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April 12 Birthdays in History - April 12 Deaths - April 12 Events
April 12, 1979 Claire Danes, New York City, actress, Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo and Juliet
April 12, 1978 Eddie Robinson, actor, Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing
April 12, 1975 Marcie Alberts, WNBA guard for the Cleveland Rockers
April 12, 1975 Sofie Rahman, Miss Universe-Hong Kong 1996
April 12, 1974 Kabir Khan, cricketer, Pakistani slow left-armer 1994-
April 12, 1974 Roman Hamrlik, Gottwaldov Cze, NHL defenseman, Lightning, Oly-gold-98
April 12, 1973 Antonio Osuna, Sinaloa Mexico, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
April 12, 1973 Claudia Jordan, Miss USA-Rhode Island, 1997, top 10
April 12, 1973 Pamela Polk, Berlin Wisconsin, Miss America-Wisconsin 1996
April 12, 1971 Fernando Meligeni, Argentina, tennis star
April 12, 1971 Kent Manderville, Edmonton, NHL left wing for the Edmonton Oilers
April 12, 1971 Shannen Doherty, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Little House, Bev Hills 90210
April 12, 1971 Tyrone Chatman, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions
April 12, 1971 Nicholas Brendon, American Actor
April 12, 1970 Patrick Brugnoli, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
April 12, 1969 Michael Jackson, NFL wide receiver, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens
April 12, 1968 Adam Graves, Toronto, NHL left wing for the New York Rangers
April 12, 1968 Alicia Coppola, actress, Lorna Devon-Another World
April 12, 1968 Neal Fort, CFL tackle, Montreal Alouettes
April 12, 1967 Bobby Abrams, NFL outside linebacker for the New England Patriots
April 12, 1967 Donna Andrews, Lynchburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore
April 12, 1967 Kirk Everist, Houston Texas, water polo driver 1996 Olympics
April 12, 1967 Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor, Only the Strong
April 12, 1966 Jeffrey Hunter, WLAF DE for the London Monarchs
April 12, 1966 Lorenzo White, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns
April 12, 1966 Theo Blanco, WLAF receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals
April 12, 1965 Elaine Zayak, New Jersey, figure skater, Olympics-6th-1984
April 12, 1964 Mike Macfarlane, Stockton California, catcher for the Kansas City Royals
April 12, 1961 D. D. Verni, heavy metal rocker, Overkill-Hello From the Gutter
April 12, 1961 Julius Kariuki, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser 1988 Olympics gold
April 12, 1959 Elissa Leeds, New York City, actress, Cissy-Dorothy
April 12, 1959 Pascal Barre, France, sprint relay team 1980 Olympics bronze
April 12, 1958 Tony James, rock bassist, Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111
April 12, 1958 Will Sergeant, rock guitarist, Echo and Bunnymen-Killing Moon
April 12, 1956 Alexander Briley, vocalist, YMCA-Village People
April 12, 1956 Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor, Stand and Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die
April 12, 1956 Doris EHP Baaten, Dutch actress, Sesame Street, Fien
April 12, 1956 Walter Salles, Brazilian Director
April 12, 1954 Pat Travers, rock guitarist, Puttin' it Straight
April 12, 1952 Alexis Arguello, born in Managua, Nicaragua, featherweight boxer, 1974 champ
April 12, 1952 J. D. Nicholas, English guitarist, Heatwave, Commodores
April 12, 1951 Jackson Spires, rock drummer, Blackfoot
April 12, 1950 David Cassidy, New York City, singer and actor, Keith-Partridge Family
April 12, 1950 Tom Werner, owner for the San Diego Padres/producer, Roseanne, Cosby Show
April 12, 1949 Scott Turow, American Novelist
April 12, 1948 Raphick Jumadeen, cricketer, WI slow left-armer of the 70's
April 12, 1948 Joschka Fischer, German Politician
April 12, 1947 Dan Lauria, actor, Jack Arnold-Wonder Years, 1947 approx
April 12, 1947 David Letterman, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, comedian, Late Night
