The 285th day of the year, the 286th in a leap year
Born on 12 October
Every 12 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Libra, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LibraAir, cardinal, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Wednesday and Monday16 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 October in any year.
Which weekday 12 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 12 October falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Monday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 12 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,837 babies were born on 12 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 108th 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 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Luciano Pavarotti | 1935–2007 | Italian operatic tenor |
| Hugh Jackman | 1968– | Australian and English actor and singer |
| Edward VI | 1537–1553 | king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553 |
| Eugenio Montale | 1896–1981 | Italian poet |
| Pedro I of Brazil | 1798–1834 | Emperor of Brazil from 1822 to 1831 and King of Portugal in 1826 |
| Aleister Crowley | 1875–1947 | English occultist |
| Ramsay MacDonald | 1866–1937 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1924 and from 1929 to 1935 |
| Edith Stein | 1891–1942 | Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher |
| Arthur Harden | 1865–1940 | British biochemist |
| Josh Hutcherson | 1992– | American actor |
| Dmitry Donskoy | 1350–1389 | Prince of Moscow |
| Branko Crvenkovski | 1962– | President of Macedonia from 2004 to 2009 |
| Richard Meier | 1934– | American architect |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | 1872–1958 | English composer |
| Fumimaro Konoe | 1891–1945 | politician and former Prime Minister of Japan |
| Marion Jones | 1975– | American athlete |
| Bode Miller | 1977– | American alpine ski racer |
| Cristhian Stuani | 1986– | Uruguayan footballer |
Died on 12 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Anatole France | 1844–1924 | French writer |
| Demosthenes | 384–322 BC | classical Athenian statesman and orator |
| Robert E. Lee | 1807–1870 | Confederate States general |
| Dennis Ritchie | 1941–2011 | American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language |
| Pope Honorius I | died 638 | Pope from 625 to 638 |
| Pope John IV | died 642 | Pope from 640 to 642 |
| Wilt Chamberlain | 1936–1999 | American basketball player |
| Piero della Francesca | 1415–1492 | Italian painter and mathematician |
| Hiroshige | 1797–1858 | Japanese ukiyo-e artist |
| Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1527–1576 | King of the Romans, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia |
| Fahri Korutürk | 1903–1987 | President of Turkey from 1973 to 1980 |
| Alex Salmond | 1954–2024 | First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014 |
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