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Famous people born on March 12
Short answer
Well-known people born on March 12 include Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Mitt Romney (1947), Liza Minnelli (1946) and Gustav Kirchhoff (1824). Our list below has 105 people for this date, most widely covered first.
This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives March 12 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1607 (Paul Gerhardt) and the most recent is 2006 (Archie Gray). The most common fields on this date: football, politician, writer.
Who was born on March 12?
- Gabriele D'Annunzio 1863 Italian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician
- Mitt Romney 1947 American politician and businessman
- Liza Minnelli 1946 American actress and singer
- Gustav Kirchhoff 1824 German physicist
- Leo Esaki 1925 Japanese physicist
- Vladimir Vernadsky 1863 Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry,…
- Jost Gippert 1956 German linguist
- Stromae 1985 Belgian singer and songwriter
- Raúl Alfonsín 1927 Argentine politician
- Aaron Eckhart 1968 American actor
- Edward Albee 1928 American playwright
- Shreya Ghoshal 1984 Indian playback singer
- Milorad Dodik 1959 Politician
- Christina Grimmie 1994 American singer
- André Le Nôtre 1613 French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France
- Hisato Sato 1982 Japanese association football player
- William Buckland 1784 English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist
- Yasuhiko Okudera 1952 Japanese association football player and manager
- Frank Welker 1946 American actor
- Teimour Radjabov 1987 Azerbaijani chess player
- Yūto Satō 1982 Japanese association football player
- Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson 1975 Prime minister of Iceland 2013 - 2016
- Jaimie Alexander 1984 American actress
- Wally Schirra 1923 American astronaut
- Simon Newcomb 1835 American astronomer
- Andreas Köpke 1962 German footballer
- Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz 1911 56th President of Mexico
- James Taylor 1948 American singer and guitarist
- Zhao Wei 1976 Chinese actress, singer and filmmaker
- Masayoshi Ōhira 1910 Japanese politician
- Jorge Dely Valdés 1967 Panamanian association football player
- Al Jarreau 1940 American jazz and pop singer
- Tammy Duckworth 1968 American politician and military officer
- Marques Batista de Abreu 1973 Brazilian association football player
- Dean Henderson 1997 English association football player
- Kostas Mitroglou 1988 Greek footballer
- Takashi Shimura 1905 Japanese actor
- John Abbott 1821 3rd Prime Minister of Canada
- William Henry Perkin 1838 British chemist known for his accidental discovery of the first synthetic dye
- Anne, Duchess of York 1637 English Royal
- Javier Clemente 1950 Spanish footballer and manager
- Jenny Erpenbeck 1967 German opera director and writer
- Lesley Manville 1956 British actress
- Anish Kapoor 1954 British-Indian artist
- Gabriel Tarde 1843 French sociologist
- Jane Pierce 1806 First Lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857
- Louis Jules Trochu 1815 French general, President of the National Defence Council
- Serhou Guirassy 1996 Guinean-French footballer
- Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria 1821 Ruler of Bavaria
- Thomas Arne 1710 18th-century British composer
- Pim Verbeek 1956 Dutch association football player and manager
- John Frederic Daniell 1790 English chemist and physicist
- Väinö Tanner 1881 Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland
- Paul Gerhardt 1607 German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer
- Frederica of Baden 1781 Swedish Queen
- Titus Welliver 1962 American actor
- Allan Saint-Maximin 1997 French footballer
- Gianni Agnelli 1921 Italian businessman; grandson of FIAT's founder
- Gemma Galgani 1878 Italian saint
- Madhav Kumar Nepal 1953 Nepalese politician, former prime minister
- Dave Eggers 1970 American writer, editor, and publisher
- Rhonda Byrne 1951 Australian writer and producer
- Isabella Beeton 1836 British journalist, editor, publisher, and writer
- Marlon Jackson 1957 American singer and member of The Jackson 5
- Josip Skoblar 1941 Croatian football player and manager
- Pete Doherty 1979 English musician, actor and poet
- Georges Delerue 1925 French composer
- Atif Aslam 1983 Pakistani playback singer and songwriter
- Katarina Srebotnik 1981 Slovenian female tennis player
- Courtney B. Vance 1960 American actor
- Nikola Moro 1998 Croatian association football player
- Josip Belušić 1847 Croatian inventor
- Dileita Mohamed Dileita 1958 Prime Minister of Djibouti
- Rob Cohen 1949 American film director and producer
- Patrick Battiston 1957 French footballer
- Francisco J. Ayala 1934 Spanish-American philosopher and biologist
- Luis Milla 1966 Spanish football player/manager
- Antonio Mateu Lahoz 1977 Spanish football referee
- R. M. Hare 1919 British moral philosopher
- Suleyman Kerimov 1966 Businessman, investor, oligarch
- Ian Holloway 1963 English association football player and manager
- Hans Knappertsbusch 1888 German musician
- Dawid Kubacki 1990 Polish ski jumper
- Joseph Ngute 1954 Prime Minister of Cameroon
- Jason Beghe 1960 US actor
- Louison Bobet 1925 French professional road racing cyclist
- Edgaras Jankauskas 1975 Lithuanian footballer
- Janja Garnbret 1999 Slovenian sport climber
- Gerard López 1979 Spanish footballer
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla 1900 26th President of Colombia
- Val Demings 1957 American politician in Florida
- Joaquim Cruz 1963 Brazilian middle-distance runner (track and field), coach
- Tian Han 1898 Chinese playwright, screenwriter, songwriter
- František Rajtoral 1986 Czech footballer
- Joe Fagan 1921 English footballer and manager
- David d'Angers 1788 French sculptor and medallist
- Ernesto Cesaro 1859 Italian mathematician
- Chris Sanders 1962 American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor
- Archie Gray 2006 English association football player
- Graham Coxon 1969 English musician
- Felix Kroos 1991 German footballer
- William Patrick Hitler 1911 Half-nephew of Adolf Hitler
- Katsu Kaishū 1823 Japanese noble, statesman and naval engineer
- Blessing Oborududu 1989 Olympic wrestler
- Hulusi Akar 1952 Turkish military officer and politician
Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on March 12 share the 12th of March as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.