Famous birthdays on August 12
Famous people born on August 12, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.
♌ Star sign
Leo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 83 of 366
Born on August 12

Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah
born 1844 · Religious leader in the Sudan, self-proclaimed as the Mahdi (1844-1885)

Cecil B. DeMille
born 1881 · American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

Erwin Schrödinger
born 1887 · Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

George Soros
born 1930 · Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
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François Hollande
born 1954 · President of France from 2012 to 2017 (born 1954)

Cara Delevingne
born 1992 · British model and actor (born 1992)

Mark Knopfler
born 1949 · British musician (born 1949)

Djibril Cissé
born 1981 · French footballer (born 1981)
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Txiki Begiristain
born 1964 · Spanish association football player
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Jean Nouvel
born 1945 · French architect (b.1945)
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Wissam Ben Yedder
born 1990 · French footballer (born 1990)
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Stefanos Tsitsipas
born 1998 · Greek tennis player

Laurent Fignon
born 1960 · French professional road bicycle racer (1960–2010)
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Meryem Uzerli
born 1983 · Turkish-German actor (born 1983)

Marwan Attia
born 1998 · Egyptian association football player

Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam
born 1961 · Egyptian Muslim scholar
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Sushil Koirala
born 1939 · Prime Minister of Nepal (1939-2016)
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Koji Funamoto
born 1942 · Japanese association football player

Stefano Benni
born 1947 · Italian writer and journalist (1947–2025)
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Fernando Collor
born 1949 · President of Brazil from 1990 to 1992
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CY Leung
born 1954 · Hong Kong surveyor and politician
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Bruce Greenwood
born 1956 · Canadian actor and musician
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Héctor Ramón Zelaya
born 1957 · Honduran footballer

Isaach de Bankolé
born 1957 · Ivorian actor
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Shigetatsu Matsunaga
born 1962 · Japanese association football player
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Mohammed Deif
born 1965 · Palestinian militant leader, former commander-in-chief of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
Emil Kostadinov
born 1967 · Bulgarian footballer

Mike Verstraeten
born 1967 · Belgian footballer
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Mark Kinsella
born 1972 · Irish footballer

Iva Majoli
born 1977 · Croatian tennis player

Zlatan Bajramović
born 1979 · Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer

Ernesto Javier Chevantón
born 1980 · Uruguayan footballer

Riin Tamm
born 1981 · Estonian geneticist (born 1981)

Alexandros Tzorvas
born 1982 · Greek footballer

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
born 1983 · Dutch association football player (born 1983)

Sherone Simpson
born 1984 · Jamaican athletics competitor (born 1984)
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Mario Balotelli
born 1990 · Italian association football player
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Max Crocombe
born 1993 · New Zealand footballer
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Ewa Farna
born 1993 · Polish-Czech singer
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Rafael Castillo
born 1993 · Cuban taekwondo practitioner
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Questions about August 12 birthdays
- Who are famous people born on August 12?
- Famous people born on August 12 include Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah (1844), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), Erwin Schrödinger (1887), George Soros (1930), François Hollande (1954).
- What star sign is someone born on August 12?
- Someone born on August 12 is a Leo.
- What is the birthstone for August 12?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- How common is a birthday on August 12?
- In the US, August 12 is the No. 83 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,744 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).