12 March Births

March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Births

1096 – Canute Lavard, Danish prince (d. 1131)
1270 – Charles, Count of Valois (d. 1325)
1386 – Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shōgun (d. 1428)
1475 – Luca Gaurico, Italian astrologer (d. 1558)
1476 – Anna Jagiellon, Duchess of Pomerania, Polish princess (d. 1503)
1479 – Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (d. 1516)
1500 – Reginald Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1558)
1501 – Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Italian scientist (d. 1577)
1515 – Caspar Othmayr, German Lutheran pastor and composer (d. 1553)
1573 – Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (d. 1616)
1607 – Paul Gerhardt, German poet and composer (d. 1676)
1613 – André Le Nôtre, French gardener and architect (d. 1700)
1626 – John Aubrey, English historian and philosopher (d. 1697)
1637 – Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and Albany (d. 1671)
1647 – Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (d. 1727)
1672 – Richard Steele, Irish-Welsh journalist and politician (d. 1729)
1685 – George Berkeley, Irish bishop and philosopher (d. 1753)
1701 – Johann Friedrich Cotta, German Lutheran theologian (d. 1779)
1710 – Thomas Arne, English composer (d. 1778)
1735 – François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, French politician and diplomat (d. 1821)
1753 – Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian (d. 1827)
1756 – Avram Mrazović, Serbian writer, translator, pedagogue and Senator (d. 1826)
1766 – Claudius Buchanan, Scottish theologian (d. 1815)
1766 – Francisco Javier de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos, Spanish bishop and cardinal (d. 1847)
1774 – Johann Caspar Horner, Swiss physicist, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1834)
1781 – Frederica of Baden (d. 1826)
1784 – William Buckland, English geologist and paleontologist; Dean of Westminster (d. 1856)
1785 – Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen, Dutch and Prussian lawyer (d. 1864)
1795 – William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto (d. 1861)
1795 – George Tyler Wood, American military officer and politician (d. 1858)
1806 – Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States (d. 1863)
1807 – James Abbott, Indian Army officer (d. 1896)
1807 – Albert Mackey, American medical doctor and author (d. 1881)
1812 – Ignacio Comonfort, Mexican politician and soldier (d. 1863)
1815 – Louis-Jules Trochu, French military leader and politician (d. 1896)
1821 – John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1893)
1821 – Medo Pucić, Croatian writer and politician (d. 1882)
1823 – Katsu Kaishū, Japanese statesman (d. 1899)
1824 – Gustav Kirchhoff, Russian-German physicist and academic (d. 1887)
1831 – Joseph Gérard, French Roman Catholic priest (d. 1914)
1832 – Charles Boycott, English farmer and agent (d. 1897)
1832 – Charles Friedel, French chemist and mineralogist (d. 1899)
1832 – Jean Alfred Fournier, French dermatologist (d. 1914)
1834 – Hilary A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy (d. 1919)
1835 – Gregorio Maria Aguirre y Garcia, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain
1835 – Charles Friedel, French chemist and mineralogist (d. 1899)
1835 – Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1909)
1837 – Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (d. 1911)
1838 – William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (d. 1907)
1843 – Gabriel Tarde, French sociologist and criminologist (d. 1904)
1845 – William Douglas-Hamilton, Scottish nobleman (d. 1895)
1848 – Cyrill Kistler, German composer (d. 1907)
1851 – Charles Chamberland, French microbiologist (d. 1908)
1852 – Richard Altmann, German pathologist and histologist (d. 1900)
1857 – William V. Ranous, American actor and director (d. 1915)
1857 – Andreas Voss, German botanist and horticulturist (d. 1924)
1858 – Adolph Ochs, American publisher (d. 1935)
1859 – Ernesto Cesàro, Italian mathematician (d. 1906)
1860 – Salvatore Di Giacomo, Italian poet, songwriter, playwright and fascist intellectual (d. 1934)
1860 – Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author (d. 1895)
1863 – Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1938)
1863 – Carl Holsøe, Danish artist (d. 1935)
