Anniversaries 12 March
Birth
German hymn writer
1607–1676
English writer and antiquarian
1626–1697
British politician
1672–1729
French-born British natural philosopher and clergyman
1683–1744
Anglo-Irish philosopher
1685–1753
English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist
1784–1856
English poet, and author
1799–1888
U.S. writer on freemasonry
1807–1881
American artist
1822–1872
German physicist
1824–1887
American astronomer
1835–1909
President of Liberia
1875–1961
German Nazi official
1877–1946
New Zealand occultist
1886–1983
Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
1889–1950
British historical writer
1889–1944
Romanian-born Canadian poet
1912–2006
American painter
1918–1989
Italian businessman
1921–2003
American motivational speaker
1921–1989
American writer
1922–1969
American labor leader
1922–1999
American science fiction author
1925–2012
American playwright
1928–2016
American hacker & author
1939–2003
Commander of the Bosnian Serb military
1943
American actress and singer
1946
American businessman and politician
1947
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948
American film director, producer and writer
1949
former British politician, non-practising barrister, broadc…
1949
Australian writer and producer
1951
American actor and comedian
1952
journalist, columnist and novelist from the United States
1953
Prolific American pornographic actor
1953
Australian economsit
1953
British contemporary artist of Indian birth
1954
English association football player and manager
1963
United States senator from Illinois
1968
memoirist, novelist, short story writer, editor, publisher
1970
English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist
1979
Indian playback singer
1984
Iranian rapper and athlete
1996
Death
Pope from 590 to 604
540–604
Christian saint, monk, and theologian
949–1022
Duke of Romagna and former Catholic cardinal
1475–1507
Italian writer and philosopher
1508–1579
Austrian writer
1830–1916
American social reformer, suffragist (1859-1947)
1859–1947
British evangelist
1859–1947
German industrialist, inventor, engineer
1861–1942
British scientist
1862–1942
Chinese physician, politician and revolutionary
1866–1925
English writer (1889–1957)
1889–1957
American physicist
1889–1984
Playwright, actor
1896–1984
British ornithologist and biologist
1910–1973
American football player and coach
1913–1987
American violinist and conductor
1916–1999
American jazz saxophonist and composer
1920–1955
Chinese physician
1931–2023
Serbian politician
1952–2003
Novelist, lawyer
1956–1998