People born on January 12

Jack London

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

Edmund Burke

Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

Mark Antony

Roman politician and general (83 BC – 30 BC)

Eugenio Montale

Italian poet (1896-1981)

Husayn ibn Ali

Grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Imam (626–680)

Theodosius I

Roman emperor from 379 to 395

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

Hande Yener

Turkish singer

Nikolai Noskov

Soviet and Russian singer and song writer

Sergei Korolev

Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1907-1966)