On This Day — August 12
4283 noted people were born and 1839 died on August 12 in our archive, including Margaret Burbidge, Martin Seligman and Bartosz Cichocki.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on August 12
Margaret Burbidge
1919 – 2020
Martin Seligman
b. 1942
Bartosz Cichocki
b. 1976
Bianca Pitzorno
b. 1942
Caroline Wilson
b. 1970
Cindy Farquhar
b. 1956
Daniel K Sodickson
b. 1966
David Anthony King
b. 1939
David Horovitz
b. 1962
Dipak K. Dey
b. 1953
Dorothy E. Denning
b. 1945
Elisabetta Casellati
b. 1946
Erwin Schrödinger
1887 – 1961
Françoise Combes
b. 1952
George Soros
b. 1930
Grant MacEwan
1902 – 2000
Henry Gawler
1827 – 1894
Herta Däubler-Gmelin
b. 1943
Jacques Tits
1930 – 2021
Jean-Paul L'Allier
1938 – 2016
Joanna Hofman
b. 1967
John E. Herbst
b. 1952
John Gray McKendrick
1841 – 1926
John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort
1751 – 1828
Junuthula N. Reddy
b. 1945
Konstantin Dolgov
b. 1968
Louis Loucheur
1872 – 1931
Mary Wakefield
b. 1954
Nina Karpachova
b. 1957
Ole Henrik Magga
b. 1947
Paul Fredericq
1850 – 1920
Peggy Sullivan
1929 – 2020
Philippe Le Guillou
b. 1959
R. Beverly Cole
1829 – 1901
S. Jayakumar
b. 1939
Wolfgang Huber
b. 1942
Wolfgang Steglich
b. 1933
Aleksandr Gerasimov
1881 – 1963
Alexander Avdeev
b. 1975
Alfred Welby
1849 – 1937
Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore
1852 – 1930
Anatolii Kasianenko
1942 – 2021
Andrii Kliuev
b. 1964
Ataç İmamoğlu
b. 1964
August von Bulmerincq
1822 – 1890
Benjamin Sheares
1907 – 1981
Bill Jay
1940 – 2009
Birgit Malsack-Winkemann
b. 1964
Boris Mityagin
b. 1937
Brian Evenson
b. 1966
CY Leung
b. 1954
Campbell Newman
b. 1963
Carlo Smuraglia
1923 – 2022
Carlos Mesa
b. 1953
Casey Affleck
b. 1975
Chandler Davis
1926 – 2022
Charles E. Brady Jr.
1951 – 2006
Chen Kaige
b. 1952
Chris Bohjalian
b. 1962
Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland
1762 – 1836
Christos Staïkouras
b. 1973
Claro Abánades López
1879 – 1974
Clifford Woodward
1878 – 1959
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
1843 – 1916
Dale Bumpers
1925 – 2016
Dallin H. Oaks
b. 1932
Darin LaHood
b. 1968
David Beriáin
1977 – 2021
David Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine
1776 – 1855
Dixie D'Amelio
b. 2001
Donald R. Heath
1894 – 1981
Duncan McGregor
1836 – 1921
Désiré Dalloz
1795 – 1869
Ebba Haslund
1917 – 2009
Eduardo Dato
1856 – 1921
Edwin Feulner
1941 – 2025
Edwin Tong
b. 1969
Emil Godlewski
1875 – 1944
Enrique Campos Menéndez
1914 – 2007
Ephraim Sklyansky
1892 – 1925
Federico Zeri
1921 – 1998
Fernando Collor
b. 1949
Fik Meijer
b. 1942
Floris Maljers
1933 – 2022
Fouad Laroui
b. 1958
Francis Lloyd
1853 – 1926
Franciscus Sonnius
1506 – 1576
Franz Etzel
1902 – 1970
Franz Six
1909 – 1975
François Hollande
b. 1954
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
1868 – 1933
Frederick F. Woerner, Jr.
