller, Swiss lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1919)

#Eduard_Müller_(Swiss_politician)

Brian Hyland, American pop singer

#Brian_Hyland

Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Spanish tennis player (d. 1984)

#Manuel_Alonso_Areizaga

Tevin Campbell, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor

#Tevin_Campbell

Wallace Shawn, American actor, comedian and playwright

#Wallace_Shawn

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (d. 1902)

#Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton

Miros?aw Szymkowiak, Polish footballer and journalist

#Miros?aw_Szymkowiak

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)

#John_William_Strutt,_3rd_Baron_Rayleigh

Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (d. 2000)

#Jean_Papineau-Couture

Luguelín Santos, Dominican sprinter

#Luguelín_Santos

Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (d. 1981)

#Max_Hoffman

Harmeet Singh, Norwegian footballer

#Harmeet_Singh_(footballer)

Benni McCarthy, South African footballer

#Benni_McCarthy

Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean race car driver

#Conrad_Rautenbach

Al Michaels, American sportscaster

#Al_Michaels

Michael Moorer, American boxer

#Michael_Moorer

Kathleen Hanna, American singer-songwriter

#Kathleen_Hanna

Siim-Sander Vene, Estonian basketball player

#Siim-Sander_Vene

Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker (d. 1917)

#Auguste_Rodin

Matt Stevic, Australian footballer and umpire

#Matt_Stevic

Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, English lawyer and judge (d. 2016)

#Robert_Goff,_Baron_Goff_of_Chieveley

Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002)

#Kim_Hunter

Tonya Harding, American figure skater

#Tonya_Harding

Jason Day, Australian golfer

Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer

Annika Becker, German pole vaulter

Nur Fettaho?lu, German-Turkish journalist and actress

Shaun Cooper, American bass player

Matt Cappotelli, American wrestler and trainer

Lee Murray, English mixed martial artist

Vassilios Tsiartas, Greek footballer

Elektra, American wrestler, model, and dancer

Jason Cundy, English footballer and sportscaster

Iryna Khalip, Belarusian journalist

Bassim Al-Karbalaei, Iraqi Eulogy Reciter

Wang Kuang-hui, Taiwanese baseball player and coach

Kuniko Asagi, Japanese actress and television host

Toshihiko Sahashi, Japanese composer

Vincent Irizarry, American actor

Mykola Vynnychenko, Ukrainian race walker

Nick Stellino, Italian-American chef and author

Tim Samaras, American engineer, storm chaser (d. 2013)

Jack Reed, American soldier and politician

Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)

Michael Bishop, American author and educator

Michel Audet, Canadian economist and politician

Amjad Khan, Indian actor & director (d. 1992)

Lucia Popp, Slovak soprano (d. 1993)

Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1991)

Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2014)

Michael Ende, German author and fiction writer (d. 1995)

Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician and theorist (d. 1958)

František Š?astný, Czech motorcycle racer and sportscaster (d. 2000)

Sam Jones, American bassist, cellist, and composer (d. 1981)

Ian Graham, English archaeologist and explorer (d. 2017)

Jackie Washington, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2009)

Paul Emery, English race car driver (d. 1993)

George Dillon, American soldier and poet (d. 1968)

James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian (d. 1994)

Karl Marx, German composer and conductor (d. 1985)

Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor (d. 1958)

DeWitt Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest (d. 1981)

Ben Travers, English author and playwright (d. 1980)

Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer (d. 1975)

William Fay, Irish actor and producer (d. 1947)

Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)

Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (d. 1672)

Claude of Valois (d. 1575)