Famous Personalities Born In November - 12
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
1493 Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.
1528 On this day in history birth of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)
1547 On November - 12 birth of claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)
1606 Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673) was born on November - 12.
1615 On this day in history birth of richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)
1651 Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno) was born on this day in history.
1676 Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born on this day in history.
1729 On November - 12 birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)
1748 Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) was born on this day in history.
1755 On this day in history birth of gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War (1807-10)
1757 On this day in history birth of jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Zealand poet
1790 On this day in history birth of letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler
1815 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown NY, suffragist (80 Years & More)
1817 On November - 12 birth of carlo Pedrotti, composer
1817 Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer was born on this day in history.
1817 On November - 12 birth of bahá'u'lláh, Prophet Founder of the Bahá'à Faith (d. 1892)
1827 Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer was born on November - 12.
1831 On this day in history birth of anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist
1833 On November - 12 birth of aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable)
1840 Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker) was born on this day in history.
1841 John W Rayleigh, England, physicist (Nobel 1904)/Cambridge (1908-14) was born on November - 12.
1844 On November - 12 birth of octave Fouque, composer
1848 On this day in history birth of eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1919)
1850 Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908) was born on November - 12.
1853 Oskar Panizza, writer was born on this day in history.
1858 On November - 12 birth of alexis Contant, composer
1865 Frans L M "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas) was born on this day in history.
1866 On November - 12 birth of sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional)
1881 Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (d. 1948) was born on this day in history.
1881 On November - 12 birth of maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)
1886 L G Kortenhorst, politician was born on this day in history.
1886 On November - 12 birth of leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP)
1886 On November - 12 birth of ben Travers, British playwright (d. 1980)
1889 DeWitt Wallace, St Paul Minn, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921) was born on this day in history.