Leon Kass (85)
February 12th, 1939

American academic – Leon Kass was born in Chicago (City and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America) on February 12th, 1939 and is 85 years old today.

Other personalities born on February 12

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

77

Wolfgang Solz

German footballer (1940–2017)

*February 12th, 1940, Frankfurt †March 24th, 2017

88

Bill Russell

American basketball player and coach (1934–2022)

*February 12th, 1934, Monroe †July 31st, 2022, Mercer Island

37

Anna Hopkins

Canadian actress

*February 12th, 1987, Montreal

86

Horst Köbbert

German television presenter (1928-2014)

*February 12th, 1928, Rostock †July 11th, 2014, Rostock

56

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (American, 1809-1865)

*February 12th, 1809, Hodgenville †April 15th, 1865, Washington, D.C.

73

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)

*February 12th, 1809, The Mount †April 19th, 1882, Down House

84

David Seltzer

American screenwriter

*February 12th, 1940, Highland Park

56

Simon Northwood

Canadian actor and stuntman

*February 12th, 1968, Wimbledon

49

Anna Pavlova

Russian ballet dancer

*February 12th, 1881, Saint Petersburg †January 23rd, 1931, The Hague

61

John Michael Higgins

American actor and comedian

*February 12th, 1963, Boston

86

Judy Blume

American children's writer

*February 12th, 1938, Elizabeth

44

Christina Ricci

American actress (born 1980)

*February 12th, 1980, Santa Monica

53

Benjamin Sadler

German actor

*February 12th, 1971, Toronto

91

Costa-Gavras

Greek-French film director

*February 12th, 1933, Iraia

44

Sarah Lancaster

American actress

*February 12th, 1980, Overland Park

86

Martinho da Vila

Brazilian musician

*February 12th, 1938, Duas Barras

77

Arnošt Parsch

Czech music educator and composer

*February 12th, 1936, Bučovice †September 19th, 2013, Brno

80

Claudia Mori

Italian actress, singer, TV producer (1944-)

*February 12th, 1944, Rome

86

Ferruccio Valcareggi

Italian footballer (1919–2005)

*February 12th, 1919, Trieste †November 2nd, 2005, Florence

55

Darren Aronofsky

American filmmaker

*February 12th, 1969, Brooklyn

78

Harald Irmscher

East German footballer

*February 12th, 1946, Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge

41

Iko Uwais

Indonesian actor and martial artist (born 1983)

*February 12th, 1983, Jakarta

76

Raymond Kurzweil

American author, scientist, inventor and futurist

*February 12th, 1948, Queens

74

Bernie Paul

German singer and record producer

*February 12th, 1950, Schweinfurt

82

Ehud Barak

Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001 (born 1942)

*February 12th, 1942, Mishmar HaSharon

69

Volkmar Fritz

German biblical archaeologist

*February 12th, 1938, Düren †August 21st, 2007, Bad Schwartau

56

Josh Brolin

American actor (born 1968)

*February 12th, 1968, Santa Monica

51

Tara Strong

Canadian and American voice actress

*February 12th, 1973, Toronto

75

Joaquín Sabina

Spanish singer, composer and poet (born 1949)

*February 12th, 1949, Úbeda

Also born in 1939

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

77

Dudley Storey

New Zealand rower

*November 27th, 1939, Wairoa †March 6th, 2017, Auckland

84

Thilo Ulbert

German christian archaeologist

*June 20th, 1939, Augsburg

83

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

*November 26th, 1939, Brownsville †May 24th, 2023, Küsnacht

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

*June 7th, 1939, Halle (Saale) †August 29th, 2022, Moabit

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

84

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

*May 25th, 1939, McLemoresville †April 10th, 2010, Houston

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

*May 10th, 1939, Rio de Janeiro †May 23rd, 2017, Rome

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

*April 16th, 1939, London †March 2nd, 1999, Henley-on-Thames

74

Karen Black

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

*July 1st, 1939, Park Ridge †August 8th, 2013, Santa Monica

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

*July 14th, 1939, Plzeň †October 1st, 2019, Prague

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

84

Amanda Lear

French singer, actress, television presenter

*November 18th, 1939, Ho Chi Minh City

85

Beate Klarsfeld

French journalist, Nazi hunter, and historian

*February 13th, 1939, Berlin

85

Tommy Tune

American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

85

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker

*April 7th, 1939, Detroit

85

Ariane Mnouchkine

French theater and film director, theater director and author

*March 3rd, 1939, Boulogne-Billancourt

80

Ginger Baker

British drummer (1939–2019)

*August 19th, 1939, Lewisham †October 6th, 2019, Canterbury

80

Sid Haig

American actor (1939–2019)

*July 14th, 1939, Fresno †September 21st, 2019, Los Angeles

85

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

85

Gro Harlem Brundtland

29th Prime Minister of Norway

*April 20th, 1939, Bærum Municipality

85

Marty Wilde

British rock and roll singer (born 1939)

*April 15th, 1939, Blackheath

Leon Kass