September 12
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[edit] Births
- 1492 - Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)
- 1494 - King Francis I of France (d. 1547)
- 1575 - Henry Hudson, English explorer
- 1605 - William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)
- 1688 - Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)
- 1690 - Peter Dens, Belgian Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
- 1725 - Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
- 1740 - Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (d. 1817)
- 1812 - Richard Hoe, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1886)
- 1818 - Richard Gatling, American weapons inventor (d. 1903)
- 1880 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author (d. 1956)
- 1888 - Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972)
- 1891 - Don Pedro Albizu Campos, advocate for Puerto Rican independence (d. 1965)
- 1892 - Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (d. 1984)
- 1897 - Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1956)
- 1901 - Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1975)
- 1902 - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
- 1913 - Jesse Owens, American athlete (d. 1980)
- 1914 - Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (d. 1999)
- 1915 - Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)
- 1916 - Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961)
- 1921 - Stanisław Lem, Polish writer
- 1931 - Sir Ian Holm, English actor
- 1931 - George Jones, American singer
- 1934 - Glenn Davis, American athlete
- 1937 - George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer
- 1940 - Mickey Lolich, baseball player
- 1942 - Linda Gray, American actress
- 1943 - Maria Muldaur, American singer
- 1943 - Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-born writer
- 1944 - Leonard Peltier, Native American activist
- 1944 - Barry White, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1951 - Joe Pantoliano, American actor
- 1951 - Bertie Ahern, Irish politician
- 1952 - Neil Peart, Canadian musician and author
- 1954 - Peter Scolari, American actor
- 1956 - Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003)
- 1956 - Ricky Rudd, American race car driver
- 1957 - Rachel Ward, English actress
- 1958 - Wilfredo Benitez, American boxer
- 1963 - Amy Yasbeck, American actress
- 1966 - Ben Folds, American musician
- 1967 - Pat Listach, baseball player
- 1973 - Darren Campbell, British athlete
- 1973 - Paul Walker, American actor
- 1974 - Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer
- 1977 - Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer
- 1978 - Ruben Studdard, American singer
- 1980 - Sean Burroughs, baseball player
- 1980 - Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
- 1986 - Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
