Famous People Born In 1912
Discover the most famous people born in 1912. The list includes people like Alan Turing, Eva Braun, Jackson Pollock, Milton Friedman, Wernher Von Braun and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include journalists, political leaders, soldiers and philosophers born in 1912. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & Austria and many more countries.
Alan Turing23rd June, British
Mathematician
Eva Braun6th February, German
James Callaghan27th March, British
Feroze Gandhi12th September, Indian
Political Leader
Danny Thomas6th January, American
Julia Child15th August, American
Chef
Jackson Pollock28th January, American
Painter
Lawrence Durrell27th February, British
Novelist
Milton Friedman31st July, American
Economist, Statistician
Kim Il-sung15th April, North Korean
Former President of North Korea
Pope John Paul I17th October, Italian
Pope of Roman Catholic Church
Woody Guthrie14th July, American
American singer-songwriter
Lady Bird Johnson22nd December, American
First Lady of the United States
Herbert Sobel26th January, American
U.S. Army Officer
José Ferrer8th January, Puerto Rican
Actor, Director
Enoch Powell16th June, British
Millvina Dean2nd February, British
Cartographer
Erich Honecker25th August, German
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of
John Cage5th September, American
Composer, Writer
Sam Snead27th May, American
Professional Golfer
Jay Silverheels26th May, Canadian
Actor
Doris Duke22nd November, American
Correspondent
Pat Nixon16th March, American
Wife of Former US President Richard Nixon
Karl Malden22nd March, American
Actor
Clara Petacci28th February, Italian
Mistress of Benito Mussolini
Gordon Parks30th November, American
Photographer
Barbara Hutton14th November, American
Socialites
Heinrich Harrer6th July, Austrian
Mountaineer
Chuck Jones21st September, American
Animator, Filmmaker, Cartoonist, Author, Artist, &
Saadat Hasan Manto11th May, Pakistani
Writer
Stephen Ward19th October, British
Accused in the Profumo Affair scandal
Raoul Wallenberg4th August, Swedish
Humanitarian
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Ben Hogan13th August, American
American professional golfer
Eleanor Powell21st November, American
Dancer, Actress
Pappy Boyington4th December, American
Pilot
Michelangelo Antonioni29th September, Italian
Film Director, Screenwriter, Editor
Nancy Wake30th August, French, New Zealander, British
British Secret Agent During World War II
Adolf Galland19th March, German
Military Leader
Wilfrid Brambell22nd March, Irish
Actor
Hanna Reitsch29th March, German
Aviator
Glenn T. Seaborg19th April, American
Chemist
John Cheever27th May, American
Novelist & Short Story Writer
Alfredo Stroessner3rd November, Paraguayan
Former President of Paraguay
Wendy Hiller15th August, British
Actress
Patrick White28th May, Australian
Australian Writer
Francis Schaeffer30th January, American
Theologian, Philosopher
Martha Scott22nd September, American
Actress
Salvador Luria13th August, Italian
Microbiologist
A. E. van Vogt26th April, Canadian
Science Fiction Author
Herbert C. Brown22nd May, American
Chemist
Edward Mills Purcell30th August, American
Physicist
Kusumagraj27th February, Indian
Poet
Leonid Kantorovich19th January, Russian, Russian
Economist
Julius Axelrod30th May, American
Biochemist
Konrad Emil Bloch21st January, German, Polish, American
Biochemist
Michel Debré15th January, French
149th Prime Minister of France
Wernher Von Braun23rd March, German, Polish, American
George E. Palade19th November, Romanian
Cell Biologist
Abbe Pierre5th August, French
Founder of the Emmaus
Eugene Curran Kelly23rd August, American
American dancer
Gene Kelly23rd August, American
Film actor, Singer, Film director, Actor,
Minnie Pearl25th October, American
Comedian
Kim Philby1st January, Indian, British
Spy, Journalist
Charles Addams7th January, American
Draughtsperson, Illustrator, Artist, Painter,
Perry Como18th May, American
Singer
Otto von Habsburg20th November, Austrian, German, Hungarian
Politician
John Le Mesurier5th April, British
Actor
Art Linkletter17th July, Canadian, American
Actor, Television presenter, Radio personality
Dale Evans30th November
Film Actress, Songwriter, Singer, Television
Byron Nelson4th February, American
Golfer
Foster Brooks11th May, American
Actor
Sonja Henie8th April, Norwegian
Actor, Figure skater
Bayard Rustin17th March, American
Activist
Alfred Lennon14th December, British
Singer-songwriter
Georg Solti21st October, Hungarian
Conductor, Pianist, Musician, Composer, Music
Odette Hallowes28th April, French, British
Intelligence agent
Roberta McCain7th February, American
Centenarians
Carlo Ponti11th December, Italian
Film producer, Screenwriter
David Packard7th September, American
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Computer scientist
Alois Brunner8th April, Austrian
Military personnel, Torturer
John Jacob Astor VI14th August, American
Socialite
Cornel Wilde13th October, Hungarian, Slovak, American
Actor
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa1st October, Nigerian
Former Prime Minister of Nigeria
Zohra Sehgal27th April, Indian
Actress
Minoru Yamasaki1st December, American
Architect
Don Siegel26th October, American
Film director
Jack Kent Cooke25th October, Canadian, American
Businessman
Harry Hay7th April, American
Gay rights activist
Chien-Shiung Wu31st May, Chinese
Physicist
Maria Mandl10th January, Austrian
Prison officer, Torturer
Jacques Ellul6th January, French
Theologian, Philosopher, Writer, Sociologist,
Studs Terkel16th May, American
Journalist, Historian, Radio personality, Writer,
Archibald Cox17th May, American
Former Solicitor General of the United States
Winthrop Rockefeller1st May, American
Politician
June Havoc8th November, Canadian, American
Actress
Sonny Boy Williamson II5th December, American
Singer