Who Was Born On August 12th?

Search by Google



1980     Dominique Swain, born in Malibu, California, actress, appeared in film, 'Lolita', 'Happy Campers', 'Devour'
1978     Hayley Wickenheiser, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics
1977     Iva Majoli, Zagreb Croatia, tennis star, 1996 Pan Pacific
1976     Antoine Walker, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics
1975     Anders Myrvold, Lorenskog Nor, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche
1975     Paul Gaudoin, Australian field hockey halfback 1996 Olympics
1975     Raegan Scott, WNBA forward and center for the Utah Starzz
1975     Regan Upshaw, defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1975     Robyn Hancock, Grand Rapids Ohio, Miss America-Ohio 1997
1975     Casey Affleck, American Actor
1974     Peter Pucher, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1998
1974     Wendy Palmer, WNBA forward for the Utah Starzz
1973     Latasha Byears, WNBA guard, Sacramento Monarchs
1973     Moses Ware, NFL wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings
1973     Todd Marchant, Buffalo, New York, NHL center for the Edmonton Oilers
1972     Allison Cook, Australian basketballl player 1996 Olympics bronze
1972     Del "The Funkee Homosapian", rapper
1972     John Jones, WLAF guard for the Rhein Fire
1972     Rebecca Gayheart, actress, Hannah Mayberry-Loving
1971     Jim Walker, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1971     Pete Sampras, born in Washington D.C., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1990, 93 95
1970     Alison Inverarity, Australian high jumper, Olympics-8th-92, 96
1969     Kitty G, Katia Geiger, Leningrad Russia, cable tv actress
1969     Lincoln Coleman, NFL running back for the Atlanta Falcons
1969     Nate Gwynne, born in Davis, California, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics
1969     Stuart Williams, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1994-
1968     Viktor Karatchoun, NHL forward, Team Belarus, 1998 Olympics
1967     Andrew Glover, NFL tight end, Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings
1967     Tom Holkenborg, drummer, Weekend at Waikiki
1966     Bruce Covernton, CFL defensive tackle for the Calgary Stampeders
1966     Dean Hartgraves, born in Bakersfield, California, pitcher for the Houston Astros
1966     Gordy Morgan, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 163 lbs greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics
1966     Greg Manusky, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
1965     Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Greece, tennis star
1965     Barry Manuel, born in Mamou, Louisiana, pitcher for the Montreal Expos
1961     Pete De Freitas, rocker, Echo and the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here
1961     Roy Hay, guitarist, Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
1960     Lonny Chin, born in Liverpool, England, playmate, Jan, 1983
1960     Morty Black, heavy metal rocker, TNT-7 Seas
1959     Lynette Woodard, born in Wichita, Kansas, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics, Harlem Globetrotter
1959     Suzanne Vega, born in New York City, rocker, My Name is Luka, Tom's Diner
1956     Bruce Greenwood, actor, Spy, Another Chance, Malibu Bikini Shop
1956     Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener, 190 vs. England Lords 1984
1956     Terry Taylor, Paul Klause, wrestler, WCW/WWF/NWA, Red Rooster
1955     Heintje, Hendrik Simons, Dutch singer, Mama
1954     Pat Methany, jazz guitarist, As Wichita Falls
1954     Sam J Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Chris-Code Red, The Highway Man
1954     Pat Metheny, American Musician
1954     Sam J. Jones, American Actor
1953     Carlos Mesa, Bolivian Statesman
1951     Charles E. Brady, Jr., Pinehurst, North Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-78
1951     Hector Rodriguez, born in Cuba, lightweight judo 1976 Olympics gold
1950     Kid Creole, born in the Bronx, New York, born Thomas August Darnell Browder, singer, lyricist, composer, arranger, producer
1949     Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director
1949     Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, 1990-92
1949     Mark Knopfler, guitar/vocals, Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing
1948     Cliff Fish, rocker, Paper Lace
1948     Graham Zellick, principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College London
1948     Ron Mael, born in Culver City California, rock keyboardist, Sparks,
1945     Dorothy Denning, American Public Servant
1945     Jean Nouvel, French Architect
1944     Donna Michele, playmate, Dec, 1963, actress, Beach Blanket Bingo
1943     William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter
1941     Deborah Walley, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actress, Mothers-in-Law, Beach Blanket
1941     Jennifer Warren, born in New York City, actress, Slap Shot, Fatal Beauty, Mutant
1941     Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and The Holding Co
1940     Alexander Yossifov, composer
1940     Eddie Barlow, cricketer, Great South African all-rounder
1940     Michael Brunson, TV reporter/newscaster/actor, Never Say Die
1939     George Hamilton, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Love at 1st Bite, Where the Boys Are
1939     Pam Ryan-Kilborn, Australia, hurdler, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics
1938     Anthony Joliffe, mayor of London
1936     Gerard Masson, born in Paris, France, composer, studied in Cologne with Kalheinz Stockhausen


