Births on 12 September
2000s
Ziaire Williams
2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
1900s
Jerome Ford
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Sydney Sweeney
1997
American actress (born 1997)
Almida de Val
1997
Swedish curler (born 1997)
Colin Ford
1996
American actor (born 1996)
Steven Gardiner
1995
Bahamian sprinter (born 1995)
Druski
1994
American comedian, actor, and influencer (born 1994)
RM (musician)
1994
South Korean rapper (born 1994)
Elina Svitolina
1994
Ukrainian tennis player (born 1994)
Kelsea Ballerini
1993
American country singer (born 1993)
Alexia Fast
1992
Canadian actress (born 1992)
Sviatlana Pirazhenka
1992
Belarusian tennis player
Mike Towell
1991
Scottish boxer
Scott Wootton
1991
English footballer (born 1991)
Freddie Freeman
1989
Canadian-American baseball player (born 1989)
Andrew Luck
1989
American football player and executive (born 1989)
Amanda Jenssen
1988
Swedish singer and songwriter
Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson
1988
Icelandic politician (born 1988)
Alfie Allen
1986
English actor (born 1986)
Joanne Jackson (swimmer)
1986
English swimmer
Yūto Nagatomo
1986
Japanese footballer (born 1986)
Dimitrios Regas
1986
Greek sprinter
Emmy Rossum
1986
American actress and singer (born 1986)
Nashat Akram
1984
Iraqi footballer (born 1984)
Chelsea Carey
1984
Canadian curler (born 1984)
Petra Marklund
1984
Swedish singer, songwriter and television presenter (born 1984)
Tom Geißler
1983
German footballer
Daniel Muir
1983
American football player (born 1983)
Sergio Parisse
1983
Italy international rugby union player
Clayton Richard
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Carly Smithson
1983
Irish singer
Niels Tas
1983
Belgian politician (born 1983)
Zoran Planinić
1982
Croatian basketball player (born 1982)
Sal Rinauro
1982
American professional wrestler (born 1982)
Jennifer Hudson
1981
American singer and actress (born 1981)
Staciana Stitts
1981
American swimmer (born 1981)
Sean Burroughs
1980
American baseball player (1980–2024)
Fernando de Souza
1980
Brazilian footballer (born 1980)
Yao Ming
1980
Chinese basketball player and executive (born 1980)
Kevin Sinfield
1980
English rugby player and coach (born 1980)
Josef Vašíček
1980
Czech ice hockey player (1980–2011)
Elisabetta Canalis
1978
Italian actress, singer and showgirl
Ben McKenzie
1978
American actor (born 1978)
Ruben Studdard
1978
American singer (born 1978)
Nathan Bracken
1977
Australian cricketer
Grant Denyer
1977
Australian television/radio presenter and motor racing driver
Jeff Irwin
1977
American musician
David Thompson (footballer, born 1977)
1977
English footballer (born 1977)
Lauren Stamile
1976
American actress (born 1976)
Maciej Żurawski
1976
Polish footballer
Luis Castillo (second baseman)
1975
Dominican baseball player (born 1975)
Bill Kirby
1975
Australian swimmer (born 1975)
Caroline Aigle
1974
French Air Force officer (1974–2007)
Jennifer Nettles
1974
American singer, record producer, and actress
Guy Smith (racing driver)
1974
British racing driver
Kenichi Suzumura
1974
Japanese voice actor and singer (born 1974)
Nuno Valente
1974
Portuguese footballer
Kara David
1973
Filipino journalist and television host (born 1973)
Martina Ertl
1973
German alpine skier (born 1973)
Martin Lapointe
1973
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1973)
Paul Walker
1973
American actor (1973–2013)
Gideon Emery
1972
British actor
Paul Green (rugby league)
1972
Australian rugby league footballer and coach (1972–2022)
Sidney (footballer, born 1972)
1972
Brazilian footballer
Younes El Aynaoui
1971
Moroccan tennis player
Shocker (wrestler)
1971
Mexican professional wrestler (born 1971)
Will Chase
1970
American actor and singer (born 1970)
Nathan Larson (musician)
1970
American film music composer, musician, author
Max Boot
1969
Russian-American writer and historian (born 1969)
Ángel Cabrera
1969
Argentine golfer (born 1969)
James Frey
1969
American writer
Shigeki Maruyama
1969
Japanese professional golfer
Larry LaLonde
1968
American guitarist
Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell
1968
British earl and politician (1968–2014)
Richard Snell (cricketer)
1968
South African cricketer (born 1968)
Paul F. Tompkins
1968
American comedian and actor (born 1968)
Louis C.K.
