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
Feroze Gandhi12th September, Indian
Political Leader
Julia Child15th August, American
Chef
Milton Friedman31st July, American
Economist, Statistician
Jackson Pollock28th January, American
Painter
Danny Thomas6th January, American
Kim Il-sung15th April, North Korean
Former President of North Korea
Woody Guthrie14th July, American
American singer-songwriter
Herbert Sobel26th January, American
U.S. Army Officer
Pope John Paul I17th October, Italian
Pope of Roman Catholic Church
Lady Bird Johnson22nd December, American
First Lady of the United States
James Callaghan27th March, British
José Ferrer8th January, Puerto Rican
Actor, Director
Millvina Dean2nd February, British
Cartographer
Enoch Powell16th June, British
Sam Snead27th May, American
Professional Golfer
John Cage5th September, American
Composer, Writer
Jay Silverheels26th May, Canadian
Actor
Pat Nixon16th March, American
Wife of Former US President Richard Nixon
Karl Malden22nd March, American
Actor
Barbara Hutton14th November, American
Socialites
Clara Petacci28th February, Italian
Mistress of Benito Mussolini
Ben Hogan13th August, American
American professional golfer
Saadat Hasan Manto11th May, Pakistani
Writer
Heinrich Harrer6th July, Austrian
Mountaineer
Chuck Jones21st September, American
Animator, Filmmaker, Cartoonist, Author, Artist, &
Nancy Wake30th August, French, New Zealander, British
British Secret Agent During World War II
Michelangelo Antonioni29th September, Italian
Film Director, Screenwriter, Editor
Pappy Boyington4th December, American
Pilot
Wilfrid Brambell22nd March, Irish
Actor
Alfredo Stroessner3rd November, Paraguayan
Former President of Paraguay
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John Cheever27th May, American
Novelist & Short Story Writer
Glenn T. Seaborg19th April, American
Chemist
Wendy Hiller15th August, British
Actress
Francis Schaeffer30th January, American
Theologian, Philosopher
Patrick White28th May, Australian
Australian Writer
Martha Scott22nd September, American
Actress
A. E. van Vogt26th April, Canadian
Science Fiction Author
Salvador Luria13th August, Italian
Microbiologist
Leonid Kantorovich19th January, Russian, Russian
Economist
Edward Mills Purcell30th August, American
Physicist
Julius Axelrod30th May, American
Biochemist
Herbert C. Brown22nd May, American
Chemist
Michel Debré15th January, French
149th Prime Minister of France
Konrad Emil Bloch21st January, German, Polish, American
Biochemist
Wernher Von Braun23rd March, German, Polish, American
Abbe Pierre5th August, French
Founder of the Emmaus
George E. Palade19th November, Romanian
Cell Biologist
Eugene Curran Kelly23rd August, American
American dancer
Gene Kelly23rd August, American
Film actor, Singer, Film director, Actor,
Lawrence Durrell27th February, British
Novelist
Minnie Pearl25th October, American
Comedian
Charles Addams7th January, American
Draughtsperson, Illustrator, Artist, Painter,
Kim Philby1st January, Indian, British
Spy, Journalist
Perry Como18th May, American
Singer
Otto von Habsburg20th November, Austrian, German, Hungarian
Politician
John Le Mesurier5th April, British
Actor
Erich Honecker25th August, German
Politician, Autobiographer, Non-fiction writer
Gordon Parks30th November, American
American photographer
Doris Duke22nd November, American
Art collector, Horticulturist, Socialite
Art Linkletter17th July, Canadian, American
Actor, Television presenter, Radio personality
Stephen Ward19th October, British
Physician
Dale Evans30th November
Film Actress, Songwriter, Singer, Television
Byron Nelson4th February, American
Golfer
Raoul Wallenberg4th August, Swedish
Architect, Businessperson, Diplomat
Adolf Galland19th March, German
Aviator, Military personnel
Foster Brooks11th May, American
Actor
Eleanor Powell21st November, American
Stage actor, Film actor, Television actor
Minoru Yamasaki1st December, American
Architect
Bayard Rustin17th March, American
Activist
Odette Hallowes28th April, French, British
Intelligence agent
Carlo Ponti11th December, Italian
Film producer, Screenwriter
Alfred Lennon14th December, British
Singer-songwriter
Georg Solti21st October, Hungarian
Conductor, Pianist, Musician, Composer, Music
John Jacob Astor VI14th August, American
Socialite
Hanna Reitsch29th March, Austrian, German, Polish
Aviator, Test pilot, Helicopter pilot, Military
David Packard7th September, American
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Computer scientist
Cornel Wilde13th October, Hungarian, Slovak, American
Actor
Walter Sisulu18th May, South African
Politician
Alois Brunner8th April, Austrian
Military personnel, Torturer
Sonja Henie8th April, Norwegian
Actor, Figure skater
Chien-Shiung Wu31st May, Chinese
Physicist
Jacques Ellul6th January, French
Theologian, Philosopher, Writer, Sociologist,
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa1st October, Nigerian
Former Prime Minister of Nigeria
Studs Terkel16th May, American
Journalist, Historian, Radio personality, Writer,
Archibald Cox17th May, American
Former Solicitor General of the United States
Otto Ernst Remer18th August, German
Writer
John Templeton29th November, British
Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Merchant
Sonny Boy Williamson II5th December, American
Singer
Henry M. Jackson31st May, American
Politician, Lawyer
Northrop Frye14th July, Canadian
Writer, Philosopher, Educationist, Cleric, Poet,
Otto Kretschmer1st May, German
Soldier, Submariner
János Kádár26th May, Croatian, Hungarian
political
Agnes Martin22nd March, Canadian, American
Painter
Maria Mandl10th January, Austrian
Prison officer, Torturer