Famous people born on 12 March

• Gabriele D'AnnunzioItalian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician · 1863–1938
  74 yrs
• Jack KerouacAmerican writer · 1922–1969
  47 yrs
• Gustav KirchhoffGerman physicist · 1824–1887
  63 yrs
• Henry II of EnglandKing of England from 1154 to 1189 · 1133–1189
  56 yrs
• Vladimir VernadskyRussian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology · 1863–1945
  81 yrs
• Prince Henry the Navigator ↗Portuguese prince and governor · 1394–1460
  66 yrs
• Raúl Alfonsín ↗Argentine politician · 1927–2009
  82 yrs
• Edward Albee ↗American playwright · 1928–2016
  88 yrs
• Vaslav Nijinsky ↗Polish-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer · 1889–1950
  61 yrs
• Idris I of Libya ↗King of Kingdom of Libya from 1951 to 1969 · 1889–1983
  94 yrs
• John II of Portugal ↗Portuguese king · 1455–1495
  40 yrs
• Wilhelm Frick ↗German Nazi Party politician · 1877–1946
  69 yrs
• André Le Nôtre ↗French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France · 1613–1700
  87 yrs
• Christina Grimmie ↗American singer · 1994–2016
  22 yrs
• Harry Harrison ↗American science fiction author · 1924–2012
  88 yrs
• Anton Raphael Mengs ↗German-Bohemian painter active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid · 1728–1779
  51 yrs
• William Buckland ↗English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist · 1784–1856
  72 yrs
• Simon Newcomb ↗American astronomer · 1835–1909
  74 yrs
• Wally Schirra ↗American astronaut · 1923–2007
  84 yrs
• Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz ↗56th President of Mexico · 1911–1979
  68 yrs
• Masayoshi Ōhira ↗Japanese politician · 1910–1980
  70 yrs
• Al Jarreau ↗American jazz and pop singer · 1940–2017
  76 yrs
• Takashi Shimura ↗Japanese actor · 1905–1982
  76 yrs
• Anne, Duchess of York ↗English Royal · 1637–1671
  34 yrs
• John Abbott ↗3rd Prime Minister of Canada · 1821–1893
  72 yrs
• William Henry Perkin ↗British chemist known for his accidental discovery of the first synthetic dye · 1838–1907
  69 yrs
• Gabriel Tarde ↗French sociologist · 1843–1904
  61 yrs
• Jane Pierce ↗First Lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857 · 1806–1863
  57 yrs
• Louis Jules Trochu ↗French general, President of the National Defence Council · 1815–1896
  81 yrs
• Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria ↗Ruler of Bavaria · 1821–1912
  91 yrs
• John Frederic Daniell ↗English chemist and physicist · 1790–1845
  55 yrs
• Pim Verbeek ↗Dutch association football player and manager · 1956–2019
  63 yrs
• Thomas Arne ↗18th-century British composer · 1710–1778
  67 yrs
• Väinö Tanner ↗Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland · 1881–1966
  85 yrs
• Frederica of Baden ↗Swedish Queen · 1781–1826
  45 yrs
• Kinga of Poland ↗Polish royal; later Poor Clare abbess · 1224–1292
  68 yrs
• Paul Gerhardt ↗German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer · 1607–1676
  69 yrs
• Gemma Galgani ↗Italian saint · 1878–1903
  25 yrs
• Gianni Agnelli ↗Italian businessman; grandson of FIAT's founder · 1921–2003
  81 yrs

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