Birthday: 12 January
Famous people born on 12 January
37 of the best-known people in our data were born on 12 January, including Jack London, Swami Vivekananda and Edmund Burke. The longest life among them was Luise Rainer's, at 104 years.
- Jack LondonAmerican author, journalist and social activist · 1876–191640 yrs
- Swami VivekanandaIndian Hindu monk and philosopher · 1863–190239 yrs
- Edmund BurkeAnglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher · 1729–179768 yrs
- Hermann GöringGerman Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal · 1893–194653 yrs
- Charles PerraultFrench author · 1628–170375 yrs
- Husayn ibn AliGrandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam · AD 626–68054 yrs
- Theodosius IRoman emperor from 379 to 395 · AD 347–39548 yrs
- Johann Heinrich PestalozziSwiss pedagogue and educational reformer · 1746–182781 yrs
- Sergei KorolevSoviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer · 1907–196659 yrs
- Alfred RosenbergBaltic German architect, Nazi politician and ideologue · 1893–194653 yrs
- Joe FrazierAmerican boxer · 1944–201167 yrs
- Jusepe de RiberaSpanish painter · 1591–165261 yrs
- Luise RainerGerman-born actress · 1910–2014104 yrs
- Kirstie Alley ↗American actress · 1951–202271 yrs
- Abd el-Krim ↗War leader and president of the Rif Republic from 1921 to 1926 · 1882–196381 yrs
- Igor Kurchatov ↗Soviet nuclear physicist · 1903–196057 yrs
- Joseph Joffre ↗French general · 1852–193178 yrs
- Emmanuel Levinas ↗Jewish-French-Lithuanian philosopher · 1906–199589 yrs
- P. W. Botha ↗South African prime minister · 1916–200690 yrs
- Paul Hermann Müller ↗Swiss chemist · 1899–196566 yrs
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ↗Indian spiritual master · 1917–200891 yrs
- Naya Rivera ↗American actress and singer · 1987–202033 yrs
- Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies ↗King of Naples (1759-1806, 1815-1816), Sicily (1759-1816), and the Two Sicilies · 1751–182573 yrs
- Maria Prymachenko ↗Ukrainian folk art painter · 1909–199788 yrs
- Ferenc Molnár ↗Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist · 1878–195274 yrs
- Lazzaro Spallanzani ↗Italian priest, biologist and physiologist · 1729–179970 yrs
- Rush Limbaugh ↗American political commentator · 1951–202170 yrs
- Annette von Droste-Hülshoff ↗German composer and writer · 1797–184851 yrs
- Alasdair MacIntyre ↗Scottish-American philosopher · 1929–202596 yrs
- Spyridon Louis ↗Greek athlete · 1873–194067 yrs
- Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies ↗King of the Two sicilies · 1810–185949 yrs
- John Dowland ↗English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer · 1563–162663 yrs
- Alice Miller ↗Swiss psychologist · 1923–201087 yrs
- Marie Colvin ↗American war correspondent · 1956–201256 yrs
- Mikhail Gurevich ↗Soviet aircraft designer · 1893–197683 yrs
- Étienne Lenoir ↗Belgian engineer · 1822–190078 yrs
- Richard of Cornwall ↗King of the Romans, Earl of Cornwall, English royalty · 1209–127263 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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