1933 – 2023
Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden
1868 – 1928
Friedrich Schultze
1848 – 1934
Gaspard Thémistocle Lestiboudois
1797 – 1876
George Bellows
1882 – 1925
George Busk
1807 – 1886
George Reginald Geary
1872 – 1954
George Wetherill
1925 – 2006
Gevorg Geodakyan
1928 – 2015
Gustavs Zemgals
1871 – 1939
Gérard Poulet
b. 1938
Haim Jelin
b. 1958
Hans Urs von Balthasar
1905 – 1988
Hans-Ulrich Treichel
b. 1952
Henry Andrade Harben
1849 – 1910
Herman De Croo
b. 1937
Hussein Chalayan
b. 1970
Ian George
1934 – 2019
Igor Murog
b. 1965
Irfan Habib
b. 1931
Ivan Serov
1905 – 1990
Jacinto Benavente
1866 – 1954
James Nicol
1810 – 1879
Jan Elias Nicolaas Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
1836 – 1914
Janet Maslin
b. 1949
Jean Drucker
1941 – 2003
Jean Lacave-Laplagne
1795 – 1849
Jeongwon Oh
b. 1968
Joan Murray
b. 1943
Johann Karl Rodbertus
1805 – 1875
John Clarke Young
1803 – 1857
John Poindexter
b. 1936
John Stillwell
b. 1942
Joji Yuasa
1929 – 2024
Joseph Barnby
1838 – 1896
José María Oriol
1905 – 1985
Julian Lewis
1946 – 2014
K. A. Nilakanta Sastri
1892 – 1975
Kalevi Kull
b. 1952
Karen Attiah
b. 1986
Karen Stollznow
b. 1976
Karsten Grove
b. 1946
Katherine Boo
b. 1964
Ken Collins
b. 1939
Ken Kennedy
1945 – 2007
Kristin Krohn Devold
b. 1961
Laurent Bili
b. 1961
Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert
1769 – 1824
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
1889 – 1933
Lynde D. McCormick
1895 – 1956
Manfred Cross
1929 – 2024
Manning J. Dauer
1909 – 1987
Manuela M. Veloso
b. 1957
Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano
1903 – 1988
Martin Aeschlimann
b. 1957
Maurice Greene
1696 – 1755
Max Straubinger
b. 1954
Medbh McGuckian
b. 1950
Michael D. Antonovich
b. 1939
Michel Sintzoff
1938 – 2010
Miguel Anxo Bastos
b. 1967
Mikhail Klokov
1896 – 1981
Miloš Jakeš
1922 – 2020
Min Chueh Chang
1871 – 1991
Mohammad Hatta
1902 – 1980
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
1924 – 1988
Mykola Yankovsky
b. 1944
Nakashōji Ren
1866 – 1924
Narcís Jubany Arnau
1913 – 1996
Naresh Trehan
b. 1946
Oliver Ford Davies
b. 1939
Otto Struve
1897 – 1963
Pat Metheny
b. 1954
Peter L. Knight
b. 1947
Philibert Nang
b. 1967
Philip Toosey
1904 – 1975
Pär Stenbäck
b. 1941
R. V. Truitt
1890 – 1991
Raimund Grübl
1847 – 1898
Roy Romanow
b. 1939
Samuel Stehman Haldeman
1812 – 1880
Sergei Slonimsky
1932 – 2020
Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam
b. 1961
Sid Hurst
1918 – 2016
Sirikit
1932 – 2025
Steven Neil Evans
b. 1960
Sven Berggren
1837 – 1917
TJ Shope
b. 1985
Thomas Andrew Knight
1759 – 1838
Trevor Platt
1942 – 2020
Triloki Nath Madan
b. 1933
Vadim Potomsky
b. 1972
Vanessa Matz
b. 1973
Vikram Sarabhai
1919 – 1971
Vitaliy Bakhmetiev
b. 1961
Walter Albert Jessup
1877 – 1944
Wendy Palmer
b. 1974
Whitmell P. Martin
1867 – 1929
Wojciech Wilk
b. 1972
A. B. Spellman
b. 1935
Abbott Handerson Thayer
1849 – 1921
Abraham Zacuto
1450 – 1515
Adolf Burger
1917 – 2016
Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac
1806 – 1880
Aga Muhlach
b. 1969
Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
b. 1963
Al Goodman
1890 – 1972
Alan Brown
b. 1970
Albert Bartha
1877 – 1960
… and 4,083 more
Died on August 12
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
1832 – 1901
Victor Ambartsumian
1908 – 1996
Adolfo Ernst
1832 – 1899
Anthony Parsons
1922 – 1996
Antônio Delfim Netto
1928 – 2024
Charles Chree
1860 – 1928
Danny Cohen
1937 – 2019
Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov
1896 – 1964
Ernest de Jonquières
1820 – 1901
Ernst Chain
1906 – 1979
Evgeny Paton
