Births on 12 August
2000s
Dixie D'Amelio
2001
American social media personality (born 2001)
Tristan Charpentier
2000
French racing driver
1900s
Matthijs de Ligt
1999
Dutch footballer (born 1999)
Dream (YouTuber)
1999
American YouTuber and Twitch streamer (born 1999)
Jule Niemeier
1999
German tennis player (born 1999)
GK Barry
1999
English social media comedian, influencer and presenter (born 1999)
Stefanos Tsitsipas
1998
Greek tennis player (born 1998)
Choi Yu-jin (singer)
1996
South Korean singer (born 1996)
Julio Urías
1996
Mexican baseball player (born 1996)
Arthur Melo
1996
Brazilian footballer (born 1996)
Samuel Moutoussamy
1996
Footballer (born 1996)
Ian Happ
1994
American baseball player (born 1994)
Ewa Farna
1993
Czech-Polish singer (born 1993)
Luna (South Korean singer)
1993
South Korean singer (born 1993)
Cara Delevingne
1992
English model and actress (born 1992)
Jacob Loko
1992
Australian rugby league footballer
Teo Gheorghiu
1992
Swiss-Canadian pianist and actor (born 1992)
Jesinta Franklin
1991
Australian model (born 1991)
Sam Hoare (rugby league)
1991
Australian rugby league footballer
Khris Middleton
1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
LaKeith Stanfield
1991
American actor (born 1991)
Mario Balotelli
1990
Italian footballer (born 1990)
Marvin Zeegelaar
1990
Dutch footballer (born 1990)
Martin Zurawsky
1990
German footballer
Tom Cleverley
1989
English association football player (born 1989)
Hong Jeong-ho
1989
South Korean footballer
Sunye
1989
South Korean singer
Tyson Fury
1988
British boxer (born 1988)
Matt Gillett
1988
Australia international rugby league footballer
Vanessa Watts
1987
Jamaican cricketer (born 1987)
Andrei Agius
1986
Maltese footballer (born 1986)
Kyle Arrington
1986
American football player (born 1986)
Danny Graham (footballer)
1985
English footballer (born 1985)
Franck Moutsinga
1985
Germany international rugby union player
Bryan Pata
1984
American football player (1984–2006)
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
1983
Dutch footballer (born 1983)
Kléber (footballer, born 1983)
1983
Brazilian footballer
Manoa Vosawai
1983
Rugby player
Boban Grnčarov
1982
Macedonian footballer
Alexandros Tzorvas
1982
Greek footballer
Tony Capaldi
1981
Former Northern Ireland international footballer
Djibril Cissé
1981
French footballer (born 1981)
Javier Chevantón
1980
Uruguayan footballer (born 1980)
Maggie Lawson
1980
American actress (born 1980)
Dominique Swain
1980
American actress and producer (born 1980)
Matt Thiessen
1980
Canadian-American musician (born 1980)
D. J. Houlton
1979
American baseball player (born 1979)
Ian Hutchinson (motorcyclist)
1979
English motorcycle racer (born 1979)
Cindy Klassen
1979
Canadian speed skater
Austra Skujytė
1979
Lithuanian athletics competitor (born 1979)
Chris Chambers
1978
American football player (born 1978)
Hayley Wickenheiser
1978
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1978)
Plaxico Burress
1977
American football player (born 1977)
Jesper Grønkjær
1977
Danish footballer (born 1977)
Park Yong-ha
1977
South Korean actor and singer (1977–2010)
Pedro Collins
1976
West Indian cricketer (born 1976)
Linde Lindström
1976
Finnish musician (born 1976)
Henry Tuilagi
1976
Samoan rugby union player (born 1976)
Antoine Walker
1976
American basketball player (born 1976)
Casey Affleck
1975
American actor (born 1975)
Matt Clement
1974
American baseball player (born 1974)
Karl Stefanovic
1974
Australian television presenter and journalist (born 1974)