1936     Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist, Right to Life, Dripper Boxes
1936     John Poindexter, U.S. Chief of Staff
1934     Kenneth Eaton, Controller, British Navy
1932     Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton, Y'All Come
1932     Queen Ferekit, of Thailand, Queens Day
1932     Sergey Mikhaylovich Slonimsky, composer
1930     Ronald James Herron, architect
1930     George Soros, Hungarian Businessman
1930     John G. Schmitz, American Politician
1929     Buck Owens, born in Sherman, Texas, country singer, Hee Haw
1929     Charles Moore, born in Coatsville, Pennsylvania, 400m hurdler, Olympic-gold/silver-52
1929     Joji Yuasa, composer
1927     Ralph Waite, born in White Plains, New York, actor, John-Waltons, Roots
1926     John Derek, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and director, 10, Annapolis Story
1925     Dale L Bumpers, Sen-D Arkansas, 1975-
1925     Earl Coleman, singer
1925     Norris McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records
1925     Robin Nicholson, metallurgist
1925     Ross McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records
1925     Donald Justice, American Poet
1924     Derek Shackleton, England cricket pace bowler, 50's
1923     John Holt, Jr., cricketer, WI batsman in 17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36 75
1922     Andre Kloos, Dutch trade union leader, NVV/VARA
1922     Lord Colinbrook, British government minister
1921     Marjorie Reynolds, Goodspeed, Buhl Id, actress, Peggy-Life of Riley
1921     Patrick Howard-Dobson, president, Royal British Legion
1920     Percy Mayfield, U.S. singer, Please Send Me Someone to Love
1920     Peter West, British sports commentator
1919     Michael Kidd, Milton Greenwald, choreographer, 7 Brides for 7 Bros
1919     Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright
1917     Douglas Gunsekera, banker
1915     Alex Wojciechowicz, NFL center, Lions, Eagles
1914     [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist, Parool
1913     Kurt Kaszner, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Commander Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants
1912     Jane Wyatt, Campgaw, New Jersey, actress, Father Knows Best, Star Trek
1912     Louis J N Gerardin, Toto, French bicyclist/trainer, champ 1930
1912     Samuel Fuller, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, actor, Return to Salem's Lot
1911     Cantinflas, Mario Moreno, Mexico, actor, Around World in 80 Days
1910     Baroness Phillips, president and general secretary, National Association of Women
1910     Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer, Romeo and Juliet
1909     Maurice Heath, air marshal
1908     Lord Renton, QC/British government minister
1907     James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop
1905     Joan [Jacobus J] Remmelts, Dutch actor, Jantjes, Twee Vorstinnen
1905     Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Theologian
1904     Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II
1904     Frank Ervin, harness racer, Hambletonian 1959, 66
1904     Kay Campbell, Catherine Hibben, actress, All My Children
1903     Frances Clode, CEO, WRVS
1900     Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer
1900     Wilhelm Steinitz, Germany, 1st chess champ, 1866-1894
1899     Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian, Spanish Diary
1898     Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor, I Remember Mama
1897     Manuel Blancafort, composer
1897     Otto, von, Struve, German/U.S. dir, Yerkes/MacDonald observatory
1897     Ramon Gonzalez Barron, composer
1893     Howard Smith, Attleboro Massachusetts, actor, Harvey Griffin-Hazel
1890     Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour
1888     Marion Lorne, Philadelphia, actress, Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush
1888     Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder, AVRO
1887     Erwin Schrodinger, Austria, physicist, had a cat
1885     Alexander Albrecht, composer
1884     Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist, Summer Storm, Sanctuary
1883     Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, chairman, ARP
1881     Cecil B deMille, Massachusetts, directed God, 10 Commandments, Cleopatra
1881     Vaclav Vackar, composer
1881     Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer
1880     Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher, Won 37 in 1908
1880     Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author
1876     Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer, Miss Pinkerton
1875     Ettore Panizza, composer
1875     Mezio Agostini, composer
1868     Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India, 1916-21
1867     Edith Hamilton, U.S., writer, Mythology
1866     Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, Nobel 1922
1862     Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman
1859     Katharine Lee Bates, U.S., author, America the Beautiful
1854     Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith
1854     Johannes P Kelly, Dutch [Kellij], actor/operetta writer
1853     Jean Louis Nicode, composer
1849     Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist
1848     Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet, Along the Nile
1838     Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
1833     William Price Sanders, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1832     Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor
1831     Helena Blavatsky, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, founder of Theosophical Society, believed all inner religious teachings are true
1829     John Horace Forney, Major General Confederate Army
1825     Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer
1820     Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation
1819     Daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1781     Robert Mills, U.S., architect, Washington Monument
1778     Francis Horner, politician
1774     Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson
1762     George IV, king of England, 1820-30
1757     ALF, alien life form, ALF
1753     Thomas Bewick, England, artist, British Birds, Aesop's Fables
1751     Johann Baptist Lasser, composer
1744     Rowland Hill, preacher
1720     Martin Gerbert, von Hornau, prince-abbot/music historian
1696     Maurice Greene, composer
1644     Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer
1644     Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer
1626     Giovanni Legrenzi, composer
1620     Pieter Cuypers, S Netherlands lawyer
1592     Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch Governor, Fort Emmerik/Heusden
1566     Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands
1503     Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway, 1534-59





Famous Birthdays, Celebrity Birthdays


January

February

March

April

May

June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29            

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30          

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30          

July

August

September

October

November

December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30          

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30          

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31