Famous people born on 12 April

• Montserrat CaballéSpanish operatic soprano · 1933–2018
  85 yrs
• Tom ClancyAmerican author · 1947–2013
  66 yrs
• Jan TinbergenDutch economist · 1903–1994
  91 yrs
• Alexander Ostrovsky ↗Russian playwright · 1823–1886
  63 yrs
• Shannen Doherty ↗American actress · 1971–2024
  53 yrs
• Nikolay Przhevalsky ↗Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer · 1839–1888
  49 yrs
• Otto Fritz Meyerhof ↗German biochemist · 1884–1951
  67 yrs
• Robert Delaunay ↗French painter · 1885–1941
  56 yrs
• Bobby Moore ↗English association football player · 1941–1993
  51 yrs
• Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ↗French botanist · 1748–1836
  88 yrs
• Inca Garcilaso de la Vega ↗Spanish chronicler · 1539–1616
  77 yrs
• Ioannis Metaxas ↗Greek military officer and politician · 1871–1941
  69 yrs
• Raymond Barre ↗85th Prime Minister of France · 1924–2007
  83 yrs
• Ferdinand von Lindemann ↗German mathematician · 1852–1939
  86 yrs
• Henry Clay ↗American politician from Kentucky · 1777–1852
  75 yrs
• Alexander Ulyanov ↗Russian revolutionary and activist · 1866–1887
  21 yrs
• Elisabeth of Valois ↗Queen consort of Spain · 1545–1568
  23 yrs
• Hermann Hoth ↗German general · 1885–1971
  85 yrs
• David Cassidy ↗American actor and singer · 1950–2017
  67 yrs
• Muhammad al-Jawad ↗Ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism · AD 811–835
  24 yrs
• Carlos Reutemann ↗Argentine racing driver and politician · 1942–2021
  79 yrs
• Hardy Krüger ↗German actor · 1928–2022
  93 yrs
• Isabella of Hainault ↗Queen of France from 1180 to 1190 · 1170–1190
  19 yrs
• Igor Volk ↗Soviet test pilot, cosmonaut · 1937–2017
  79 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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