People born on February 12

Abraham Lincoln

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

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)

Christina Ricci

American actress (born 1980)

Pran

Indian actor

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

Also known as Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)

Anna Pavlova

Russian ballet dancer

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Japanese samurai and daimyo (1537–1598)

Julian Schwinger

American theoretical physicist

Ehud Barak

Prime minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001

John Edward Gray

British zoologist and philatelist (1800–1875)

Lou Andreas-Salomé

German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentine association football player

Bill Russell

American basketball player and coach (1934–2022)

Josh Brolin

American actor (born 1968)

Vasily Chuikov

Soviet marshal