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Birthdays of Personalities on August 12

1503 : Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)
1566 : Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands
1592 : Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)
1620 : Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer
1720 : Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian
1744 : Rowland Hill, preacher
1753 : Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables)
1757 : ALF, alien life form (ALF)
1762 : George IV, king of England (1820-30)
1774 : Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson
1778 : Francis Horner, politician
1781 : Robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument)
1819 : Daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1820 : Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation
1829 : John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1832 : Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor
1833 : William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1838 : Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
1848 : Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)
1849 : Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist
1854 : Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith
1859 : Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)
1866 : Jacinto Benavente y Mart¡nez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)
1867 : Edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)
1868 : Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)
1876 : Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton)
1880 : Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author
1881 : Cecil B deMille, Mass, directed God (10 Commandments, Cleopatra)
1883 : Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder (Daily Trouw)/chairman (ARP)
1884 : Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist (Summer Storm, Sanctuary)
1887 : Erwin Schr”dinger, Austria, physicist (had a cat)
1888 : Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder (AVRO)
1890 : Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
1897 : Otto (von) Struve, German/US dir (Yerkes/MacDonald observatory)
1899 : Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian (Spanish Diary)
xxxx : Carl Sturken, Plainfield NJ, rocker (Rythm Syndicate)
xxxx : Jorge Rigo, Chile, spanish singer
xxxx : Mary Roberts rinehart, writer
1900 : Wilhelm Steinitz, Germany, 1st chess champ (1866-1894)
1903 : Frances Clode, CEO (WRVS)
1904 : Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II [OS=July 30]
1904 : Frank Ervin, harness racer (Hambletonian 1959, 66)
1907 : James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop
1908 : Lord Renton, QC/British govt minister
1909 : Maurice Heath, air marshal
1910 : Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (Natl Assn of Women)
1912 : Louis J N G‚rardin, [Toto], French bicyclist/trainer (champ 1930)
1914 : [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist (Parool)
1917 : Douglas Gunsekera, banker
1919 : Michael Kidd, [Milton Greenwald] choreographer (7 Brides for 7 Bros)
1919 : Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright
1920 : Percy Mayfield, US singer (Please Send Me Someone to Love)
1920 : Peter West, British sports commentator
1921 : Patrick Howard-Dobson, president (Royal British Legion)
1922 : Andr‚ Kloos, Dutch trade union leader (NVV/VARA)
1922 : Lord Colinbrook, British government minister
1925 : Dale L Bumpers, (Sen-D Arkansas, 1975- )
1925 : Earl Coleman, singer
1925 : Norris McWhirter, author (Guinness Book of World Records)
1925 : Robin Nicholson, metallurgist
1925 : Ross McWhirter, author (Guinness Book of World Records)
1927 : Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, cellist/conductor
1929 : Buck Owens, [Alvis Edgar], Sherman Texas, country singer (Hee Haw)
1930 : Ronald James Herron, architect
1931 : William Goldman, author (Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983)
1932 : Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come)
1932 : Queen Ferekit, of Thailand (Queens Day)
1934 : Kenneth Eaton, Controller (British Navy)
1935 : Karl Mickel, writer
1936 : Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist
1936 : Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist (Right to Life, Dripper Boxes)
1936 : John Poindexter, US Chief of Staff
1938 : Anthony Joliffe, mayor of London
1939 : George Hamilton, Memphis Tn, (Love at 1st Bite, Where the Boys Are)
1941 : Sam Andrew, rocker (Big Brother & The Holding Co)
1942 : Elizabeth Appleby, QC
1943 : William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter
1948 : Cliff Fish, rocker (Paper Lace)
1948 : Graham Zellick, principal (Queen Mary & Westfield College London)
1948 : Ron Mael, [J Ronald Day], Culver City Ca, rock keyboardist (Sparks)
1949 : Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil (1990-92)
1949 : Mark Knopfler, guitar/vocals (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing)
1950 : Kid Creole, singer (Cocoanuts)
1951 : Charles E Brady Jr, Pinehurst NC, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 78)
1951 : Kid Creole, [August Darnell Browder], US singer (Savannah)
1954 : Pat Methany, jazz guitarist (As Wichita Falls)
1955 : Heintje, [Hendrik Simons], Dutch singer (Mama)
1956 : Terry Taylor, [Paul Klause], wrestler (WCW/WWF/NWA, Red Rooster)
1959 : Suzanne Vega, NYC, rocker (My Name is Luka, Tom's Diner)
1960 : Morty Black, heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas)
1961 : Pete De Freitas, rocker (Echo & the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
1961 : Roy Hay, guitarist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
1966 : Bruce Covernton, CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
1967 : Tom Holkenborg, drummer (Weekend at Waikiki)
1972 : Del "The Funkee Homosapian", rapper
1882 : George Bellows - USA

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