August 12 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on August 12, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♌︎ Leo
Jul 23 – Aug 22
Birth stone
Peridot
Birth flower
Gladiolus
How common
#83 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous August 12 birthdays
Helena Blavatsky · Russian occult writer1831
Jacinto Benavente · Spanish writer1866
Cecil B. DeMille · American film director, producer and actor1881
Erwin Schrödinger · Austrian physicist1887
Margaret Burbidge · British-born American astronomer1919
Zia-ul-Haq · President of Pakistan from 1978 to 1988, of Saudi origin1924
George Soros · Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist1930
William Goldman · American novelist, screenwriter and playwright1931
John Cazale · American actor1935
George Hamilton · American film and television actor1939
Mark Knopfler · British musician1949
François Hollande · President of France from 2012 to 20171954
Pat Metheny · American jazz musician1954
Peter Krause · American actor1965
Pete Sampras · American tennis player1971
Casey Affleck · American actor1975
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar · Dutch association football player1983
Mario Balotelli · Italian association football player1990
LaKeith Stanfield · American actor and rapper1991
Cara Delevingne · English model and actor1992
On this day in history
1881Franco-American children as young as seven years old began striking against Cabot Mill in Brunswick, Maine, shutting down operations for three days.
1990Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue.
1992Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
2016The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea.
1914World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of Belgium.
1960Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
1984An infamous brawl takes place at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres.
1994Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
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