Famous people born on 12 October

• Eugenio MontaleItalian poet · 1896–1981
  84 yrs
• Pedro I of BrazilEmperor of Brazil from 1822 to 1831 and King of Portugal in 1826 · 1798–1834
  35 yrs
• Aleister CrowleyEnglish occultist · 1875–1947
  72 yrs
• Edith SteinJewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher · 1891–1942
  50 yrs
• Ramsay MacDonaldBritish prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935 · 1866–1937
  71 yrs
• Trần Đại Quang8th President of Vietnam · 1956–2018
  61 yrs
• Arthur HardenBritish biochemist · 1865–1940
  74 yrs
• Li Wenliang ↗Chinese ophthalmologist known for warning about the coronavirus in December 2019 · 1985–2020
  34 yrs
• Charles Borromeo ↗Italian Catholic prelate · 1538–1584
  46 yrs
• Fumimaro Konoe ↗Politician and former Prime Minister of Japan · 1891–1945
  54 yrs
• Ralph Vaughan Williams ↗English composer · 1872–1958
  85 yrs
• Enrique III of Castile ↗King of Castille · 1379–1407
  27 yrs
• Satoshi Kon ↗Japanese anime director and manga artist · 1963–2010
  46 yrs
• Ole-Johan Dahl ↗Norwegian computer scientist · 1931–2002
  70 yrs
• César Pelli ↗Argentine-American architect · 1926–2019
  92 yrs
• Ding Ling ↗Chinese writer · 1904–1986
  81 yrs
• Köbi Kuhn ↗Swiss association football player and manager · 1943–2019
  76 yrs
• Al-Dhahabi ↗Syrian Islamic historian and Hadith scholar · 1274–1348
  73 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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