April 12, 1947 Tom Clancy, American Novelist
April 12, 1946 Ed O'Neill, actor, Al Bundy-Married with Children
April 12, 1946 Peter L de Baan, Dutch actor, director and playwright, Leonce and Lena
April 12, 1946 Rene Krijnen, Dutch keyboardist, Les Baroques
April 12, 1945 Hilary Nicolle, educationist
April 12, 1945 Serge Schmemann, Journalist
April 12, 1944 John Kay, [Joachim F Krauledat], Germany, rock vocalist, Steppenwolf
April 12, 1944 Karel Kryl, folk singer
April 12, 1943 Charles Ludlam, New York City, playwright/actor, Big Easy
April 12, 1942 Bill Bryden, theatre director
April 12, 1942 Daniel Winslow Schmidt, composer
April 12, 1942 Frank Bank, born in Hollywood California, actor, Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver
April 12, 1941 Julio B. Euson, Aruban singer, I Use the Soap
April 12, 1941 Bobby Moore, English Athlete
April 12, 1940 Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist, I Thought it Was You
April 12, 1939 Alan Ayckbourn, born in London, playwright
April 12, 1937 Igor Petrovich Volk, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz T-12
April 12, 1937 Raymond Ceulemans, Belgian world champ billiards player
April 12, 1936 Charles Napier, actor, Night Stalker, Rambo
April 12, 1936 Kennedy A. Simmonds, premier, St. Kitts and Nevis, 1983-95
April 12, 1935 Wendy Savage, obstetrician/gynaecologist
April 12, 1933 Montserrat Caballe, born in Barcelona, Spain, soprano, Mimi-La Boheme
April 12, 1932 Henri Lazarof, composer
April 12, 1932 Jack Gelber, U.S., playwright, Connection, Apple
April 12, 1932 Dennis Banks, American Educator
April 12, 1931 Billy Vaughn, born in Glasgow, Kentucky, singer, Chapel by the Sea
April 12, 1931 Martin Boykan, composer
April 12, 1930 Betty Clooney, born in Maysville, Kentucky, singer, Jack Paar Show
April 12, 1930 Bryan Magee, writer
April 12, 1930 Earl of Limerick
April 12, 1930 Lou A de Graaf, Dutch Assistant Secretary of Social Affairs, VDA
April 12, 1930 Uwe Kitzinger, President, Templeton College, Oxford
April 12, 1929 Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, actress, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Solo, Tenko
April 12, 1928 Brooklyn Supreme, born in Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse, 1450 kg
April 12, 1928 Earl of Limerick
April 12, 1928 Hardy Kruger, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Barry Lyndon, Wrong is Right
April 12, 1928 Uwe Kitzinger, President, Templeton College-Oxford
April 12, 1927 Jane Withers, Georgia, actress, All Together Now, Josephine the plumber
April 12, 1927 Patrick Meehan, petty criminal
April 12, 1925 Tiny Tim, [Herbert Khaury], singer, Tiptoe Through the Tulips
April 12, 1924 Julius Moormann, student/resistance fighter, WW II
April 12, 1924 Sergiu Natra, composer
April 12, 1923 Ann Miller, [Lucille Ann Collier], Cherino, Texas, dancer, On the Town
April 12, 1923 E. C. Meade, British chartered accountant
April 12, 1921 A. W. Mabbs, archivist
April 12, 1920 H. R. Hewitt, CEO, Johnson Matthey
April 12, 1920 Robert Fizdale, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Misia
April 12, 1919 Istvan Anhalt, composer
April 12, 1919 Lady Ricketts, CEO, Natl Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux
April 12, 1919 Maurice Girodias, French publisher
April 12, 1919 Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero
April 12, 1917 M Marie Widlow, born in St. Louis, Missouri, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1957
April 12, 1917 Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, India's greatest all-rounder to his time
April 12, 1916 Brian Connell, writer/broadcaster
April 12, 1916 Beverly Cleary, American Author
April 12, 1915 Emil [Theodore] Petaja, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Mill, Tramontane
April 12, 1913 Gabor Jodal, composer
April 12, 1912 Eric Feldary, born in Budapest, Hungary, actor, 16 Fathoms Deep
April 12, 1912 Georges Franju, born in France, director, Judex, L'homme sans visage
April 12, 1912 Harold Maguire, British air marshal
