Who Was Born Today – November 12 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on November 12 | ||
1815 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton, political reformer and founder of the Women’s Rights Convention. | |
1817 | Mirza Hoseyn ‘Ali Nuri (Baha’ Ullah), founder of the Baha’i faith. | |
1840 | Auguste Rodin, French sculptor. | |
1866 | Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary who founded the Nationalist Party. | |
1889 | DeWitt Wallace, founder of Reader’s Digest. | |
1911 | Buck Clayton, jazz trumpeter. | |
1922 | Charlotte MacLeod, mystery writer (Rest You Merry, Maid of Honor). | |
1929 | Grace Kelly, American actress and Princess of Monaco. | |
1945 | Tracy Kidder, writer (Among Schoolchildren, Old Friends). | |
1945 | Neil Young, singer, songwriter, musician, producer; member of several well-known bands including Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. | |
1952 | Ronald Burkle, business magnate; founded Yucaipa Companies private investment firm and is co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins pro hockey team. | |
1957 | Tim Samaras, engineer and storm chaser who contributed to scientific knowledge of tornadoes; killed along with his son Paul and meteorologist Carl Young by a tornado with winds of nearly 300 mph near El Reno, Okla,, in 2013. | |
1961 | Nadia Comaneci, Olympic gold medal-winning Romanian gymnast; named one of the athletes of the century by Laureus World Sports Academy (2000). | |
1962 | Naomi Wolf, activist, author of The Beauty Myth; a leader in what has been described as the third wave of the feminist movement. | |
1968 | Sammy Sosa, pro baseball player from Dominican Republic; only MLB player to hit 60 or more home runs in a single season three times, he was denied entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 after as-yet unproven allegations he used performance-enhancing drugs. |
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