Famous birthdays on September 12
Famous people born on September 12, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.
♍ Star sign
Virgo
💎 Birthstone
Sapphire
👶 How common
No. 1 of 366
Born on September 12

Francis I of France
born 1494 · King of France from 1515 to 1547 (1494-1547)

Jesse Owens
born 1913 · American track and field athlete (1913–1980)

Paul Walker
born 1973 · American actor (1973–2013)
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Emmy Rossum
born 1986 · American actress

Hans Zimmer
born 1957 · German film composer (born 1957)
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Sydney Sweeney
born 1997 · American actress (born 1997)
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Mylène Farmer
born 1961 · French singer and songwriter (born 1961)

Louis C.K.
born 1967 · American comedian, actor, and filmmaker (born 1967)
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Sigmar Gabriel
born 1959 · German politician (SPD)

Oleg Pashinin
born 1974 · Uzbekistani footballer (born 1974)

Irina Rodnina
born 1949 · Russian politician and figure skater
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Joachim Frank
born 1940 · German-born American biophysicist and Nobel laureate

Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
born 1952 · President of Chechnya (1952-2004)
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Domenico Tedesco
born 1985 · German-Italian football manager

Deva Cassel
born 2004 · French-Italian model (born 2004)

Félix Lebrun
born 2006 · French table tennis player (born 2006)
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Abdullah Al-Hamdan
born 1999 · Saudi footballer

Michael Ondaatje
born 1943 · Canadian novelist and poet (born 1943)
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Yoshio Kikugawa
born 1944 · Japanese association football player and manager (1944-2022)

David Arnoldo Cabrera
born 1945 · Salvadoran footballer

Mauricio Alonso Rodríguez
born 1945 · Salvadoran footballer

Bertie Ahern
born 1951 · 11th Taoiseach of Ireland from 1997 to 2008

Leslie Cheung
born 1956 · Hong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)
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Rachel Ward
born 1957 · British actress

Kadim Al Sahir
born 1957 · Iraqi singer and composer
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Hisashi Kaneko
born 1959 · Japanese association football player
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Barham Salih
born 1960 · President of Iraq (2018-2022)
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Michel Qissi
born 1962 · Moroccan-Belgian actor
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Dino Merlin
born 1962 · Bosnian singer

Paulo Portas
born 1962 · Portuguese media and political figure

Michael McElhatton
born 1963 · Irish actor and writer

Anousheh Ansari
born 1966 · Iranian-American engineer and entrepreneur (born 1966)

Chandra Sturrup
born 1971 · Bahamian athletics competitor (born 1971)
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Nuno Valente
born 1974 · Portuguese footballer
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Yao Ming
born 1980 · Chinese basketball player (born 1980)

Zoran Planinić
born 1982 · Croatian basketball player (born 1982)
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Hawar Mulla Mohammed
born 1982 · Iraqi footballer

Júnior Díaz
born 1983 · Costa Rican footballer

Nashat Akram
born 1984 · Iraqi footballer
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Hiroki Mizumoto
born 1985 · Japanese association football player
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Questions about September 12 birthdays
- Who are famous people born on September 12?
- Famous people born on September 12 include Francis I of France (1494), Jesse Owens (1913), Paul Walker (1973), Emmy Rossum (1986), Hans Zimmer (1957).
- What star sign is someone born on September 12?
- Someone born on September 12 is a Virgo.
- What is the birthstone for September 12?
- The birthstone for September is sapphire.
- How common is a birthday on September 12?
- In the US, September 12 is the No. 1 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,735 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).