1863 – Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (d. 1945)
1864 – W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (d. 1922)
1864 – Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist and composer (d. 1943)
1867 – Raul Brandão, Portuguese writer and journalist (d. 1930)
1869 – George Forbes, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1947)
1874 – Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer (d. 1949)
1877 – Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (d. 1946)
1878 – Musa Ćazim Ćatić, Bosnian poet (d. 1915)
1878 – Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (d. 1903)
1880 – Henry Drysdale Dakin, English-American chemist and academic (d. 1952)
1881 – Gunnar Nordström, Finnish physicist and academic (d. 1923)
1881 – Pavel Janák, Czech architect (d. 1956)
1881 – Väinö Tanner, Finnish politician of Social Democratic Party of Finland (d. 1966)
1882 – Erwin Baker, American motorcycle and automobile racing driver (d. 1960)
1882 – Carlos Blanco Galindo, Bolivian politician (d. 1943)
1883 – Max Braun, American tug of war medalist (d. 1967)
1883 – Sándor Jávorka, Hungarian botanist (d. 1961)
1885 – Mario Sironi, Italian artist (d. 1961)
1886 – Henri Gagnebin, Swiss composer (d. 1977)
1888 – Walter Hermann Bucher, German-American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1965)
1888 – Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (d. 1965)
1888 – Florence Lee, American actress (d. 1962)
1888 – Erich Rothacker, German philosopher (d. 1965)
1889 – Idris of Libya (d. 1983)
1890 – Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1950)
1890 – Evert Taube, Swedish singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1976))
1893 – Jean Brochard, French actor (d. 1972)
1894 – Yoshiki Hayama, Japanese author (d. 1945)
1895 – William C. Lee, American general (d. 1948)
1896 – Jesse Fuller, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1976)
1898 – Tian Han, Chinese playwright (d. 1968)
1898 – Luitpold Steidle, German army officer and politician (d. 1984)
1899 – Ramón Muttis, Argentine footballer (d. 1955)
1900 – Rinus van den Berge, Dutch athlete (d. 1972)
1900 – Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President of Colombia (d. 1975)
1903 – Max Gordon, Village Vanguard jazz club founder (d. 1989)
1904 – Lyudmila Keldysh, Russian mathematician (d. 1976)
1904 – Bodo Uhse, German writer, journalist and political activist (d. 1963)
1905 – Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (d. 1982)
1907 – Ricardo Faccio, Uruguayan-Italian footballer (d. 1970)
1907 – Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (d. 2007)
1908 – Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)
1908 – David Marshall, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore (d. 1995)
1909 – Petras Cvirka, Lithuanian author (d. 1947)
1910 – Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1980)
1910 – László Lékai, Archbishop of Esztergom and Cardinal (d. 1986)
1911 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 49th President of Mexico (d. 1979)
1911 – Manyi Kiss, Hungarian actress (d. 1971)
1911 – William Patrick Stuart-Houston, nephew of Adolf Hitler (d. 1987)
1912 – Ghazi of Iraq, King of The Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq (d. 1939)
1912 – César Benavides, Chilean Army general (d. 2011)
1912 – Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (d. 2006)
1913 – Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
1913 – Ace Gruenig, American basketball player (d. 1958)
1913 – Agathe von Trapp, Hungarian-American singer and author (d. 2010)
1914 – Julia Lennon, mother of John Lennon (d. 1958)
1914 – Frank Soo, English footballer and manager (d. 1991)
1915 – Saifuddin Azizi, first chairman of Xinjiang of the People's Republic of China (d. 2003)
1915 – Alberto Burri, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
1915 – Bruno Knežević, Croatian footballer (d. 1982)
1915 – Jiří Mucha, Czech journalist (d. 1991)
1915 – László Fejes Tóth, Hungarian mathematician (d. 2005)
1917 – Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records (d. 1969)
1917 – Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1917 – Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress (d. 2011)
1918 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish Fianna Fáil politician (d. 2012)
