Kunchithapadam Gopalan (85)
August 12th, 1938

Indian geologist – Kunchithapadam Gopalan was born in Tamil Nadu (Indian state) on August 12th, 1938 and is 85 years old today.

Other personalities born on August 12

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

82

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

28

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

93

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

84

George Hamilton

American film and television actor

*August 12th, 1939, Memphis

82

Letícia Román

Italian actress

*August 12th, 1941, Rome

77

Elisabetta Casellati

Italian lawyer and politician (born 1946)

*August 12th, 1946, Rovigo

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

84

Oliver Ford Davies

British actor

*August 12th, 1939, Ealing

73

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

86

Herman De Croo

Flemish politician

*August 12th, 1937, Brakel

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

*August 12th, 1992, Walton-on-Thames

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

*August 12th, 1971, Washington, D.C.

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

80

Herta Däubler-Gmelin

German politician

*August 12th, 1943, Bratislava

76

Walter Dean Myers

American writer

*August 12th, 1937, Martinsburg †July 1st, 2014, Beth Israel Medical Center

75

Larry Carpenter

American director

*August 12th, 1948, Brockport

98

Lucy Salani

Italian LGBT rights activist and antifascist (1924–2023)

*August 12th, 1924, Fossano †March 21st, 2023, Bologna

84

Roy Romanow

Canadian politician

*August 12th, 1939, Saskatoon

52

Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

81

Bianca Pitzorno

Italian writer and politician

*August 12th, 1942, Sassari

61

Guillermo Cano Isaza

Colombian journalist (1925-1986)

*August 12th, 1925, Bogotá †December 17th, 1986, Bogotá

84

Michael D. Antonovich

Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

*August 12th, 1939, Los Angeles

50

Laurent Fignon

French professional road bicycle racer

*August 12th, 1960, 18th arrondissement of Paris †August 31st, 2010, 13th arrondissement of Paris

74

Mark Knopfler

British musician

*August 12th, 1949, Glasgow

Also born in 1938

85

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

85

Hans Abraham

Badminton player

*September 10th, 1938, Berlin

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

83

Herbert Achternbusch

German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022)

*November 23rd, 1938, Munich †January 10th, 2022, Munich

82

Fips Asmussen

German comedian (1938–2020)

*April 30th, 1938, Hamburg †August 9th, 2020, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum

66

Lars Hillingsø

Danish fashion designer (1938-2005)

*July 12th, 1938, Copenhagen †February 20th, 2005, Croissanville

84

Fritz Pleitgen

German journalist and author (1938-2022)

*March 21st, 1938, Duisburg †September 15th, 2022, Cologne

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

79

Gene Michael

Former Major League Baseball player, manager, executive

*June 2nd, 1938, Kent †September 7th, 2017, Oldsmar

85

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

85

Connie Stevens

American actress and singer

*August 8th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Derek Jacobi

English actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Leytonstone

86

Frank Langella

American actor

*January 1st, 1938, Bayonne

85

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

39

Michael Findlay

Film director, producer

*January 1st, 1938, United States of America †May 16th, 1977, New York City

73

Jean Giraud

French comics author (1938–2012)

*May 8th, 1938, Nogent-sur-Marne †March 10th, 2012, Montrouge

85

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

85

Heinz Fischer

8th president of Austria

*October 9th, 1938, Graz

85

Enrico Macias

French recording artist; singer,(Born on December 11, 1938 he is an Algerian-born French Jewish singer.He was born in Constantine, Algeria.)

*December 11th, 1938, Constantine

86

Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

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