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.
Kim Il-sung15th April, North Korean
Former President of North Korea
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
Woody Guthrie14th July, American
American singer-songwriter
James Callaghan27th March, British
Herbert Sobel26th January, American
U.S. Army Officer
Nancy Wake30th August, French, New Zealander, British
British Secret Agent During World War II
Lady Bird Johnson22nd December, American
First Lady of the United States
Enoch Powell16th June, British
Pope John Paul I17th October, Italian
Pope of Roman Catholic Church
José Ferrer8th January, Puerto Rican
Actor, Director
Stephen Ward19th October, British
Accused in the Profumo Affair scandal
Clara Petacci28th February, Italian
Mistress of Benito Mussolini
Millvina Dean2nd February, British
Cartographer
Lawrence Durrell27th February, British
Novelist
Saadat Hasan Manto11th May, Pakistani
Writer
Karl Malden22nd March, American
Actor
Heinrich Harrer6th July, Austrian
Mountaineer
Pat Nixon16th March, American
Wife of Former US President Richard Nixon
John Cage5th September, American
Composer, Writer
Ben Hogan13th August, American
American professional golfer
Jay Silverheels26th May, Canadian
Actor
Barbara Hutton14th November, American
Socialites
Erich Honecker25th August, German
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of
Chuck Jones21st September, American
Animator, Filmmaker, Cartoonist, Author, Artist, &
Doris Duke22nd November, American
Correspondent
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Eleanor Powell21st November, American
Dancer, Actress
Michelangelo Antonioni29th September, Italian
Film Director, Screenwriter, Editor
Sam Snead27th May, American
Professional Golfer
Adolf Galland19th March, German
Military Leader
Gordon Parks30th November, American
Photographer
Wilfrid Brambell22nd March, Irish
Actor
Raoul Wallenberg4th August, Swedish
Humanitarian
Pappy Boyington4th December, American
Pilot
Zohra Sehgal27th April, Indian
Actress
Wendy Hiller15th August, British
Actress
John Cheever27th May, American
Novelist & Short Story Writer
Georg Solti21st October, Hungarian, British
Conductor, Pianist
Martha Scott22nd September, American
Actress
Hanna Reitsch29th March, German
Aviator
Alfredo Stroessner3rd November, Paraguayan
Former President of Paraguay
Kusumagraj27th February, Indian
Poet
Francis Schaeffer30th January, American
Theologian, Philosopher
Glenn T. Seaborg19th April, American
Chemist
Patrick White28th May, Australian
Australian Writer
A. E. van Vogt26th April, Canadian
Science Fiction Author
Leonid Kantorovich19th January, Russian, Russian
Economist
Salvador Luria13th August, Italian
Microbiologist
Edward Mills Purcell30th August, American
Physicist
Julius Axelrod30th May, American
Biochemist
Wernher Von Braun23rd March, German, Polish, American
Michel Debré15th January, French
149th Prime Minister of France
Herbert C. Brown22nd May, American
Chemist
Konrad Emil Bloch21st January, German, Polish, American
Biochemist
George E. Palade19th November, Romanian
Cell Biologist
Abbe Pierre5th August, French
Founder of the Emmaus
Eugene Curran Kelly23rd August, American
American dancer
Eddie Hall3rd February, American
Actor
Gene Kelly23rd August, American
Film actor, Singer, Film director, Actor,
Kim Philby1st January, Indian, British
Spy, Journalist
Linda Perry18th August, American
Actress
John Le Mesurier5th April, British
Actor
Perry Como18th May, American
Singer
Otto von Habsburg20th November, Austrian, German, Hungarian
Politician
Minnie Pearl25th October, American
Comedian
Kim Il Sung15th April
Odette Hallowes28th April, French, British
Intelligence agent
Cornel Wilde13th October, Hungarian, Slovak, American
Actor
Jack Torrance20th June, American
Football Player
June Havoc8th November, Canadian, American
Actress
Bayard Rustin17th March, American
Activist
Carlo Ponti11th December, Italian
Film producer, Screenwriter
Foster Brooks11th May, American
Actor
Dale Evans31st October, American
Actress
Don Siegel26th October, American
Film director
John Jacob Astor VI14th August, American
Socialite
Roberta McCain7th February, American
Centenarians
Art Linkletter17th July, Canadian, American
Actor, Television presenter, Radio personality
Jacques Ellul6th January, French
Theologian, Philosopher, Writer, Sociologist,
Charles Addams7th January, American
Draughtsperson, Illustrator, Artist, Painter,
Alfred Lennon14th December, British
Singer-songwriter
Samuel Fuller12th August, American
Director
Hugh Griffith30th May, British
Actor, Stage actor
Alois Brunner8th April, Austrian
Military personnel, Torturer
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa1st October, Nigerian
Former Prime Minister of Nigeria
Harry Hay7th April, American
Gay rights activist
David Packard7th September, American
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Computer scientist
Sonja Henie8th April, Norwegian
Actor, Figure skater
Richard Brooks18th May, American
Screenwriter