People born on March 12

George Berkeley

Irish idealist philosopher and Anglican bishop (1685–1753)

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Italian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938)

Jack Kerouac

American writer (1922–1969)

Gustav Kirchhoff

German physicist (1824–1887)

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

Henry II of England

English king

Ratko Mladić

Convicted war-criminal and former general of the Bosnian Serb military (1991-1996)

Leo Esaki

Japanese physicist (1925-)

Jost Gippert

German linguist

Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky

Ukrainian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology

Prince Henry the Navigator

Portuguese prince patron of voyages of exploration (1394-1460)

Raúl Alfonsín

Former President of Argentina (1983-89)

Stromae

Belgian singer and producer

Aaron Eckhart

American actor