Famous people born on 12 August

• Erwin SchrödingerAustrian physicist · 1887–1961
  73 yrs
• Jacinto BenaventeSpanish writer · 1866–1954
  87 yrs
• George IV of the United KingdomKing of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1820 to 1830 · 1762–1830
  67 yrs
• Helena BlavatskyRussian occult writer · 1831–1891
  59 yrs
• Muhammad Zia-ul-HaqPresident of Pakistan from 1978 to 1988, of Saudi origin · 1924–1988
  64 yrs
• Cecil B. DeMilleAmerican film director, producer and actor · 1881–1959
  77 yrs
• Robert Southey ↗English romantic poet · 1774–1843
  68 yrs
• Klara Hitler ↗Mother of Adolf Hitler mi vrg · 1860–1907
  47 yrs
• Sirikit ↗Queen Consort of Thailand from 1950 to 2016, since then Queen Mother · 1932–2025
  93 yrs
• Cantinflas ↗Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter · 1911–1993
  81 yrs
• Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia ↗Last Russian tsesarevich and heir apparent of the Russian Empire (1904–1918); youngest child of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) · 1904–1918
  13 yrs
• Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah ↗Religious leader in the Sudan, self-proclaimed as the Mahdi · 1844–1885
  40 yrs
• Mohammed Deif ↗Palestinian militant leader, former commander-in-chief of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades · 1965–2024
  58 yrs
• John Cazale ↗American actor · 1935–1978
  42 yrs
• Mohammad Hatta ↗1st vice president of Indonesia from 1945 to 1956 · 1902–1980
  77 yrs
• Margaret Burbidge ↗British-born American astronomer · 1919–2020
  100 yrs
• Vikram Sarabhai ↗Father of Indian space programme · 1919–1971
  52 yrs
• Laurent Fignon ↗French professional road bicycle racer · 1960–2010
  50 yrs
• William Goldman ↗American novelist, screenwriter and playwright · 1931–2018
  87 yrs
• Sushil Koirala ↗Prime Minister of Nepal · 1939–2016
  76 yrs
• Ladislaus IV of Hungary ↗King of Hungary · 1262–1290
  27 yrs
• Yusof bin Ishak ↗1st President of Singapore · 1910–1970
  60 yrs
• Hans Urs von Balthasar ↗Swiss Catholic theologian · 1905–1988
  82 yrs
• Heinrich Biber ↗Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist · 1644–1704
  59 yrs
• Jane Wyatt ↗American actress · 1910–2006
  96 yrs
• Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz ↗Field marshal and military writer · 1843–1916
  72 yrs
• George Bellows ↗American painter · 1882–1925
  42 yrs
• William Adelin ↗Duke of Normandy · 1103–1120
  17 yrs
• Antoine-Augustin Parmentier ↗French agronomist, naturalist, nutritionist, and hygienist; promoter of the potato as a food source in Europe · 1737–1813
  76 yrs

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