12 January is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days remaining until the end of the year (354 in leap years). On this day was born in the year: 1483 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (d. 1538) 1562 – Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630) 1576 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch scholar (d. 1660) 1577 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist and physician (d. 1644) 1580 – Alexander Ruthven, Scottish traitor(d. 1600) 1588 – John Winthrop, English-American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1649) 1597 – François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643) 1628 – Charles Perrault, French author (d. 1703) 1711 – Gaetano Latilla, Italian composer (d. 1788) 1715 – Jacques Duphly, French organist and composer (d. 1789) 1822 – Étienne Lenoir, French engineer, designed the internal combustion engine (d. 1900) 1837 – Adolf Jensen, German pianist and composer (d. 1879) 1879 – Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician (d. 1942) 1892 – Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer, co-founded the Russian Aircraft Corporation (d. 1976) 1894 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975) 1899 – Pierre Bernac, French opera singer (d. 1979) 1899 – Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) 1903 – Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (d. 1960) 1904 – Mississippi Fred McDowell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972) 1905 – James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. 1997) 1905 – Tex Ritter, American singer and actor (d. 1974) 1916 – Jay McShann, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2006) 1916 – William Pleeth, English cellist (d. 1999) 1917 – Walter Hendl, American conductor, composer, and pianist (d. 2007) 1920 – James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist, co-founded Congress of Racial Equality (d. 1999) 1923 – Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1955) 1926 – Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013) 1930 – Glenn Yarbrough, American singer and actor (The Limeliters) 1932 – Des OConnor, English comedian, singer, and television host 1933 – Michael Aspel, English television host 1936 – Raimonds Pauls, Latvian pianist and composer 1937 – Vicente Sardinero, Spanish opera singer (d. 2002) 1939 – William Lee Golden, American singer (The Oak Ridge Boys) 1939 – Jim Palosaari, American Christian evangelist (d. 2011) 1940 – Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (Last Exit) (d. 2013) 1941 – Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (The Steampacket and Bluesology) (d. 2005) 1944 – Joe Frazier, American boxer (d. 2011) 1944 – Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist 1945 – Maggie Bell, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stone the Crows) 1946 – George Duke, American keyboard player, composer and educator (d. 2013) 1946 – Heather Mills, English charity campaigner 1946 – Cynthia Robinson, American trumpet player and singer (Sly and the Family Stone and Graham Central Station) 1947 – Richard Carwardine, English historian 1948 – John Etheridge, English jazz guitarist 1948 – Khalid Abdul Muhammad, American activist (d. 2001) 1948 – William Nicholson, English author and screenwriter 1949 – Kentarō Haneda, Japanese composer (d. 2007) 1949 – Hamadi Jebali, Tunisian engineer, journalist, and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Tunisia 1949 – Haruki Murakami, Japanese author 1950 – Greg X. Volz, American singer (Petra) 1955 – Tom Ardolino, American drummer (NRBQ) (d. 2012) 1957 – John Lasseter, American animator, director and producer 1957 – Jeremy Sams, English composer and theatre director 1959 – Blixa Bargeld, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Einstürzende Neubauten) 1959 – Per Gessle, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Roxette and Gyllene Tider) 1963 – Nando Reis, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Titãs and Nando Reis e os Infernais) 1964 – Jeff Bezos, American businessman, founded Amazon 1965 – Rob Zombie, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director (White Zombie) 1968 – Keith Anderson, American singer-songwriter 1968 – Junichi Masuda, Japanese programmer, director, and composer 1970 – Mig Ayesa, Filipino-Australian singer-songwriter and actor 1970 – Zack de la Rocha, American singer-songwriter (Rage Against the Machine, Inside Out, and One Day as a Lion) 1970 – Raekwon, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) 1973 – Dan Haseltine, American singer-songwriter (Jars of Clay) 1973 – Matt Wong, American bass player (Reel Big Fish) 1973 – Hande Yener, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer 1974 – Melanie Chisholm, English singer-songwriter and actress (Spice Girls) 1974 – Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian skier 1975 – Jason Freese, American musician, songwriter, and producer 1977 – Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor, singer, and producer 1978 – Jeremy Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1981 – Amerie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 1987 – Naya Rivera, American actress and singer 1991 – Pixie Lott, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1992 – Mao Kobayashi, Japanese model and singer 1993 – Zayn Malik, English singer (One Direction) 1993 – Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer
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