On This Day — March 12
4423 noted people were born and 2041 died on March 12 in our archive, including Charles Chamberland, Niède Guidon and Andrew Young.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on March 12
Charles Chamberland
1851 – 1908
Niède Guidon
1933 – 2025
Andrew Young
b. 1932
Antony Acland
1930 – 2021
Carl Adolf Cornelius
1819 – 1903
Christopher Stubbs
b. 1958
Clive Hamilton
b. 1953
David H. Frisch
1918 – 1991
David d'Angers
1788 – 1856
Dorrit Hoffleit
1907 – 2007
Elena Aprile
b. 1954
Erkki Salmenhaara
1941 – 2002
Frederik Johnstrup
1818 – 1894
Gabriel Tarde
1843 – 1904
Gianni Agnelli
1921 – 2003
Glyn Harper
b. 1958
Govert Bidloo
1649 – 1713
Grażyna Bernatowicz
b. 1946
Gustav Kirchhoff
1824 – 1887
Hans Knappertsbusch
1888 – 1965
Jan Józef Kasprzyk
b. 1975
Janina Ochojska
b. 1955
John Abbott
1821 – 1893
John Gross
1935 – 2011
John Rankin
b. 1957
Joseph Gaertner
1732 – 1791
Joseph Prestwich
1812 – 1896
Justus Christian Loder
1753 – 1832
Katsu Kaishū
1823 – 1899
Kenji Fukaya
b. 1959
Marie Farge
b. 1953
Mario El-Khoury
b. 1963
Maryna Liančewskaja
b. 1971
Masayoshi Ōhira
1910 – 1980
Mitt Romney
b. 1947
Oscar Werner Tiegs
1897 – 1956
Paul Schupp
1937 – 2022
Paweł Samecki
b. 1958
Sergey Vavilov
1891 – 1951
Shan Morgan
b. 1955
Simon Newcomb
1835 – 1909
Suleyman Kerimov
b. 1966
Suleyman Rustam
1906 – 1989
Sven Ole Fagernæs
b. 1945
Tahsin Özgüç
1916 – 2005
Tammy Duckworth
b. 1968
Walther Hess
1900 – 1986
William Buckland
1784 – 1856
William Halse Rivers Rivers
1864 – 1922
William Henry Perkin
1838 – 1907
Yin Shun
1906 – 2005
Ğalimcan İbrahimof
1887 – 1938
Aklilu Habte-Wold
1912 – 1974
Albert Auguste Perdonnet
1801 – 1867
Albert James Smith
1822 – 1883
Aleksander Myshlayevsky
1856 – 1920
Alexey Tarasovich Markov
1802 – 1878
Alfons Hoffmann
1895 – 1963
Alois Neuman
1901 – 1977
Andrei Pippidi
b. 1948
Anish Kapoor
b. 1954
Antonio Brufau Niubó
b. 1948
Arthur A. Hartman
1926 – 2015
Barry Glendenning
b. 1973
Bernard Ziegler
1933 – 2021
Bogusław Bachorczyk
b. 1969
Charles D. B. King
1875 – 1961
Charles Philip Yorke
1764 – 1834
Charles Young
1864 – 1922
Charles-Ignace Gill
1844 – 1901
Chris Fearne
b. 1963
Chris Sanders
b. 1962
Christean Wagner
1943 – 2025
Claude Goasguen
1945 – 2020
Courtney B. Vance
b. 1960
Dan Abramovich
b. 1963
David Daniels
b. 1966
Dominique Ristori
b. 1952
E. Tory Higgins
b. 1946
Edward Albee
1928 – 2016
Emmett Leith
1927 – 2005
Eric Wiebes
b. 1963
Erik af Klint
1901 – 1981
Ernesto Cesaro
1859 – 1906
Esteban Valenzuela
b. 1964
Francis Martin O'Donnell
b. 1954
Francisco J. Ayala
1934 – 2023
Francisco Javier de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos
1766 – 1847
Frédéric Péchenard
b. 1957
G. William Whitehurst
b. 1925
Gary C. Kelly
b. 1955
George Bergstrom
1876 – 1955
Georges de Staal
1822 – 1907
Gordon MacRae
1921 – 1986
Grace Karskens
b. 1958
Gunnar Nordström
1881 – 1923
Gunvant Shah
b. 1937
Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub
1884 – 1963
Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz
1911 – 1979
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
1900 – 1975
Henry Drysdale Dakin
1880 – 1952
Herb Kelleher
1931 – 2019
Hermann Parzinger
b. 1959
Hermann Theodor Hettner
1821 – 1882
Holten Castenschiold
1865 – 1950
Horace M. Wade
1916 – 2001
Horace R. Byers
1906 – 1998
Hugh Bronson
b. 1961
Hulusi Akar
b. 1952
Hüsrev Gerede
1884 – 1962
Ignar Fjuk
b. 1953
Ilkka Niiniluoto
b. 1946
Ion Negrei
b. 1958
Ivari Padar
b. 1965
Jaan Soots
1880 – 1942
Jake Tapper
b. 1969
Jan-Erik Enestam
b. 1947
Jaroslav Flegr
b. 1958
Javier Velásquez
b. 1960
Jean-Vincent Placé
b. 1968
Johann Heinrich Ernesti
1652 – 1729
John Frederic Daniell
1790 – 1845
John Hiddlestone
1925 – 2008
John Theophilus Desaguliers
1683 – 1744
Josef Michl
1939 – 2024
Joseph F. Weis, Jr.
