12 November Births

Published : 12 Nov 2016, 13:01

Jagoroniya Desk

November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 49 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).

Births
1528 – Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)
1547 – Claude of Valois (d. 1575)
1606 – Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (d. 1673)
1615 – Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and theologian (d. 1691)
1627 – Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (d. 1672)
1651 – Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun, poet, and scholar (d. 1695)
1684 – Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (d. 1757)
1729 – Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1811)
1755 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (d. 1813)
1780 – Piet Retief, South African ruler (d. 1838)
1793 – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist (d. 1831)
1795 – Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (d. 1856)
1815 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (d. 1902)
1817 – Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)
1833 – Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)
1840 – Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker (d. 1917)
1842 – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
1848 – Eduard Müller, Swiss lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1919)
1850 – Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (d. 1908)
1866 – Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (d. 1925)
1872 – William Fay, Irish actor and producer (d. 1947)
1881 – Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect (d. 1948)
1881 – Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)
1886 – Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer (d. 1975)
1886 – Ben Travers, English author and playwright (d. 1980)
1889 – DeWitt Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest (d. 1981)
1890 – Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
1892 – Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor (d. 1958)
1894 – Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist (d. 1976)
1896 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author (d. 1987)
1896 – Nima Yooshij, Iranian poet and academic (d. 1960)
1897 – Karl Marx, German composer and conductor (d. 1985)
1898 – Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (d. 1999)
1901 – James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian (d. 1994)
1903 – Jack Oakie, American actor (d. 1978)
1904 – Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (d. 1981)
1905 – Louise Thaden, American pilot (d. 1979)
1906 – George Dillon, American soldier and poet (d. 1968)
1908 – Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (d. 1999)
1910 – Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981)
1911 – Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and academic (d. 1991)
1914 – Peter Whitehead, English race car driver (d. 1958)
1915 – Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic (d. 1980)
1916 – Paul Emery, English race car driver (d. 1993)
1916 – Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (d. 2000)
1917 – Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008)
1919 – Jackie Washington, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
1920 – Richard Quine, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1922 – Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, author, and journalist (d. 1951)
1922 – Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002)
1923 – Ian Graham, English archaeologist and explorer
1923 – Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (d. 2013)
1924 – Sam Jones, American bassist, cellist, and composer (d. 1981)
1926 – Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, English lawyer and judge (d. 2016)
1927 – František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer and sportscaster (d. 2000)
1927 – Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician and theorist (d. 1958)
1928 – Bob Holness, English radio and television host (d. 2012)
1929 – Grace Kelly, American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco (d. 1982)
1929 –Michael Ende, German author and fiction writer (d. 1995)
1930 – Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2014)
1933 – Jalal Talabani, Iraqi politician, 6th President of Iraq
1934 – Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer
1934 – John McGahern, Irish author and educator (d. 2006)
1936 – Mills Lane, American boxer, referee, lawyer, and judge
1936 – Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1991)
1937 – Richard H. Truly, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut
1938 – Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1938 – Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania
1939 – Terry McDonald, English footballer and coach
1939 – Lucia Popp, Slovak soprano (d. 1993)
1940 – Michel Audet, Canadian economist and politician
1940 – Jürgen Todenhöfer, German judge and politician
1941 – Carol Gluck, American historian, author, and academic
1943 – Errol Brown, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1943 – Brian Hyland, American pop singer
1943 – Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright
1943 – Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (d. 2014)
1943 – John Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1944 – Booker T. Jones, American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
1944 – Al Michaels, American sportscaster
