The 346th day of the year, the 347th in a leap year
Born on 12 December
Every 12 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Monday and Saturday16 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 December in any year.
Which weekday 12 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 12 December falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 12 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,811 babies were born on 12 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 180th 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 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Gustave Flaubert | 1821–1880 | French novelist |
| Frank Sinatra | 1915–1998 | American singer and actor |
| Edvard Munch | 1863–1944 | Norwegian painter |
| Jennifer Connelly | 1970– | American actress |
| Alfred Werner | 1866–1919 | Swiss chemist |
| Rajinikanth | 1950– | Indian actor |
| Michael Olise | 2001– | French footballer |
| Connie Francis | 1937–2025 | American singer and actress |
| Edward G. Robinson | 1893–1973 | Romanian-American actor |
| Mayim Bialik | 1975– | American actress, television personality, and author |
| Daniel Agger | 1984– | Danish association football player |
| Karl Bryullov | 1799–1852 | Russian painter |
| Victor Moses | 1990– | Nigerian association football player |
| Dionne Warwick | 1940– | American singer |
| Emerson Fittipaldi | 1946– | Brazilian racing driver |
| Bill Nighy | 1949– | British actor |
| Robert Noyce | 1927–1990 | American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur, co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel |
| Tracy Austin | 1962– | US tennis player |
Died on 12 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Maimonides | 1135–1204 | Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain |
| Heydar Aliyev | 1923–2003 | President of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003 |
| John le Carré | 1931–2020 | British novelist and spy |
| Anne Baxter | 1923–1985 | American actress |
| Joseph Heller | 1923–1999 | American writer |
| Henrietta Swan Leavitt | 1868–1921 | American astronomer and human calculator |
| Douglas Fairbanks | 1883–1939 | American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer |
| Menelik II | 1844–1913 | Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa |
| Tallulah Bankhead | 1902–1968 | American actress |
| Ike Turner | 1931–2007 | American musician |
| Raymond Radiguet | 1903–1923 | French writer |
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