1967
American comedian, actor and filmmaker (born 1967)
Pat Listach
1967
American baseball player and coach (born 1967)
Darren E. Burrows
1966
American actor (born 1966)
Ben Folds
1966
American musician (born 1966)
Vezio Sacratini
1966
Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
Einstein Kristiansen
1965
Norwegian cartoonist and designer
Vernon Maxwell
1965
American basketball player (born 1965)
Midnight (wrestler)
1965
American bodybuilder and professional wrestler
Greg Gutfeld
1964
American commentator (born 1964)
Dieter Hecking
1964
German football manager (born 1964)
Sunay Akın
1962
Turkish poet, writer, TV host, journalist, and a philanthropist (born 1962)
Amy Yasbeck
1962
American actress
Mylène Farmer
1961
French recording artist
Road Warrior Animal
1960
American professional wrestler (1960–2020)
Evan Jenkins (politician)
1960
American judge and politician (born 1960)
Stefanos Korkolis
1960
Greek composer, pianist (born 1960)
Scott Brown (politician)
1959
American diplomat and politician (born 1959)
Deron Cherry
1959
American football player (born 1959)
Sigmar Gabriel
1959
German politician (born 1959)
Wilfred Benítez
1958
Puerto Rican boxer (born 1958)
Gregg Edelman
1958
American movie, television, & theatre actor (born 1958)
Paul M. Sharp
1957
Scottish academic scientist (b.1957)
Jan Egeland
1957
Norwegian diplomat and politician (born 1957)
Rachel Ward
1957
British actress
Hans Zimmer
1957
German film composer (born 1957)
Leslie Cheung
1956
Hong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)
David Goodhart
1956
British journalist, commentator and author
BA Robertson
1956
Scottish musician, composer and songwriter
Walter Woon
1956
Professor of law
Peter Scolari
1955
American actor (1955–2021)
Brian Smith (footballer, born 1955)
1955
English footballer
Robert Gober
1954
American sculptor
Scott Hamilton (musician)
1954
American jazz saxophonist (born 1954)
Peeter Volkonski
1954
Estonian musician and actor
Nan Goldin
1953
American photographer and activist
Gerry Beckley
1952
American singer and musician (born 1952)
Neil Peart
1952
Canadian and American drummer (1952–2020)
Bertie Ahern
1951
Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008
Norm Dubé
1951
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1951)
Ray Gravell
1951
British Lions & Wales international rugby union footballer
Joe Pantoliano
1951
American actor (born 1951)
Ali-Ollie Woodson
1951
American R&B musical artist (1951–2010)
Marguerite Blais
1950
Canadian politician
Gustav Brunner
1950
Austrian engineer and car designer (born 1950)
Bruce Mahler
1950
American actor, producer, and writer
Mike Murphy (ice hockey, born 1950)
1950
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Charles Burlingame
1949
Commercial airline pilot (1949–2001)
Irina Rodnina
1949
Russian politician and figure skater
Steve Turre
1948
American jazz musician
Max Walker
1948
Australian rules footballer and cricketer
David Grant (engineer)
1947
British academic (born 1947)
Gerald Howarth
1947
British politician
Christopher Neame
1947
English actor (born 1947)
Redbone (band)
1946
American rock band
Neil Lyndon
1946
British journalist and writer (born 1946)
Jim Liberman
1945
American racing driver (1945–1977)
Milo Manara
1945
Italian comic creator (1945)
John Mauceri
1945
American conductor, producer, educator and writer
Lonnie Mayne
1944
American professional wrestler (1944 – 1978)
Vladimir Spivakov
1944
Soviet and Russian conductor and violinist
Barry White
1944
American singer (1944–2003)
Ralph Neely
1943
American football player (1943–2022)
Michael Ondaatje
1943
Canadian novelist and poet (born 1943)
Michel Drucker
1942
French journalist (born 1942)
Tomás Marco
1942
Spanish composer (born 1942)
Maria Muldaur
1942
American folk and blues singer (born 1942)
François Tavenas
1942
Linda Gray
1940
American actress (born 1940)
Henry Waxman
1939
American politician (born 1939)
Judy Clay
1938
American soul and gospel singer (1938–2001)
Claude Ruel
1938
Canadian ice hockey coach (1938–2015)
Tatiana Troyanos
1938
American mezzo-soprano (1938–1993)
George Chuvalo
1937
Canadian boxer (born 1937)
Wes Hall
1937
Barbadian cricketer and politician
Richard Hunt (sculptor)
1935
American artist and sculptor (1935–2023)
Glenn Davis (hurdler)
1934
American track athlete and football player (1934–2009)
Jaegwon Kim
1934
Korean-American philosopher (1934–2019)
Nellie Wong
1934
American poet (1934–2026)
Atli Dam
1932
