April 12th Birthdays

German-Canadian singer, John Kay, former frontman of late-60s hard rock group Steppenwolf, was born on this day as Joachim Fritz Krauledat in 1944. He was born in Tilsit, Germany, a town that was annexed by Russia in 1945 and after 1946, was known as Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.

Also born on April 12

• 1940
  Herbie Hancock, American musician and composer
• 1946
  Ed O’Neill, American actor
• 1947
  Tom Clancy, American author
• 1947
  David Letterman, American talk show host
• 1947
  Dan Lauria, American actor
• 1948
  Lois Reeves, American singer
• 1951
  Tom Noonan, American actor
• 1952
  Reuben Gant, American football player
• 1954
  Pat Travers, Canadian musician
• 1956
  Andy García, Cuban-born actor
• 1957
  Vince Gill, American musician
• 1958
  Will Sergeant, English musician
• 1958
  Howard Stableford, English actor, host
• 1961
  Lisa Gerrard, Australian musician
• 1961
  Magda Szubanski, Australian actress
• 1962
  Art Alexakis, American musician
• 1964
  Amy Ray, American musician
• 1965
  Tom O’Brien, American actor, producer
• 1967
  Sarah Cracknell, English singer
• 1967
  Mellow Man Ace, Afro-Cuban rapper
• 1968
  Alicia Coppola, American actress
• 1970
  Nick Hexum, American musician
• 1971
  Nicholas Brendon, American actor
• 1971
  Shannen Doherty, American actor
• 1972
  Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player
• 1973
  Antonio Osuna, Mexican baseball player
• 1974
  Marley Shelton, American actor
• 1976
  Brad Miller, American basketball player
• 1977
  Sarah Jane Morris, American actor
• 1977
  Jordana Spiro, American actor
• 1978
  Guy Berryman, British musician (Coldplay)
• 1978
  Riley Smith, American actor
• 1979
  Claire Danes, American actress
• 1979
  Jordan De Jong, American baseball player
• 1979
  Jennifer Morrison, American actress, model
• 1979
  Paul Nicholls, English actor
• 1980
  Brian McFadden, Irish singer
• 1980
  Erik Mongrain, Canadian musician
• 1985
  Ted Ginn, Jr., American football player
• 1987
  Brendon Urie, American musician
• 1987
  Brooklyn Decker, American model, actress
• 1988
  Jessie James Decker, American musician
• 1994
  Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress

April Birthday Calendar

Died on April 12th:

• 1878
  William “Boss” Tweed, American politician (age 55)
• 1912
  Clara Barton, American nurse, American Red Cross founder (age 90)
• 1945
  Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President (age 63)
• 1973
  Arthur Freed, American songwriter (age 78)
• 1975
  Josephine Baker, American-French actress, activist (age 68)
• 1981
  Abbie Hoffman, American activist, anarchist (age 52)
  Joe Louis, American boxer, wrestler (age 66)
• 1989
  Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (age 67)
• 1999
  Boxcar Willie, American singer, songwriter (age 67)
• 2016
  Anne Jackson, American actress (age 90)
• 2017
  Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (age 57)
• 2022
  Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian (age 67)