April 12, 1912 Herbert Mills, singer, Mills Brothers
April 12, 1911 Darrell A. Amyx, U.S. archaeologist, Greek Ceramics
April 12, 1911 Geoff Chubb, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler vs. England 1951-52 aged 40
April 12, 1910 Jurgen Rausch, German philosopher/author, End of the Playboys
April 12, 1908 Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia
April 12, 1908 John T. Hughes, Bishop to Forces
April 12, 1908 Virginia Cherrill, actress, Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious
April 12, 1905 Inger J. Hagerup-Halsor, Norwegian poet
April 12, 1904 Harald James Penrose, pilot
April 12, 1903 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and U.N. advisor, Nobel 1969
April 12, 1902 Louis J. M. Beel, premier of Netherland, 1946-48, 58-59
April 12, 1898 Grantley H. Adams, president of Barbados
April 12, 1894 Francisco H. Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese general and president, 1951-58
April 12, 1892 Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist
April 12, 1889 Pierre-tienne Flandin, French premier, 1934-35, and minister of Foreign affairs
April 12, 1885 Robert Delaunay, French painter
April 12, 1884 Otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist, Nobel-1922
April 12, 1883 Imogen Cunningham, photographer, 1965 ASMP award
April 12, 1879 Frederick G. Melcher, U.S., publisher/editor/founded children book week
April 12, 1878 Richard B. Goldschmidt, German and U.S. zoologist
April 12, 1871 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator, 1936-41
April 12, 1863 Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer, Boarding School
April 12, 1856 William M. Conway, English historian and explorer, Spitzbergen
April 12, 1852 [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician
April 12, 1851 Emil Liebling, composer
April 12, 1840 Edmond Audran, composer
April 12, 1839 Victorin de Joncieres, composer
April 12, 1838 John Shaw Billings, U.S., librarian and army physician
April 12, 1831 Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor
April 12, 1831 George Burgwyn Anderson, Brig General Confederate Army
April 12, 1831 Grenville Mellen Dodge, Major General Union volunteers
April 12, 1827 Edward Mollenhauer, composer
April 12, 1823 Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright, Artists and Admirers
April 12, 1818 Josh Billings, American Comedian
April 12, 1815 Henry Hugo Pierson, composer
April 12, 1802 Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader, Congregation of Heart
April 12, 1801 Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader
April 12, 1801 Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist
April 12, 1794 Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician, geometry
April 12, 1793 Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary
April 12, 1792 John George Lambton, London, statesman, 1st Earl of Durham
April 12, 1791 Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor, Washington Globe
April 12, 1788 Johann Erik Nordblom, composer
April 12, 1778 John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman
April 12, 1777 Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], U.S. politician
April 12, 1769 Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer
April 12, 1764 Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland
April 12, 1760 Juan Manuel Olivares, composer
April 12, 1727 Gaspare Gabellone, composer
April 12, 1724 Lyman Hall, U.S. physician, signed Declaration of Independence
April 12, 1722 Pietro Nardini, composer
April 12, 1716 Felice de' Giardini, composer
April 12, 1695 Caspar Burman, historian/mayor, Utrecht Neth
April 12, 1692 Giuseppe Tartini, composer, Istria
April 12, 1626 Paul Hainlein, composer
April 12, 1579 Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France
April 12, 1573 Jacques Bonfrere, Dutch bible expert
April 12, 1500 Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist



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