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
Ian Holm
1931
British actor (1931–2020)
George Jones
1931
American country musician (1931–2013)
Larry Austin
1930
American composer (1930–2018)
Harvey Schmidt
1929
American composer and illustrator (1929–2018)
Robert Irwin (artist)
1928
American installation artist (1928–2023)
Muriel Siebert
1928
American businesswoman
Ernie Vandeweghe
1928
American basketball player (1928–2014)
Joseph John Gerry
1928
American Benedictine monk and prelate (1928–2023)
Mathé Altéry
1927
French soprano
Stan Lopata
1925
American baseball player (1925–2013)
Dickie Moore (actor)
1925
American actor (1925–2015)
Amílcar Cabral
1924
Bissau-Guinean politician (1924–1973)
Antonio Cafiero
1922
Argentine politician
Jackson Mac Low
1922
American poet (1922–2004)
Mark Rosenzweig (psychologist)
1922
American research psychologist
Frank McGee (journalist)
1921
American television journalist (1921–1974)
Stanisław Lem
1921
Polish science fiction author and futurologist (1921–2006)
Turgut Cansever
1921
Turkish architect and city planner
Desmond Llewelyn
1914
Welsh actor (1914–1999)
Jesse Owens
1913
American track and field athlete (1913–1980)
Donald MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)
1909
Canadian politician (1909–1986)
Werner Flume
1908
German jurist (1908–2009)
Killing of Linda Agostini
1905
English Australian homicide victim
Juscelino Kubitschek
1902
President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961
Marya Zaturenska
1902
American poet
Shmuel Hurwitz
1901
Israeli agronomist (1901–1999)
Martha Atwell
1900
American radio director
Haskell Curry
1900
American mathematician (1900-1982)
1800s
Salvador Bacarisse
1898
Spanish composer
Alma Moodie
1898
Australian violinist (1898–1943)
Ben Shahn
1898
American artist (1898–1969)
Irène Joliot-Curie
1897
French chemist and physicist (1897–1956)
Walter B. Gibson
1897
American writer and magician (1897–1985)
Freymóður Jóhannsson
1895
Icelandic artist, painter, and composer
Kyuichi Tokuda
1894
Japanese politician; first chairman of the Japanese Communist Party (1894-1953)
Dorothy Maud Wrinch
1894
Mathematician and biochemical theorist
Alfred A. Knopf Sr.
1892
American publisher
Pedro Albizu Campos
1891
Puerto Rican independence activist (1893–1965)
Jean-François Martial
1891
Belgian actor (1891–1977)
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
1891
Publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961
Ugo Pasquale Mifsud
1889
Maltese politician (1889–1942)
Maurice Chevalier
1888
French singer, actor, and entertainer (1888–1972)
Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer)
1885
German photographer (1885–1957)
Martin Klein (wrestler)
1884
Estonian wrestler (1884–1947)
Ion Agârbiceanu
1882
Romanian writer and priest (1882–1963)
H. L. Mencken
1880
American journalist and writer (1880–1956)
Matsunosuke Onoe
1875
Japanese actor
Paweł Owerłło
1869
Polish actor
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
1866
British politician and colonial governor (1866–1941)
Carl Eytel
1862
German-American painter (1862–1925)
Manuel Espinosa Batista
1857
Johann H. Beck
1856
American composer and conductor
Simon-Napoléon Parent
1855
Premier of Quebec from 1900 to 1905
H. H. Asquith
1852
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
1837
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1892
William Sprague IV
1830
American politician
Anselm Feuerbach
1829
German painter (1829–1880)
Charles Dudley Warner
1829
American writer (1829–1900)
William Morgan (South Australian politician)
1828
Australian politician
Richard Jordan Gatling
1818
American inventor (1818–1903)
Theodor Kullak
1818
German musician (1818–1882)
Aurora von Qvanten
1816
Swedish writer and artist (1816–1907)
Edward Shepherd Creasy
1812
Chief Justice of British Ceylon from 1860 to 1875
Richard March Hoe
1812
American inventor (1812–1886)
Before 1800
Samuel Joseph May
1797
American reformer (1797–1871)
Benjamin Carr
1768
American singer (1768–1831)
Johann Heinrich Jung
1740
German author (1740–1817)
Mary Fletcher (preacher)
1739
Early Methodist preacher (1739–1815)
Hsinbyushin
1736
Third Emperor of the Kongaung Dynasty of Burma from 1763 to 1776
Peter Dens
1690
Belgian theologian
William Dugdale
1605
English antiquary and herald (1605–1686)
María de Zayas
1590
Spanish writer (c. 1590 - 1661)
Francis I of France
1494
King of France from 1515 to 1547
John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
1415
English magnate and nobleman