Who was born on December 12?
– 1766 – Nikolai Karamzin (1826) – Russian writer, publicist, historian, honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
– 1777 – Alexander I (1825) – Russian Emperor (1801–25).
– 1799 – Karl Bryullov (1852) – Russian painter.
– 1821 – Gustave Flaubert (1880) – French realist writer.
– 1863 – Edvard Munch (1944) – Norwegian painter, one of the founders of expressionism.
– 1905 – Mulk Raj Anand (2002) – Indian writer and public figure.
– 1909 – Hamid Olimjon (1944) – singer of joy and happiness, talented poet, playwright, scientist, statesman and public figure.
– 1915 – Frank Sinatra (1998) – American singer and actor.
– 1925 – Ahmad Shomlu (2000) – One of the most prominent poets of 20th-century Iranian literature.
– 1928 – Chingiz Aitmatov (2008) – Soviet and Kyrgyz writer, statesman.
– 1932 – Karimov Naim – literary scholar, public figure, Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1996).
– 1941 – Vitaly Solomin (2002) – Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, People’s Artist of Russia.
– 1944 – Shavkat Salikhov – chemist, scientist, Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1998).
– 1946 – Klara Novikova – Soviet and Russian singer, actress, People’s Artist of Russia.
-1963 – Yulduz Usmonova – singer, People’s Artist of Uzbekistan.
– 1982 – Dmitry Tursunov – Russian tennis player, Davis Cup winner.
– 1983 – Dilshod Mansurov – freestyle wrestler, international master of sports. “Pride of Uzbekistan” (2001).
