Births on 12 October
2000s
Darci Lynne
2004
American ventriloquist (born 2004)
Iris Apatow
2002
American actress (born 2002)
Jongho
2000
South Korean singer and actor (born 2000)
1900s
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
1999
Irish actor and musician (born 1999)
Curtis Scott
1997
Australian former rugby league footballer
James Graham (singer)
1996
British singer from Chelmsford in Essex (born 1996)
Owen Watkin
1996
Wales international rugby union player
Jessica Hogg
1995
Welsh artistic gymnast
Sean Monahan
1994
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)
Olivia Smoliga
1994
American swimmer (born 1994)
Ketel Marte
1993
Dominican baseball player (born 1993)
Josh Hutcherson
1992
American actor (born 1992)
Nicolao Dumitru
1991
Italian footballer
Henri Lansbury
1990
English footballer (born 1990)
Anna Ohmiya
1989
Japanese curler (born 1989)
Sam Whitelock
1988
New Zealand rugby union footballer
Calum Scott
1988
English singer and songwriter (born 1988)
Marvin Ogunjimi
1987
Belgian footballer (born 1987)
Giannis Maniatis
1986
Greek footballer (born 1986)
Sergio Peter
1986
German footballer (born 1986)
Cristhian Stuani
1986
Uruguayan footballer (born 1986)
Tyler Blackburn
1986
American actor and singer (born 1986)
Michelle Carter (athlete)
1985
American shot putter (born 1985)
Mike Green (ice hockey, born 1985)
1985
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)
Anna Iljuštšenko
1985
Estonian high jumper
Greig Laidlaw
1985
British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player
Carl Söderberg
1985
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1985)
Alex Brosque
1983
Australian soccer player
Carlton Cole
1983
English footballer (born 1983)
Katie Piper
1983
English television presenter and writer (born 1983)
Mariko Yamamoto
1983
Japanese cricketer (born 1983)
Tom Guiry
1981
American actor (born 1981)
Marcel Hossa
1981
Slovak ice hockey player (born 1981)
Brian Kerr (Scottish footballer)
1981
Scottish footballer (born 1981)
Giuseppe Lanzone
1981
American rower
Brian J. Smith
1981
American film, television, and stage actor (born 1981)
Conrad Smith
1981
New Zealand rugby union coach and player
Sun Tiantian
1981
Chinese tennis player (born 1981)
Ledley King
1980
English footballer (born 1980)
Ann Wauters
1980
Belgian basketball player (born 1980)
Steven Agnew
1979
Northern Irish politician
Steve Borthwick
1979
England international rugby union player and head coach
Jordan Pundik
1979
American singer (born 1979)
Stefan Binder
1978
German footballer
Baden Cooke
1978
Australian cyclist (born 1978)
Marko Jarić
1978
Serbian basketball player (born 1978)
Cristie Kerr
1977
American professional golfer (born 1977)
Bode Miller
1977
American alpine skier
Javier Toyo
1977
Venezuelan footballer (born 1977)
Simon Bridges
1976
New Zealand politician and lawyer
Susana Félix
1975
Portuguese singer and actress (born 1975)
Marion Jones
1975
American athlete (born 1975)
Randy Robitaille
1975
Canadian ice hockey player
Stephen Lee (snooker player)
1974
English professional snooker player
Lesli Brea
1973
Dominican baseball player (born 1973)
Martin Corry (rugby union)
1973
British Lions & England international rugby union player
Juan Manuel Silva
1972
Argentine racing driver
Tom Van Mol
1972
Belgian footballer
Tony Fiore
1971
American baseball player
Steve Johnston
1971
Australian speedway rider (born 1971)
Bronzell Miller
1971
American football player and entertainer (1971–2013)
Kirk Cameron
1970
American actor (born 1970)
Patrick Musimu
1970
Belgian freediver
Tanyon Sturtze
1970
American baseball player (born 1970)
Charlie Ward
1970
American basketball and football player (born 1970)
Martie Maguire
1969
American musician (born 1969)
Željko Milinovič
1969
Slovenian footballer (born 1969)
Dwayne Roloson
1969
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1969)
José Valentín
1969
Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1969)
Bill Auberlen
1968
American factory race car driver
Paul Harragon
1968
Australia international rugby league footballer
Hugh Jackman
1968
Australian actor and singer (born 1968)
Leon Lett
1968
American football player and coach (born 1968)
Adam Rich
1968
American actor (1968–2023)
Becky Iverson
1967
American professional golfer
Jonathan Crombie
1966
Canadian actor and voice actor
Wim Jonk
1966
Dutch footballer and manager
Brian Kennedy (singer)
1966
Northern Irish singer
Brenda Romero
1966
American video game designer and developer
Dan Abnett
1965
British comic book writer and novelist (born 1965)
Chris Chandler (American football)
1965
American football player (born 1965)
J. J. Daigneault
1965
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1965)
