Who was born on February 12?
– 1074 – Conrad (1101) – King of Germany (1087-1098) and Italy (1093-1098).
– 1804 – Lance Emil (1865) – Russian physicist and electrical engineer, academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1830).
– 1809 – Charles Darwin (1882) – English naturalist, author of the modern theory of evolution.
– 1809 – Abraham Lincoln (1865) – 16th President of the United States (1861-1865), a national hero who abolished slavery in the United States.
– 1877 – Louis Renault (1944) – French industrialist, one of the founders of the Renault company.
– 1879 – Elena Roerich (1955) – Russian philosopher, writer, public figure.
– 1900 – Vasily Chuikov (1982) – Soviet military commander, hero of the Battle of Stalingrad, Hero of the Soviet Union, marshal.
– 1923 – Galiya Izmaylova – ballet dancer, ballet master. People’s Artist of Uzbekistan (1951).
– 1940 – Ziyomuhamedov Sadriddin – Theater and film artist, Honored Artist of Uzbekistan (1990).
– 1941 – Dennis Sullivan – American mathematician.
– 1947 – Abdullayev Rustam – Composer, Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1997).
– 1949 – Ashraf Ghani – economist and anthropologist, President of Afghanistan (2014-2021).
– 1954 – Philip Zimmerman – American programmer, founder of PGP.
– 1959 – Shagaev Erkin – Olympic champion in water polo (1980).
– 1975 – Regla Torres – Cuban volleyball player, three-time Olympic champion (1992, 1996, 2000), the strongest female volleyball player of the 20th century.
– 1980 – Christina Ricci – American actress and producer.
– 1991 – Martine Grael – Brazilian yachtsman, two-time Olympic champion.
– 1993 – Jennifer Stone – American film actress.
– 1993 – Anais Chevalier-Buché – French biathlete, Olympic medalist.