Jonathan Coachman
1973
American sports anchor and professional wrestling personality
Mark Iuliano
1973
Italian footballer and manager
Todd Marchant
1973
American ice hockey player (born 1973)
Demir Demirkan
1972
Turkish musician (born 1972)
Mark Kinsella
1972
Irish footballer and manager
Takanohana Kōji
1972
Japanese sumo wrestler
Gyanendra Pandey (cricketer)
1972
Indian cricketer (born 1972)
Del the Funky Homosapien
1972
American rapper (born 1972)
Michael Ian Black
1971
American comedian and actor (born 1971)
Yvette Nicole Brown
1971
American actress (born 1971)
Rebecca Gayheart
1971
American actress (born 1971)
Pete Sampras
1971
American former tennis player (born 1971)
Aleksandar Đurić
1970
Former professional footballer
Charles Mesure
1970
Australian actor
Toby Perkins
1970
British Labour politician
Jim Schlossnagle
1970
American baseball coach (born 1970)
Anthony Swofford
1970
American writer and former U.S. Marine (born 1970)
Aga Muhlach
1969
Filipino actor (born 1969)
Stuart Williams (cricketer)
1969
West Indian cricketer
Tanita Tikaram
1969
British pop/folk singer-songwriter (born 1969)
Thorsten Boer
1968
German footballer and manager
Andy Hui
1967
Hong Kong singer and actor (born 1967)
Andrey Plotnikov
1967
Russian race walker
Regilio Tuur
1967
Dutch boxer (born 1967)
Tobias Ellwood
1966
British-American politician, soldier and author (born 1966)
Peter Krause
1965
American actor (born 1965)
Txiki Begiristain
1964
Spanish footballer (born 1964)
Michael Hagan
1964
Australian rugby league footballer and coach (born 1964)
Kōji Kitao
1963
Japanese professional wrestler and sumo wrestler (1963–2019)
Campbell Newman
1963
Premier of Queensland from 2012 to 2015
Sir Mix-a-Lot
1963
American rapper (born 1963)
Roy Hay (musician)
1961
English musician
Mark Priest
1961
New Zealand cricketer (born 1961)
Laurent Fignon
1960
French cyclist (1960–2010)
Greg Thomas
1960
Welsh cricketer
Kerry Boustead
1959
Australia international rugby league footballer
Jürgen Dehmel
1958
German musician
Friedhelm Schütte
1957
German footballer
Amanda Redman
1957
British actress (born 1957)
Lee Freedman
1956
Australian racehorse trainer (b.1956)
Bruce Greenwood
1956
Canadian actor and musician (born 1956)
Sidath Wettimuny
1956
Sri Lanakan cricketer (born 1956)
Rob Borbidge
1954
Premier of Queensland from 1996 to 1998
Leung Chun-ying
1954
Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2012 to 2017
Ibolya Dávid
1954
Hungarian lawyer and politician
François Hollande
1954
President of France from 2012 to 2017
Sam J. Jones
1954
American actor
Pat Metheny
1954
American jazz guitarist and composer (born 1954)
Daniel Biles
1952
American judge (born 1952)
Sitaram Yechury
1952
Indian politician (1952–2024)
Klaus Toppmöller
1951
German footballer and manager
Jim Beaver
1950
American actor (born 1950)
August Darnell
1950
Musical artist
Jamie Dunn
1950
Australian television and radio personality (1950–2026)
George McGinnis
1950
American basketball player (1950–2023)
Panagiotis Chinofotis
1949
Mark Knopfler
1949
Scottish musician (born 1949)
Lou Martin
1949
Musical artist
Alex Naumik
1949
Norwegian singer
Rick Ridgeway
1949
American adventurer
Siddaramaiah
1948
Chief Minister of Karnataka (born 1947)
Graham J. Zellick
1948
John Nathan-Turner
1947
British television producer (1947–2002)
Terry Nutkins
1946
English naturalist (1946–2012)
Dorothy E. Denning
1945
American information security researcher
Ron Mael
1945
American musician and co-founder of the band Sparks