Scott O'Grady
1965
American politician; former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot
Raimond Aumann
1963
German footballer
Dance Man
1963
Japanese musician (born 1963)
Satoshi Kon
1963
Japanese anime director and manga artist (1963–2010)
Dave Legeno
1963
British mixed martial arts fighter (1963–2014)
Alan McDonald (Northern Ireland footballer)
1963
Northern Irish footballer (1963–2012)
Luis Polonia
1963
Dominican baseball player (born 1963)
Carlos Bernard
1962
American actor and director
Michelle Botes
1962
South African actress (1962–2024)
Chris Botti
1962
American trumpeter and composer (born 1962)
John Coleman (footballer, born 1962)
1962
English footballer and manager (born 1962)
Branko Crvenkovski
1962
President of Macedonia from 2004 to 2009
Deborah Foreman
1962
American actress (born 1962)
Mads Eriksen (musician)
1962
Norwegian guitarist
Chendo
1961
Spanish footballer
Steve Lowery
1960
American professional golfer
Carlo Perrone (footballer, born October 1960)
1960
Italian footballer and manager (born 1960)
Hiroyuki Sanada
1960
Japanese actor (born 1960)
Dorothee Vieth
1960
German Paralympic cyclist
Anna Escobedo Cabral
1959
American politician
Steve Austria
1958
American politician (born 1958)
Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias
1958
Tesla (band)
1958
American hard rock band
Bryn Merrick
1958
Welsh musician
Clémentine Célarié
1957
French actress, writer, director and singer
Serge Clerc
1957
French comic book artist and illustrator
Mike Dowler
1957
Welsh footballer
Annik Honoré
1957
Belgian journalist and music promoter (1957–2014)
William F. Laurance
1957
American conservationist
Rafael Ábalos
1956
Spanish writer
Allan Evans (footballer)
1956
Scottish footballer (born 1956)
Lutz Haueisen
1956
East German cyclist
Catherine Holmes
1956
Australian judge
Gerti Schanderl
1956
German figure skater
David Vanian
1956
British singer
Einar Jan Aas
1955
Norwegian footballer (born 1955)
Pat DiNizio
1955
American musician (1955–2017)
Ante Gotovina
1955
Croatian retired general
Jane Siberry
1955
Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1955)
Evalie A. Bradley
1954
Anguillian politician
Massimo Ghini
1954
Italian film actor
Michael Roe
1954
American musician
Linval Thompson
1954
Jamaican reggae and dub musician (born 1954)
Les Dennis
1953
English television presenter, actor, and comedian
David Threlfall
1953
English stage, film, television actor and director
Trevor Chappell
1952
Australian cricketer (born 1952)
Béla Csécsei
1952
Hungarian politician
Roger Heath-Brown
1952
British mathematician
Sally Little
1951
South African-born professional golfer
Ed Royce (politician)
1951
American politician (born 1951)
Norio Suzuki (golfer)
1951
Japanese professional golfer
Susan Anton
1950
American actress
Dave Freudenthal
1950
Governor of Wyoming from 2003 to 2011
Dave Lloyd (cyclist)
1949
English cyclist
Carlos the Jackal
1949
Venezuelan-born international terror operative (born 1949)
Barclay Shaw
1949
American professional artist (born 1949)
Paul Went
1949
English footballer (1949–2017)
John Engler
1948
Governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003
Rick Parfitt
1948
British rock musician (1948–2016)
Chris Wallace
1947
American journalist (born 1947)
Drew Edmondson
1946
American lawyer
Ashok Mankad
1946
Indian cricketer (1946–2008)
Daryl Runswick
1946
English jazz musician and composer (born 1946)
Aurore Clément
1945
French actress
Dusty Rhodes
1945
American professional wrestler (1945–2015)
Angela Rippon
1944
English television presenter (born 1944)
Kostas Tsakonas
1943
Greek actor
Melvin Franklin
1942
American bass singer (1942–1995)
Michael Mansfield
1941
British barrister, legal scholar (born 1941)
Paul Hawkins (racing driver)
1937
Australian racing driver (1937–1969)
Robert Mangold
1937
American artist (born 1937)
Don Howe
1935
English footballer, coach, manager, and pundit
Tony Kubek
1935
American baseball player and broadcaster (born 1935)
Sam Moore
1935
American singer (1935–2025)
Shivraj Patil
1935
Indian politician (1935–2025)
Luciano Pavarotti
1935
Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007)
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford
1934
New Orleans, US R&B musician (1934–2012)
Richard Meier
1934
American architect
Albert Shiryaev
1934
Soviet and Russian mathematician (born 1934)
Oğuz Atay
1934
Turkish novelist (1934–1977)
Constantine Manos
1934
American photographer (1934–2025)
Guido Molinari
1933
Canadian artist (1933–2004)
Dick Gregory
1932
American comedian, actor, writer, activist and social critic (1932–2017)
Ned Jarrett
1932
American racing driver and TV personality (born 1932)
