12 March is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. On this day was born in the year: 1270 – Charles, Count of Valois (d. 1325) 1479 – Giuliano de Medici, Duke of Nemours (d. 1516) 1607 – Paul Gerhardt, German composer (d. 1676) 1626 – John Aubrey, English historian and philosopher (d. 1697) 1637 – Anne Hyde, English wife of James II of England (d. 1671) 1685 – George Berkeley, Irish philosopher (d. 1753) 1710 – Thomas Arne, English composer (d. 1778) 1713 – Johann Adolph Hass, German instrument maker (d. 1771) 1806 – Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States (d. 1863) 1831 – Clement Studebaker, American businessman (d. 1901) 1835 – Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1909) 1837 – Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (d. 1911) 1864 – W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (d. 1922) 1864 – Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist and composer (d. 1943) 1890 – Evert Taube, Swedish singer-songwriter and author (d. 1976) 1908 – David Marshall Singaporean politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore (d. 1995) 1912 – Edgar Tafel, American architect (d. 2011) 1912 – Paul Weston, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996) 1913 – Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1984) 1913 – Agathe von Trapp, Hungarian-American singer and author (d. 2010) 1914 – Julia Lennon, English mother of John Lennon (d. 1958) 1921 – Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (d. 1986) 1923 – Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (Amadeus Quartet) (d. 2005) 1925 – Georges Delerue, French composer (d. 1992) 1928 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007) 1932 – Andrew Young, American politician and activist, 14th United States Ambassador to the United Nations 1934 – Virginia Hamilton, African-AMerican childrens author (d. 2002) 1938 – Lew DeWitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Statler Brothers) (d. 1990) 1938 – David Drew, English ballet dancer 1938 – Dimitri Terzakis, Greek-German composer 1940 – Al Jarreau, American singer 1940 – M. A. Numminen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer (Suomen Talvisota) 1945 – Sammy Gravano, American mobster 1945 – George Jackson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013) 1946 – Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer, and dancer 1947 – Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts 1948 – Virginia Bottomley, Scottish politician 1948 – James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1949 – David Mellor, English journalist and politician 1949 – Bill Payne, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Little Feat and Phil Lesh and Friends) 1952 – Randy Stonehill, American singer-songwriter 1954 – Anish Kapoor, Indian sculptor 1955 – Nicole Léger, Canadian politician 1956 – Steve Harris, English bass player and songwriter (Iron Maiden) 1957 – Marlon Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer (The Jackson 5) 1960 – Kipp Lennon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Venice) 1960 – Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (Loudness and Earthshaker) 1960 – Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five) 1965 – Coleen Nolan, English singer, author, and television host (The Nolans) 1965 – Liza Umarova, Kazakh singer and actress 1969 – Graham Coxon, German-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blur) 1970 – Roy Khan, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Kamelot and Conception) 1975 – Kéllé Bryan, English singer-songwriter and actress (Eternal) 1976 – Zhao Wei, Chinese actress and singer 1978 – Claudio Sanchez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Coheed and Cambria, Fire Deuce, and The Prize Fighter Inferno) 1979 – Pete Doherty, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Libertines and Babyshambles) 1981 – Holly Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1983 – Atif Aslam, Pakistani singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Jal) 1984 – Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer 1985 – Stromae, Belgian-Rwandan singer-songwriter 1985 – Bradley Wright-Phillips, English footballer 1986 – Danny Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (McFly) 1988 – Tyler Ward, American singer 1994 – Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter and pianist 1994 – Tyler Patrick Jones, American actor 1995 – Kanon Fukuda, Japanese singer and voice actress (S/mileage, Minimoni, and Shugo Chara Egg!) 1999 – Sakura Oda, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
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