Javeed Alam
1943
Activist, intellectual
Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt
1942
German sports physician
L. M. Kit Carson
1941
American actor and screenwriter
Réjean Ducharme
1941
Canadian writer
Edwin Feulner
1941
American political scientist (1941–2025)
Dana Ivey
1941
American actress (born 1941)
Eddie Barlow
1940
South African cricketer (1940–2005)
John Waller (fight director)
1940
English fight director (1940–2018)
George Hamilton (actor)
1939
American actor (born 1939)
David Jacobs (writer)
1939
American television writer, producer, and director (1939–2023)
S. Jayakumar (Singaporean politician)
1939
Singaporean politician
Pam Kilborn
1939
Australian athletics competitor
David King (chemist)
1939
South African-born British chemist
Sushil Koirala
1939
Prime Minister of Nepal from 2014 to 2015
Roy Romanow
1939
12th Premier of Saskatchewan (1991–2001)
Jean-Paul L'Allier
1938
Canadian politician (1938–2016)
Walter Dean Myers
1937
American children's book author (1937–2014)
Kjell Grede
1936
Swedish film director
John Cazale
1935
American actor (1935–1978)
Robin Nicholson (metallurgist)
1934
British metallurgist (1934–2024)
Parnelli Jones
1933
American racing driver (1933–2024)
Frederic Lindsay
1933
Scottish writer
Dallin H. Oaks
1932
American religious leader and jurist (born 1932)
Charlie O'Donnell
1932
American journalist and television announcer (1932–2010)
Sirikit
1932
Queen of Thailand from 1950 to 2016
William Goldman
1931
American writer (1931–2018)
Harry Babcock (American football)
1930
American football player (1930–1996)
George Soros
1930
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
Kanagaratnam Sriskandan
1930
Jacques Tits
1930
Belgian mathematician (1930–2021)
Buck Owens
1929
American musician and band leader (1929–2006)
Charles Blackman
1928
Australian artist (1928–2018)
Bob Buhl
1928
American baseball player (1928–2001)
Dan Curtis
1928
American film director
Porter Wagoner
1927
American country singer (1927–2007)
Douglas Croft
1926
American actor
John Derek
1926
American actor and filmmaker (1926–1998)
Joe Jones (singer)
1926
American singer-songwriter (1926–2005)
Dale Bumpers
1925
American politician (1925–2016)
Guillermo Cano Isaza
1925
Colombian journalist (1925–1986)
Donald Justice
1925
American poet
Norris McWhirter
1925
English writer
Ross McWhirter
1925
English writer, political activist (1925–1975)
George Wetherill
1925
American physicist and geologist (1925–2006)
Derek Shackleton
1924
English cricketer (1924–2007)
Zia-ul-Haq
1924
John Holt (cricketer)
1923
West Indian cricketer
Fulton Mackay
1922
Scottish actor (1922–1987)
Miloš Jakeš
1922
Leader of Czechoslovakia from 1987 to 1989
Charles Gibson (historian)
1920
American historian (1920–1985)
Percy Mayfield
1920
American rhythm and blues singer-songwriter (1920–1984)
Margaret Burbidge
1919
British-born American astrophysicist
Vikram Sarabhai
1919
Indian physicist and astronomer
Sid Bernstein (impresario)
1918
American music producer and promoter
Guy Gibson
1918
Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1918–1944)
Oliver Crawford
1917
American screenwriter and author
Ebba Haslund
1917
Norwegian writer
Ioan Dicezare
1916
Edward Pinkowski
1916
American writer (1916–2020)
Michael Kidd
1915
American choreographer (1915–2007)
Gerd Buchdahl
1914
German-English philosopher of science
Ruth Lowe
1914
Canadian pianist and songwriter (1914–1981)
Richard L. Bare
1913
American film director (1913–2015)
Samuel Fuller
1912