Ole-Johan Dahl
1931
Norwegian computer scientist
Denis Brodeur
1930
Canadian photographer and athlete
Milica Kacin Wohinz
1930
Slovenian historian (1930–2021)
Nappy Brown
1929
American R&B singer-songwriter (1929–2008)
Robert Coles (psychiatrist)
1929
American psychiatrist (born 1929)
Magnus Magnusson
1929
Icelandic-born journalist (1929–2007)
Al Held
1928
American painter (1928 - 2005)
Domna Samiou
1928
Eliška Misáková
1926
Czech gymnast
Denis Lazure
1925
Canadian politician
Leonidas Kyrkos
1924
Greek politician
Jean Nidetch
1923
American entrepreneur (1923–2015)
Goody Petronelli
1923
American boxing trainer
William H. Sullivan
1922
American diplomat (1922–2013)
Art Clokey
1921
American animator (1921–2010)
Jaroslav Drobný
1921
Czech tennis and ice hockey player
Logie Bruce Lockhart
1921
Schoolmaster and Scottish rugby union player
Christopher Soames
1920
British politician (1920–1987)
Steve Conway (singer)
1920
English singer (1920–1952)
Gilles Beaudoin
1919
Canadian politician
Doris Miller
1919
First African American to be awarded the Navy Cross (1919–1943)
Roque Máspoli
1917
Uruguayan footballer and coach (1917-2004)
James McAuley
1917
Australian poet and academic
Alice Childress
1916
American novelist, playwright, and actress (1916–1994)
Lock Martin
1916
American actor (1916–1959)
John E. Hodge
1914
American chemist
Alice Chetwynd Ley
1913
Muhammad Shamsul Huq
1912
Bangladeshi politician and educator (1912–2006)
Vijay Merchant
1911
Indian cricketer (1911–1987)
Robert Fitzgerald
1910
American poet, critic and translator (1910–1985)
Malcolm Renfrew
1910
Dorothy Livesay
1909
Canadian poet (1909–1996)
Paul Engle
1908
American poet
Ann Petry
1908
American writer (1908–1997)
Joe Cronin
1906
American baseball player and manager (1906–1984)
John Murray (playwright)
1906
American playwright
Piero Taruffi
1906
Italian racing driver and motorcycle road racer (1906–1988)
Lester Dent
1904
American writer
Anthony F. DePalma
1904
American orthopedic surgeon and professor
Ding Ling
1904
Chinese writer (1904–1986)
Josephine Hutchinson
1903
American actress (1903–1998)
1800s
Eugenio Montale
1896
Italian writer (1896–1981)
Elisabeth of Romania
1894
Queen of Greece from 1922 to 1924
Velvalee Dickinson
1893
US spy for Imperial Japan (1893–1980)
Gilda dalla Rizza
1892
Italian soprano
Edith Stein
1891
German nun and philosopher (1891–1942)
Fumimaro Konoe
1891
Prime Minister of Japan (1937–1939; 1940–1941)
Dietrich von Hildebrand
1889
Italian-German American Roman Catholic philosopher and author (1889-1977)
Louis Hémon
1880
French writer (1880–1913)
Kullervo Manner
1880
Finnish politician (1880–1939)
Truxtun Hare
1878
American track and field Olympian
Aleister Crowley
1875
English occultist (1875–1947)
Jimmy Burke (baseball)
1874
American baseball player and manager (1874–1942)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
1872
English composer (1872–1958)
August Horch
1868
German automobile engineer, founder of Audi
Mariano Trías
1868
Vice President First Philippine Republic (1868–1914)
Ramsay MacDonald
1866
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1924; 1929–1935)
Arthur Harden
1865
British biochemist (1865–1940)
Kamini Roy
1864
Bengali writer and feminist (1864–1933)
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
1860
American industrialist (1860–1930)
Arthur Nikisch
1855
Hungarian conductor (1855–1922)
Helena Modjeska
1840
Polish-American actress (1840–1909)
George Thorn
1838
Australian politician
Kathinka Kraft
1826
Norwegian memoirist (1826–1895)
William J. Hardee
1815
Confederate general
Friedrich Frey-Herosé
1801
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
Before 1800
Pedro I of Brazil
1798
Emperor of Brazil (1822–31) and King of Portugal (1826)
Christian Gmelin
1792
German chemist (1792–1860)
Étienne Louis Geoffroy
1725
French entomologist and pharmacist
Jonathan Trumbull
1710
American politician (1710–1785)
Silvius Leopold Weiss
1687
German composer and lutenist
Henry More
1614
English philosopher (1614–1687)
William Chillingworth
1602
English churchman (1602-1644)
Thomas Dudley
1576
Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1576–1653)
Jacques Sirmond
1559
French scholar and Jesuit (1559–1651)
Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria
1558
Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
1555
English nobleman (1555–1601)
Edward VI
1537
King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553
Asakura Yoshikage
1533
Japanese daimyō (1533–1573)
Bernardo Pisano
1490
Italian composer
Dmitry Donskoy
1350
Prince of Moscow (1359–1389)
Trần Thánh Tông
1240
Emperor of Đại Việt from 1258 to 1278
Emperor Go-Ichijō
1008
Emperor of Japan from 1016 to 1036