1923 – 2014
Jost Gippert
b. 1956
Jozien Bensing
1950 – 2026
Juan Carlos Girauta
b. 1961
Justine Benin
b. 1975
Karl August Senff
1770 – 1838
Kenji Kosaka
1946 – 2016
Kétévi Adiklè Assamagan
b. 1963
Lane Kirkland
1922 – 1999
Leo Esaki
b. 1925
Liliane Tanguy
b. 1967
Louis Jules Trochu
1815 – 1896
László Lékai
1910 – 1986
Lídice da Mata
b. 1956
Maria Mazziotti Gillan
b. 1940
Mark Daly
b. 1973
Marko Bošnjak
b. 1974
Martin Sweeting
b. 1951
Mati Erelt
1941 – 2024
Michał Heller
b. 1936
Milorad Dodik
b. 1959
Miranda Fricker
b. 1966
Nadeen Ashraf
b. 1998
Naomi Shihab Nye
b. 1952
Naveen Garg
b. 1971
Neal Katyal
b. 1970
Nelson Monfort
b. 1953
Nicolas Le Novère
b. 1969
Oleg Frelikh
1887 – 1953
Oleksandr Skipalsky
b. 1945
Peter Harry Carstensen
b. 1947
Peter Hogg
1939 – 2020
Philip Ruddock
b. 1943
Pierre Joliot
b. 1932
Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad
b. 1943
Raffy Tulfo
b. 1960
Ravindran Kannan
b. 1953
Raúl Alfonsín
1927 – 2009
Raül Romeva
b. 1971
Rehman Sobhan
b. 1935
Richard A. Young
b. 1954
Richard Dorson
1916 – 1981
Robert William Strong Sr.
1890 – 1975
Roger Mullin
b. 1948
Samson Abramsky
b. 1953
Samuel Cogolati
b. 1989
Shea Ralph
b. 1978
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
b. 1975
Sim Ann
b. 1975
Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet
1769 – 1843
Sándor Jávorka
1883 – 1961
Teimour Radjabov
b. 1987
Theodor Kallifatides
b. 1938
Tim Wilson
b. 1980
Ulrich Grigull
1912 – 2003
Umirzak Shukeyev
b. 1964
Val Demings
b. 1957
Valentin Dolganiuc
b. 1957
Vasily Shvetsov
1898 – 1958
Victor Gaiciuc
b. 1957
Wally Schirra
1923 – 2007
Wang Yang
b. 1955
Wayne Mapp
b. 1952
Wayne McGregor
b. 1970
Wilhelm Frick
1877 – 1946
William Cabell Bruce
1860 – 1946
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton
1845 – 1895
William Foege
1936 – 2026
William Liley
1929 – 1983
William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire
b. 1941
Ximena Puente de la Mora
b. 1977
Zurab Sotkilava
1937 – 2017
Émile Reinaud
1854 – 1924
Aaron Eckhart
b. 1968
Aaron Harper
1981 – 2023
… and 4,223 more
Died on March 12
Leonida Tonelli
1885 – 1946
Louis J. Mordell
1888 – 1972
Amir Drori
1937 – 2005
Andrew Majda
1949 – 2021
August Bier
1861 – 1949
August Köhler
1866 – 1948
Charles-Marie Widor
1844 – 1937
Eugene Lindsay Opie
1873 – 1971
Eugene Ormandy
1899 – 1985
Hendrik Brugmans
1906 – 1997
Jacques Revel
1942 – 2026
Karl Ernst Claus
1796 – 1864
Levon Khachikyan
1918 – 1982
Lloyd Shapley
1923 – 2016
Mariya Kovrigina
1910 – 1995
Mathieu Orfila
1787 – 1853
Maurice Hauriou
1856 – 1929
Norair Sisakian
1907 – 1966
Peter Blau
1918 – 2002
Petro Hasiuk
1951 – 2026
Philippe Daudy
1925 – 1994
Robert Murphy
1806 – 1843
Robert Trivers
1943 – 2026
Sidney Dillon Ripley
1913 – 2001
Sun Yat-sen