1945 – Michael Bishop, American author and educator
1945 – Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author
1945 – Neil Young, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946 – Alexandra Charles, Swedish businesswoman
1947 – Buck Dharma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Patrice Leconte, French director and screenwriter
1948 – Banjō Ginga, Japanese voice actor
1948 – Hassan Rouhani, Iranian lawyer and politician; 7th President of Iran
1949 – Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)
1949 – Jack Reed, American soldier and politician
1950 – Barbara Fairchild, American singer-songwriter
1953 – Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Rob Lytle, American football player (d. 2010)
1955 – Les McKeown, Scottish pop-rock singer
1955 – Katharine Weber, American author and academic
1957 – Paul Dennis Reid, American murderer (d. 2013)
1957 – Tim Samaras, American engineer and storm chaser (d. 2013)
1958 – Megan Mullally, American actress and singer
1958 – Nick Stellino, Italian-American chef and author
1958 – Mykola Vynnychenko, Ukrainian race walker
1959 – Vincent Irizarry, American actor
1959 – Toshihiko Sahashi, Japanese composer
1960 – Maurane, Belgian singer and actress
1961 – Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast and coach
1961 – Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
1962 – Kuniko Asagi, Japanese actress and television host
1962 – Jon Dough, American porn actor, director, and producer (d. 2006)
1962 – Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian journalist and actress
1962 – Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1962 – Neal Shusterman, American author and poet
1962 – Naomi Wolf, American author and activist
1964 – Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1964 – David Ellefson, American bass player and songwriter
1964 – Wang Kuang-hui, Taiwanese baseball player and coach
1965 – Lex Lang, American voice actor and producer
1967 – Disco Inferno, American wrestler and manager
1967 – Iryna Khalip, Belarusian journalist
1967 – Michael Moorer, American boxer
1968 – Kathleen Hanna, American singer-songwriter
1968 – Sammy Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player
1968 – Aaron Stainthorpe, English-German singer-songwriter
1969 – Ian Bremmer, American political scientist and author
1969 – Jason Cundy, English footballer and sportscaster
1969 – Rob Schrab, American writer and artist
1970 – Elektra, American wrestler, model, and dancer
1970 – Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970 – Oscar Strasnoy, French-Argentine composer
1971 – Chen Guangcheng, Chinese-American lawyer and activist
1972 – Vassilios Tsiartas, Greek footballer
1973 – Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
1976 – Tevin Campbell, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor
1976 – Judith Holofernes, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Richelle Mead, American author and educator
1976 – Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer and journalist
1977 – Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
1977 – Lee Murray, English mixed martial artist
1978 – Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress
1978 – Ashley Williams, American actress
1979 – Matt Cappotelli, American wrestler and trainer
1979 – Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress
1979 – Lucas Glover, American golfer
1979 – Corey Maggette, American basketball player and sportscaster
1979 – Matt Stevic, Australian footballer and umpire
1980 – Trent Acid, American wrestler (d. 2010)
1980 – Shaun Cooper, American bass player
1980 – Nur Fettahoğlu, German-Turkish journalist and actress
1980 – Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor
1981 – Annika Becker, German pole vaulter
1981 – DJ Campbell, English footballer
1981 – Sergio Floccari, Italian footballer
1982 – Anne Hathaway, American actress
1982 – Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer
1983 – Charlie Morton, American baseball player
1984 – Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer
1984 – Benjamin Okolski, American figure skater
1984 – Sandara Park, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
1984 – Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean race car driver
1984 – Yan Zi, Chinese tennis player
1985 – Arianny Celeste, American model and actress
1985 – Adlène Guedioura, French-Algerian footballer
1986 – Ignazio Abate, Italian footballer
1986 – Robert Müller, German footballer
1986 – Nedum Onuoha, English footballer
1986 – Evan Yo, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
1987 – Jason Day, Australian golfer
1987 – Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
1987 – Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Alistair Brammer, English actor and singer
1988 – Russell Westbrook, American basketball player
1989 – Gino M. Santos, Filipino director and producer
1989 – Hiroshi Kiyotake, Japanese footballer
1990 – Florent Manaudou, French swimmer
1990 – Harmeet Singh, Norwegian footballer
1990 – Siim-Sander Vene, Estonian basketball player
1991 – Gijs Van Hoecke, Belgian cyclist
1992 – Giulietta, Australian singer-songwriter and dancer
1992 – Trey Burke, American basketball player
1992 – Adam Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1993 – Luguelín Santos, Dominican sprinter
1994 – Anna Khnychenkova, Ukrainian figure skater
1998 – Fanny Stollár, Hungarian tennis player

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