American filmmaker, writer, and actor (1912–1997)
Cantinflas
1911
Mexican actor and filmmaker (1911–1993)
Yusof Ishak
1910
President of Singapore from 1965 to 1970
Jane Wyatt
1910
American actress (1910–2006)
Bruce Matthews (Canadian Army officer)
1909
Canadian Army officer and businessman
Gladys Bentley
1907
American blues singer (1907–1960)
Joe Besser
1907
American actor and comedian (1907–1988)
Boy Charlton
1907
Australian swimmer (1907–1975)
Benjamin Sheares
1907
President of Singapore from 1971 to 1981
Harry Hopman
1906
Australian tennis player (1906–1985)
Tedd Pierce
1906
American actor
Idel Jakobson
1904
Estonian NKVD officer
Tamás Lossonczy
1904
Hungarian abstract painter
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
1904
Heir to the Russian throne (1904–1918)
Mohammad Hatta
1902
Vice President of Indonesia from 1945 to 1956
1800s
Ben Sealey
1899
West Indian cricketer
Maurice Fernandes
1897
West Indian Test cricketer (1897–1981)
Alfred Lunt
1892
American actor (1892–1977)
C. E. M. Joad
1891
English philosopher (1891–1953)
John McDermott (golfer)
1891
American professional golfer (1891–1971)
Zerna Sharp
1889
American writer
Erwin Schrödinger
1887
Austrian–Irish theoretical physicist (1887–1961)
Jean Cabannes
1885
French physicist (1885–1959)
Keith Murdoch
1885
Australian journalist (1885–1952)
Juhan Simm
1885
Estonian composer
Martha Hedman
1883
American dramatist
Marion Lorne
1883
American actress (1883–1968)
Cecil B. DeMille
1881
American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)
Radclyffe Hall
1880
British poet and author (1880–1943)
Christy Mathewson
1880
American baseball player (1880–1925)
Albert Bartha
1877
Hungarian military officer and politician
Mary Roberts Rinehart
1876
American mystery writer (1876–1958)
Gustavs Zemgals
1871
President of Latvia from 1927 to 1930
Henry Reuterdahl
1870
Swedish-American painter
Edith Hamilton
1867
American teacher and writer (1867–1963)
Jacinto Benavente
1866
Spanish dramatist (1866–1954)
Henrik Sillem
1866
Dutch sport shooter
Klara Hitler
1860
Mother of Adolf Hitler (1860–1907)
Katharine Lee Bates
1859
American poet, author, and professor; writer of "America the Beautiful" (1859–1929)
Ernestine von Kirchsberg
1857
Austrian landscape painter (1857–1924)
Diamond Jim Brady
1856
American businessman
Michael J. McGivney
1852
Founder of the Knights of Columbus (1852–1890)
William P. Sanders
1833
Union Army officer (1833–1863)
Helena Blavatsky
1831
Ukrainian-American mystic and writer (1831–1891)
Before 1800
Robert Southey
1774
English romantic poet (1774–1843)
Karl Faber
1773
German historian and archivist (1773–1853)
George IV
1762
King of the United Kingdom from 1820 to 1830
Maurice Greene (composer)
1696
English composer and organist
John Balguy
1686
English divine and philosopher (1686-1748)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
1644
Czech-Austrian composer and violinist (1644–1704)
Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria
1629
Duchess of Mantua and Montferrat from 1649 to 1665
Giovanni Legrenzi
1626
Italian composer (1626–1690)
Tokugawa Iemitsu
1604
Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military leader of Japan from 1623 to 1651
Curtius baronets
1599
Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of England
Louise de Marillac
1591
French Roman Catholic saint
Franciscus Sonnius
1506
Dutch theologian
Christian III of Denmark
1503
King of Denmark from 1534 to 1559
Abraham Zacuto
1452
Spanish Jewish astronomer and rabbi (1452 – c.1515)