1870 – 1953
Fritz Laves
1906 – 1978
George Reid
1939 – 2025
Guido de Marco
1931 – 2010
Hubert Anson Newton
1830 – 1896
Isidro Fabela
1882 – 1964
Jacob Gould Schurman
1854 – 1942
James Batcheller Sumner
1887 – 1955
James Edward Keeler
1857 – 1900
Jean Favier
1932 – 2014
Karl Ziegler
1898 – 1973
Kawamura Sumiyoshi
1836 – 1904
Kurt Biedenkopf
1930 – 2021
Miguel Asín Palacios
1871 – 1944
Pieter Oud
1886 – 1968
Tan Kah Kee
1874 – 1961
Vilho Väisälä
1889 – 1969
Wilfried Lemke
1946 – 2024
William Jackson Hooker
1785 – 1865
William Shockley
1910 – 1989
Ada Hayden
1884 – 1950
Aharon Yadlin
1926 – 2022
Aimé Morot
1850 – 1913
Aisa Kirabo Kacyira
1965 – 2025
Albert Gallatin
1761 – 1849
Alfred Stock
1876 – 1946
Alison Marjorie Ashby
1901 – 1987
Andrew Walls
1928 – 2021
Anshu Jain
1963 – 2022
Antoni Jurasz
1847 – 1923
Bettye Fahrenkamp
1923 – 1991
Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu
1838 – 1907
Carmen García Muñoz
1929 – 1998
David Bierens de Haan
1822 – 1895
David McLetchie
1952 – 2013
Diego Uribe Vargas
1931 – 2022
Eliyahu Ben-Elissar
1932 – 2000
Elizabeth Murray
1940 – 2007
Enrico Morozzo Della Rocca
1807 – 1897
Federico Silva Muñoz
1923 – 1997
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
1866 – 1941
Friedrich Schottky
1851 – 1935
Gareth Jones
1905 – 1935
Georg Curtius
1820 – 1885
Georg Scheffers
1866 – 1945
Gerald Rosselot
1908 – 1972
Godfrey Hounsfield
1919 – 2004
Helvi Leiviskä
1902 – 1982
Henry A. Schade
1900 – 1992
Henry Albert Schultens
1749 – 1793
Hermann Struve
1854 – 1920
Horace Binney
1780 – 1875
Horace Smith-Dorrien
1858 – 1930
Ian Fleming
1908 – 1964
Ihor Yeremeyev
1968 – 2015
Indira Devi Chaudhurani
1873 – 1960
Jaakko Hintikka
1929 – 2015
Jack Delano
1914 – 1997
Jacques Wallage
1946 – 2026
James Russell Lowell
1819 – 1891
Jean Drapeau
1916 – 1999
Jean-Pierre Cortot
1787 – 1843
Jerzy Czerwiński
1960 – 2024
Johann Stephan Pütter
1725 – 1807
John Cage
1912 – 1992
José Pérez
1946 – 2021
Juan Manuel Escobar
1950 – 2026
Knud Lundberg
1920 – 2002
Lauren Bacall
1924 – 2014
Mahfuza Khanam
1946 – 2025
Max Nonne
1861 – 1959
Mykola Burachek
1871 – 1942
N. Lorraine Beebe
1910 – 2005
Nicolae Ch. Quintescu
1841 – 1913
Noel Mason-Macfarlane
1889 – 1953
Olof von Dalin
1708 – 1763
Pauline Maier
1938 – 2013
Pavel Yengalychev
1864 – 1944
Petr Pimashkov
1948 – 2021
Petr Sommer
1949 – 2023
Piotr Perkowski
1901 – 1990
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau
1968 – 2013
Ralph Asher Alpher
1921 – 2007
Reginald Ruggles Gates
1882 – 1962
Richard Bourke
1777 – 1855
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
1769 – 1822
Ronald N. Bracewell
1921 – 2007
Samir Amin
1931 – 2018
Samuel Goodenough
1743 – 1827
Samuel Osgood
1748 – 1813
Scott A. Mori
1941 – 2020
Sixtus IV
1414 – 1484
Solomon Lozovsky
1878 – 1952
Teymur Bakhtiar
1914 – 1970
Thomas Mann
1875 – 1955
Thomas Smith
1513 – 1577
Tomás Romero Pereira
1886 – 1982
Victor Teleucă
1933 – 2002
Walter J. Ong
1912 – 2003
Walter Rudolf Hess
1881 – 1973
Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal
1898 – 1983
William Daniel Conybeare
1787 – 1857
William Petit Trowbridge
1828 – 1892
William Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave
1851 – 1930
Yury Spiridonov
1938 – 2010
Zaid al-Rifai
1936 – 2024
Zhu Rongji
1928 – 2026
Abdulhussain Abdulredha
1939 – 2017
Achilles Papapetrou
1907 – 1997
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
1770 – 1846
Aditya Prakash
1924 – 2008
Adolf Michaelis
1835 – 1910
Adolfo Ibáñez Gutiérrez
1827 – 1898
Adoniram J. Warner
1834 – 1910
Albert Edward Kemp
1858 – 1929
Albert L. Smith, Jr.