1866 – 1925
William Henry Bragg
1862 – 1942
Zachris Topelius
1818 – 1898
Zdzisław Bubnicki
1938 – 2006
Zoran Đinđić
1952 – 2003
Akil Muhtar Özden
1878 – 1949
Alexander Mackenzie
1764 – 1820
Alexander Peklushenko
1954 – 2015
Alfred Eluère
1893 – 1985
Alfred Hugenberg
1865 – 1951
Alois Jirásek
1851 – 1930
Anton Füster
1808 – 1881
Antonio Ortiz Mena
1907 – 2007
Auguste-Frédéric de Talhouët
1788 – 1842
Bill Barnard
1886 – 1958
Bolesław Bierut
1892 – 1956
Carel de Villeneuve
1897 – 1974
Cesare Borgia
1475 – 1507
Christian Petersen
1801 – 1875
Cornelis Jacobus Swierstra
1874 – 1952
David Campbell
1869 – 1936
David Lack
1910 – 1973
Donald Liao
1929 – 2026
Edwin C. Kemble
1889 – 1984
Eliezer Goldberg
1931 – 2022
Ernő Gerő
1898 – 1980
Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said
1940 – 2026
Ferdinand Hurter
1844 – 1898
Ferenc Rajniss
1893 – 1946
Ferenc Szálasi
1897 – 1946
Francine Descarries
1942 – 2026
Franz Josef Mone
1796 – 1871
Gabriela Moser
1954 – 2019
George Noble Plunkett
1851 – 1948
George Westinghouse
1846 – 1914
Hanna-Renate Laurien
1928 – 2010
Heinz Kühn
1912 – 1992
Henry Ruthven Moore
1886 – 1978
Horst Ehmke
1927 – 2017
Jacques Fihey
1931 – 2017
Jessica Williams
1948 – 2022
Johan Wilhelm Rangell
1894 – 1982
John Bardo
1948 – 2019
John Bull
1562 – 1628
John Forssman
1868 – 1947
José Policarpo
1936 – 2014
Julius Vogel
1835 – 1899
Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach
1800 – 1834
Kshitimohan Sen
1880 – 1960
LeRoy Collins
1909 – 1991
Leigh Ashton
1897 – 1983
Leopold Waber
1875 – 1945
Linda Williams
1946 – 2025
Manuel Quintana
1835 – 1906
Marek Kopelent
1932 – 2023
Maria Yermolova
1853 – 1928
Michael Graves
1934 – 2015
Miguel Delibes
1920 – 2010
Mihajlo Pupin
1858 – 1935
Mikael Soininen
1860 – 1924
Moritz Schröter
1851 – 1925
Muhammad Musa
1908 – 1991
Nicolae Dabija
1948 – 2021
Oleg Tabakov
1935 – 2018
Peter Smith
1926 – 2013
Phyllida Barlow
1944 – 2023
Pierre de Porcaro
1904 – 1945
Prahalad Chunnilal Vaidya
1918 – 2010
Ragnar Granit
1900 – 1991
René Besnard
1879 – 1952
Semen Bogdanov
1894 – 1960
Slava Stetsko
1920 – 2003
Spiros Cyprianou
1932 – 2002
Stjepan Horvat
1895 – 1985
Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton
1935 – 2023
Tawfik Toubi
1922 – 2011
Teresa Mattei
1921 – 2013
Thomas van der Hammen
1924 – 2010
Uchida Kōsai
1865 – 1936
Vasily Fesenkov
1889 – 1972
Vasyl Mastsiukh
1873 – 1936
Victor Westhoff
1916 – 2001
William Foster Stawell
1815 – 1889
Wolfgang Fikentscher
1928 – 2015
Yehudi Menuhin
1916 – 1999
A. A. Pearson
1874 – 1954
Adhemar de Barros
1901 – 1969
Adolfo Wildt
1868 – 1931
Alain Krivine
1941 – 2022
Alan J. Faller
1929 – 2022
Aleksandr Baranov
1946 – 2025
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kozlov
1831 – 1901
