Birthdays of Personalities on November 12
1651 : Juana In‚s de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sue¤o)
1748 : Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
1755 : Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War (1807-10)
1757 : Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Zealand poet
1790 : Letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler
1815 : Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown NY, suffragist (80 Years & More)
1815 : Ida von Dringsfeld, German author (Vd Schelde bis zur Mas)
1817 : Bah 'u'll h (Mirza Husayn Ali), founded Bah '¡ faith
1831 : Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist
1840 : Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker)
1841 : John W Rayleigh, England, physicist (Nobel 1904)/Cambridge (1908-14)
1853 : Oskar Panizza, writer
1866 : Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional)
1886 : L G Kortenhorst, politician
1886 : Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP)
1889 : DeWitt Wallace, St Paul Minn, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921)
1898 : Abraham J D van Oosten, Dutch poet/author (His Master's Voice)
xxxx : Dick Clair, SF Calif, comedian "Clair & McMahon" (The Funny Side)
xxxx : Richard Venture, West New York NY, (Capt Leo Altobelli-Street Hawk)
1908 : Hans Werner Richter, German author (Socially Responsible Cinema)
1908 : Harry A Blackmun, Ill, 100th Supreme Court justice (1970-94)
1908 : Shamus Culhane, animator
1911 : Luc Estang, [Lucien Bastard], French writer (Stigmates)
1911 : William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian
1914 : Edward "Henricus" Schillebeeckx, Dutch theologist
1915 : Roland Barthes, French literary critic (L'Empire des Signer)
1917 : Joseph Coors, CEO (Adolph Coors Co Brewery)
1918 : Jo Stafford, Coalinga Calif, singer (I'll Never Smile Again)
1928 : Johan B W Polak, Dutch publisher/publicist (Bloom of Decadence)
1929 : Michael Ende, writer
1930 : Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author (Towers of February)
1931 : Bob Crewe, rocker
1931 : Norman Y Mineta, (Rep-R-CA, 1975- )
1934 : Bukka White, rocker
1934 : Charles Manson, [No Name Maddox], Cin Oh, criminal (Tate-Labianco)
1935 : Terry Johnson, US R&B singer (Flamingos-I Know Better)
1936 : Mort Shuman, rocker
1936 : Robert White, guitarist
1937 : Peter Lloyd, British MP
1939 : Lucia Popp, Uhorsk Ves Czechoslovakia, soprano (Die Zauberfl”te)
1939 : Ruby Nash Curtis, US singer (Romantics-Our Day Will Come)
1940 : Ria Lubbers, wife of Dutch premier Ruud Lubbers
1941 : Frank Rosenthal, rocker
1943 : Brian Hyland, Queens NY, rocker (She Wore an Itsy Bitsy ... Bikini)
1943 : Jimmy "Bro" Hayes, US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk)
1943 : John Maus, NYC, rock vocalist (Walker Brothers)
1944 : Booker T Jones, organist [or Dec 11]
1944 : Johan van Doorn, [Johnny the Selfkicker], Dutch poet (War & Porridge)
1945 : Michael Bishop, US, sci-fi author (Nebula, Stolen Faces)
1945 : Neil Young, Toronto, singer/songwriter (Cosby, Sills & Young)
1947 : Donald Roeser, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
1947 : J C Crowley, rocker
1948 : Errol Brown, Kingston Jamaica, rock vocalist (Hot Chocolate)
1949 : Arthur "Pooch" Tavares, rocker
1949 : Jack Reed, (Rep-D-Rhode Island)
1955 : Leslie McKeown, rock vocalist (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night)
1956 : Rhonda Shear, New Orleans LA, comedian (Up All Night)
1960 : Bertice Berry, talk show host (Bertice)
1967 : Charlie Pennaelino, Queens NY, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way)
1967 : Michael Moorer, boxing heavyweight champ (defeated Holyfield-1994)
1968 : Irina Privalova, Russian runner (indoor world record 50/60m)
1975 : Tevin Jermod Campbell, Dallas Tx, rapper