The 102nd day of the year, the 103rd in a leap year
Born on 12 April
Every 12 April birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Aries, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- AriesFire, cardinal, ruled by Mars.
- Birthstone
- DiamondThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Daisy, Sweet peaUsually taken today to mean innocence and blissful pleasure.
- Most common weekdays
- Tuesday and Sunday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 12 April in any year.
Which weekday 12 April falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 12 April falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Sunday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 12 April is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,773 babies were born on 12 April in each year of the twenty, making it the 305th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 12 April
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob Zuma | 1942– | 4th President of South Africa (2009–2018) |
| Montserrat Caballé | 1933–2018 | Spanish operatic soprano |
| David Letterman | 1947– | American comedian and television host |
| Tom Clancy | 1947–2013 | American author |
| Saoirse Ronan | 1994– | Irish-American actress |
| Joyce Banda | 1950– | President of Malawi from 2012 to 2014 |
| Claire Danes | 1979– | American actor |
| Jan Tinbergen | 1903–1994 | Dutch economist |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 1981– | American politician |
| Jennifer Morrison | 1979– | American actress |
| Christian IV of Denmark | 1577–1648 | king of Denmark and Norway |
| Andy Garcia | 1956– | American actor and director |
| Alexander Ostrovsky | 1823–1886 | Russian playwright |
| Shannen Doherty | 1971–2024 | American actress |
| Marcello Lippi | 1948– | Italian association football player and manager |
| Ed O'Neill | 1946– | American actor |
| Joschka Fischer | 1948– | German politician |
| Hiroki Sakai | 1990– | Japanese association football player |
Died on 12 April
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1882–1945 | president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 |
| Josephine Baker | 1906–1975 | American-born French dancer, singer and actress |
| Pope Julius I | died 352 | Head of the Catholic Church from 337 to 352 |
| Gilbert Gottfried | 1955–2022 | American stand-up comedian |
| Charles Messier | 1730–1817 | 18th- and 19th-century French astronomer |
| Joanna of Castile | 1479–1555 | Queen of Castile from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516 |
| Joe Louis | 1914–1981 | American boxer |
| Pietro Metastasio | 1698–1782 | Italian poet and librettist |
| Asha Bhosle | 1933–2026 | Indian playback singer |
| Feodor Chaliapin | 1873–1938 | Russian opera singer and actor |
| Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet | 1627–1704 | French bishop and theologian |
| George Wald | 1906–1997 | American biologist, biochemist, physiologist and Nobel laureate |
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