1918 – Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (d. 1989)
1920 – Roland Fraïssé, French mathematical logician (d. 2008)
1921 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (d. 2001)
1921 – Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
1922 – Jack Kerouac, American author and poet (d. 1969)
1922 – Lane Kirkland, American sailor and union leader (d. 1999)
1923 – Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater and cyclist (d. 2013)
1923 – Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (d. 2005)
1923 – Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2007)
1923 – Mae Young, American wrestler (d. 2014)
1924 – Valerio Bacigalupo, Italian goalkeeper (d. 1949)
1925 – Louison Bobet, French cyclist (d. 1983)
1925 – Georges Delerue, French pianist and composer (d. 1992)
1925 – Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1925 – Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
1926 – George Ariyoshi, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii
1926 – Arthur A. Hartman, American career diplomat (d. 2015)
1926 – John Clellon Holmes, American author and professor (d. 1988)
1926 – David Nadien, American violinist (d. 2014)
1927 – Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (d. 2009)
1927 – Emmett Leith, professor of electrical engineering (d. 2005)
1927 – Gajo Petrović, Yugoslavian theorist (d. 1993)
1927 – Sudharmono, 5th Vice President of Indonesia (d. 2006)
1928 – Edward Albee, American director and playwright (d. 2016)
1928 – Werner Krolikowski, former East German political official
1928 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007)
1930 – Antony Acland, British former diplomat and Provost of Eton College
1930 – Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (d. 2014)
1931 – Józef Tischner, Polish priest and philosopher (d. 2000)
1932 – Bob Houbregs, Canadian basketball player (d. 2014)
1932 – Andrew Young, American pastor and politician, 14th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1933 – Myrna Fahey, American actress (d. 1973)
1933 – Barbara Feldon, American actress
1933 – Niède Guidon, Brazilian archeologist
1934 – Francisco J. Ayala, Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher
1934 – Virginia Hamilton, American author (d. 2002)
1935 – Valentyna Shevchenko, Ukrainian politician
1936 – Virginia Hamilton, American children's books author
1936 – Michał Heller, Polish professor of philosophy
1936 – Eddie Sutton, American basketball player and coach
1937 – Zoltán Horvath, Hungarian sabre fencer
1937 – Zurab Sotkilava, Georgian operatic tenor (d. 2017)
1938 – Vladimir Msryan, Armenian actor, (d. 2010)
1938 – Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver and sportscaster
1938 – Juan Horacio Suárez, Argentine bishop
1939 – Jude Milhon, American hacker and author (d. 2003)
1940 – Al Jarreau, American singer (d. 2017)
1940 – Grigori Gorin, Soviet/Russian playwright (d. 2000)
1941 – Josip Skoblar, former Croatian footballer
1943 – Stanislav Galić, Bosnian soldier and commander
1943 – Ratko Mladić, Serbian general
1944 – Erwin Mueller, former American basketball player (d. 2018)
1946 – Dean Cundey, American cinematographer and film director
1946 – Ludo Martens, Belgian Communist political activist (d. 2011)
1946 – Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer and dancer
1946 – Frank Welker, American voice actor and singer
1947 – Peter Harry Carstensen, German educator and politician
1947 – Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland-Swedish politician
1947 – David Rigert, Soviet Olympic weightlifter
1947 – Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts
1948 – Virginia Bottomley, Scottish social worker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
1948 – Sandra Brown, American author
1948 – Kent Conrad, American politician
1948 – James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Yuri Balashov, Russian chess grandmaster
1949 – Rob Cohen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 – Javier Clemente, Spanish footballer and manager
1952 – Boris Anatolyevich Gavrilov, Russian football player and manager
1952 – Julius Carry, American actor (d. 2008)
1952 – André Comte-Sponville, French philosopher
1952 – Yasuhiko Okudera, former Japanese footballer
1953 – Ron Jeremy, American pornographic actor