Alexander Croft Shaw
1846 – 1902
Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo
1440 – 1512
Aloysius Gottifredi
1595 – 1652
Anders Arrebo
1587 – 1637
András Hadik
1710 – 1790
Antonine Meunier
1877 – 1972
Antonio López Muñoz, 1st Count of López Muñoz
1850 – 1929
Antón Louro
1952 – 2026
Anver Gasimzade
1912 – 1969
Archibald Lucius Douglas
1842 – 1913
Arnold Ridley
1896 – 1984
Ashton Wentworth Dilke
1850 – 1883
Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford
1627 – 1703
August Cieszkowski
1814 – 1894
Augusto Pierantoni
1840 – 1911
Axel Gjöres
1889 – 1979
Basil Brown
1888 – 1977
Beatrice Wood
1893 – 1998
Bernard Drachman
1861 – 1945
Bernard Morin
1931 – 2018
Bertram Myron Gross
1912 – 1997
Bill Hollenback
1886 – 1968
Blanca Varela
1926 – 2009
Bonaventure Giffard
1642 – 1734
Boris Yugai
1957 – 2010
Bunji Suzuki
1885 – 1946
Carlo Passaglia
1812 – 1887
Carrie Chapman Catt
1859 – 1947
Charles Gide
1847 – 1932
Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend
1700 – 1764
Charles-Prosper Ollivier
1796 – 1845
Charlie Parker
1920 – 1955
Cornelius a Lapide
1567 – 1637
David Sive
1922 – 2014
Dick Harter
1930 – 2012
Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón
1642 – 1730
Diego de Cañas y Portocarrero, Duke del Parque
1751 – 1824
Dmitry Petrovich Dokhturov
1838 – 1905
Domenico Ginnasi
1550 – 1639
Douglas Kinnaird
1788 – 1830
Douglas Scott
1920 – 2012
Dragoslav Mihailović
1930 – 2023
Dušan Kveder
1915 – 1966
Earle Clements
1896 – 1985
Eduardo Saavedra y Moragas
1829 – 1912
Edward Grayndler
1867 – 1943
Edward Leavy
1929 – 2023
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts
1871 – 1927
Erik Duval
1965 – 2016
Ernest Doudart de Lagrée
1823 – 1868
Ernie Anastos
1943 – 2026
Ernst Melsheimer
1897 – 1960
Erol Büyükburç
1936 – 2015
Eurico Miranda
1944 – 2019
Fatima Aziz
1973 – 2021
Fernando León, 1st Marquis of the Muni
1842 – 1918
Finn Carling
1925 – 2004
Folke Zettervall
1862 – 1955
Francisco Pereira Passos
1836 – 1913
Frank William Boykin
1885 – 1969
Frankie Frisch
1898 – 1973
Friedrich Fromm
1888 – 1945
Friedrich Rinne
1863 – 1933
Garfield Bromley Oxnam
1891 – 1963
Gaynor Cawley
1941 – 2021
George Balfour
1809 – 1894
George Burditt
1922 – 2013
George Călinescu
1899 – 1965
George William Palmer
1818 – 1916
Georges Cogniot
1901 – 1978
Georgi Hristovich
1863 – 1926
Harold Bauer
1873 – 1951
Harras Kyttä
1912 – 1985
Harry Gideonse
1901 – 1985
Heber Manning Wells
1859 – 1938
Henrik af Trolle
1730 – 1784
Henry Bergh
1811 – 1888
Henry Hook
1850 – 1905
Henry Teigan
1881 – 1941
Hermann Eggert
1844 – 1920
Hermann Mucke
1935 – 2019
Hermann von Grauert
1850 – 1924
Horace Lanfranchi
1935 – 2024
Howard Metzenbaum
1917 – 2008
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