1931 – 1997
Alexander Fyodorovich Avdeyev
1916 – 1942
Alexandru Philippide
1859 – 1933
Alfred de Pischof
1882 – 1922
Alfredo Diana
1930 – 2025
Ali al-Moselhi
1949 – 2025
Andrew Roth
1919 – 2010
Anna Balakian
1915 – 1997
Anne Heche
1969 – 2022
Antonio Barroso y Sánchez-Guerra
1893 – 1982
Archibald Alexander Gordon
1867 – 1949
Arthur Griffith
1872 – 1922
Arthur Winbolt Brewin
1867 – 1946
Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St Albans
1765 – 1815
Augustus Owsley Stanley
1867 – 1958
Bakr Sidqi
1890 – 1937
Berit Lindholm
1934 – 2023
Bernard Pottier
1924 – 2026
Birger Dahl
1916 – 1998
Bob Wilson
1916 – 1999
Bryan Murray
1942 – 2017
Buenaventura García de Paredes
1866 – 1936
Béla Endre
1870 – 1928
Charles Manley Smith
1868 – 1937
Charles P. Murray, Jr.
1921 – 2011
Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie
1760 – 1829
Charles Taylor
1840 – 1908
Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck
1866 – 1951
Christoph Friedrich von Stälin
1805 – 1873
Claude Pelly
1902 – 1972
Cornelius Haga
1578 – 1654
Cornélie van Oosterzee
1863 – 1943
Donald Erb
1927 – 2008
Eduardo Anguita
1914 – 1992
Edward Bruce Hamley
1824 – 1893
Edward George Bowen
1911 – 1991
Edward Skottowe Northrop
1911 – 2003
Edwin Bowman Lyon
1892 – 1971
Elio García-Austt
1919 – 2005
Emyr Estyn Evans
1905 – 1989
Eric Archibald McNair
1894 – 1918
Erika Billeter
1927 – 2011
Esther Forbes
1891 – 1967
F. Joseph Gossman
1930 – 2013
Fedor Falaleyev
1899 – 1955
Feliks Oraczewski
1739 – 1799
Felipe Tromp
1917 – 1995
Francis Lacassin
1931 – 2008
Francisco de Vitoria
1480 – 1546
Franjo Tomašić
1761 – 1831
Frank Beck
1861 – 1915
Frank Goettge
1895 – 1942
František Wolf
1904 – 1989
Franz Radziwill
1895 – 1983
Fred I. Parker
1938 – 2003
Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon
1817 – 1854
George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton
1754 – 1836
Georges Martin Witkowski
1867 – 1943
Gian Carlo Vacchelli
1981 – 2020
Gianpaolo Bellini
1935 – 2026
Giles Chichester
1946 – 2026
Giovanni Soglia Ceroni
1779 – 1856
Gordon Douglas Rowley
1921 – 2019
Greenlee D. Letcher
1867 – 1954
Gregor Wentzel
1898 – 1978
Gösta Bohman
1911 – 1997
Hefin David
1977 – 2025
Helena M. Vaz Da Silva
1939 – 2002
Hendrik Petrus Berlage
1856 – 1934
Henry Connelly
1800 – 1866
Henry Fonda
1905 – 1982
Henry Kemble Oliver
1800 – 1885
Hugh G. Harrison
1822 – 1891
Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil
1718 – 1802
Håkon Kyllingmark
1915 – 2003
… and 1,639 more