1953 – Pavel Pinigin, former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion
1954 – Inese Galante, Latvian soprano
1954 – Anish Kapoor, Indian-English sculptor
1955 – Wang Yang, Chinese politician
1956 – Ove Aunli, former Norwegian cross-country skier
1956 – Stanisław Bobak, Polish ski jumper (d. 2010)
1956 – Jost Gippert, German linguist, Caucasiologist and author
1956 – Steve Harris, English bass player and songwriter
1956 – László Kiss, Hungarian football player and coach
1956 – Lesley Manville, English actress
1956 – Dale Murphy, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1956 – Pim Verbeek, Dutch football manager
1957 – Patrick Battiston, French footballer and coach
1957 – Marlon Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
1957 – Andrey Lopatov, Soviet basketball player
1958 – Phil Anderson, English-Australian cyclist
1959 – Milorad Dodik, Bosnian Serb politician and president of Republika Srpska
1959 – Kenji Fukaya, Japanese mathematician
1959 – Luenell, American comedian and actress
1959 – Hermann Parzinger, German historian
1959 – Michael Walter, German luger (d. 2016)
1960 – Jason Beghe, American actor
1960 – Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
1960 – Courtney B. Vance, American actor and painter
1961 – Titus Welliver, American actor
1962 – Julia Campbell, American actress
1962 – Andreas Köpke, former German footballer
1962 – Chris Sanders, American illustrator and voice actor
1962 – Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player and minister
1963 – John Andretti, American race car driver
1963 – Candy Costie, American swimmer
1963 – Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner and coach
1963 – Reiner Gies, German boxer
1963 – Ian Holloway, English footballer and manager
1963 – Farahnaz Pahlavi, eldest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1963 – Paul Way, English golfer
1964 – Dieter Eckstein, retired German footballer
1964 – Umirzak Shukeyev, Kazakh chairman of Samruk-Kazyna
1965 – Rolands Bulders, Latvian footballer
1965 – Steve Finley, American baseball player
1965 – Ivari Padar, former Minister of Finance and Minister of Agriculture of the Estonian Social Democratic Party
1965 – Liza Umarova, Chechen singer and actress
1966 – David Daniels, American countertenor
1966 – Suleyman Kerimov, Russian businessman, investor, philanthropist and politician
1966 – Grant Long, American basketball player and sportscaster
1967 – Jenny Erpenbeck, German writer and opera director
1967 – Julio Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer and manager
1968 – Dylan Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Tammy Duckworth, Thai-American colonel, pilot, and politician
1968 – Aaron Eckhart, American actor and producer
1968 – Jason Lively, former American actor
1969 – Graham Coxon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Aleksandr Shmarko, Russian footballer
1969 – Jake Tapper, American journalist and author
1970 – Karen Bradley, British politician
1970 – Dave Eggers, American author and screenwriter
1970 – Mathias Gronberg, Swedish golfer
1970 – Roy Khan, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1970 – Rex Walters, American basketball player and coach
1971 – Isaiah Rider, American basketball player and rapper
1971 – Ogün Sanlısoy, Turkish rock musician
1971 – Dragutin Topić, Serbian high jumper
1972 – Doron Sheffer, Israeli basketball player
1974 – María Adánez, Spanish actress
1974 – Charles Akonnor, former Ghanaian footballer
1974 – Walid Badir, former Israeli footballer
1974 – Matt Barela, American wrestler and actor
1974 – Scarlet Ortiz, Venezuelan actress
1974 – Lisa Werlinder, Swedish actress and jazz musician/singer
1975 – Nicolae Grigore, former Romanian footballer
1975 – Edgaras Jankauskas, former Lithuanian footballer
1975 – Srđan Pecelj, Bosnian footballer
1976 – Deron Quint, American ice hockey defenseman
1976 – Zhao Wei, Chinese actress, film director, producer and pop singer
1977 – Michelle Burgher, track and field athlete
1977 – Ramiro Corrales, American soccer player
1977 – Amdy Faye, former Senegalese footballer
1977 – Brent Johnson, American ice hockey player
1978 – Casey Mears, American race car driver
1978 – Marco Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
1978 – Claudio Sanchez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 – Arina Tanemura, Japanese author and illustrator
1979 – Rhys Coiro, American actor
1979 – Pete Doherty, English musician, songwriter, actor, poet, writer, and artist
1979 – Jamie Dwyer, Australian field hockey player and coach
1979 – Gerard López, former Spanish footballer
1979 – Mike Mago, Dutch DJ, music producer and record label owner
1979 – Ben Sandford, New Zealand skeleton racer
1979 – Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian footballer
1979 – Tim Wieskötter, German sprint canoer
1979 – Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian goalkeeper
1979 – Liu Xuan, Chinese gymnast
1980 – Césinha, Brazilian footballer
1980 – Becky Holliday, American pole vaulter
1980 – Jens Mouris, Dutch cyclist
1980 – Douglas Murray, Swedish ice hockey player
1981 – Kenta Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler and kick-boxer
1981 – Chiwa Saitō, Japanese voice actress
1981 – Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian tennis player
1981 – Holly Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Lili Bordán, Hungarian-American actress
1982 – Samm Levine, American actor and comedian
1982 – Ilya Nikulin, Russian ice hockey player
1982 – Hisato Satō, Japanese footballer
1982 – Yūto Satō, Japanese footballer
1982 – Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer
1983 – Atif Aslam, Pakistani singer and actor
1984 – Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer
1984 – Jaimie Alexander, American actress
1985 – Macarena Aguilar, Spanish handballer
1985 – Marco Bonanomi, Italian racing driver
1985 – Aleksandr Bukharov, Russian footballer
1985 – Choi Cheol-han, South Korean Go player
1985 – Ed Clancy, English track and road cyclist
1985 – Andriy Tovt, Ukrainian footballer
1986 – Martynas Andriuškevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
1986 – Campbell Best, Cook Islands footballer
1986 – Oleh Dopilka, Ukrainian footballer
1986 – Danny Jones, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1986 – Ben Offereins, Australian runner
1986 – František Rajtoral, Czech footballer (d. 2017)
1987 – Manuele Boaro, Italian cyclist
1987 – Jessica Hardy, American swimmer
1987 – Maxwell Holt, American volleyball player
1987 – Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player
1987 – Chris Seitz, American soccer player
1987 – Vadim Shipachyov, Russian ice hockey player
1987 – Pablo Velázquez, Paraguayan footballer
1988 – Sebastian Brendel, German canoe racer
1988 – Kostas Mitroglou, Greek footballer
1988 – Cristian Chagas Tarouco, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Jordan Adéoti, French footballer
1989 – Vytautas Černiauskas, Lithuanian footballer
1989 – Tyler Clary, former American swimmer
1989 – Richard Eckersley, English footballer
1989 – Nathan Haas, Australian cyclist
1989 – Chen Jianghua, Chinese basketball player
1989 – Siim Luts, Estonian footballer
1990 – Lawrence Clarke, English hurdler
1990 – Alexander Kröckel, German skeleton racer
1990 – Irakli Kvekveskiri, Georgian footballer
1990 – Dawid Kubacki, Polish ski jumper
1990 – Matias Myttynen, Finnish ice hockey player
1990 – Ilija Nestorovski, Macedonian footballer
1990 – Milena Raičević, Montenegrin handballer
1990 – Mikko Sumusalo, Finnish footballer
1991 – Felix Kroos, German footballer
1991 – Niclas Heimann, German footballer
1991 – Hanna Pysmenska, Ukrainian diver
1991 – Leandro Fernandez, Argentine footballer
1992 – Daniele Baselli, Italian footballer
1992 – Jordan Ferri, French footballer
1992 – Ciara Mageean, Irish middle-distance runner
1992 – Jiří Skalák, Czech footballer
1993 – Shehu Abdullahi, Nigerian footballer
1993 – Amjad Attwan, Iraqi footballer
1993 – Alex Bellemare, Canadian skier
1993 – Anton Shramchenko, Belarusian footballer
1994 – Jerami Grant, American basketball player
1994 – Katie Archibald, Scottish track cyclist
1994 – Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1996 – Sehrou Guirassy, French footballer
1996 – Karim Hafez, Egyptian footballer
1996 – Robert Murić, Croatian footballer
1997 – Dean Henderson, English footballer
1997 – Allan Saint-Maximin, French footballer
1997 – Felipe Vizeu, Brazilian footballer
1998 – Alina Müller, Swiss ice hockey player
1998 – Daniel Samohin, Israeli figure skater
1998 – Elizaveta Ukolova, Czech figure skater
1999 – Sakura Oda, Japanese pop singer
2003 – Malina Weissman, American child actress and model

Source: wikipedia