August 12th Birthdays
Joe Jones, American R&B singer, was born on this day in 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Here is his 1960 hit song, “You Talk Too Much.” Joe passed away on November 27, 2005 at the age of 79.
Also born on August 12th:
- 1939
George Hamilton, American actor - 1941
Dana Ivey, American actress - 1949
Mark Knopfler, British singer, musician - 1950
Jim Beaver, American actor - 1954
Sam J. Jones, American actor - 1954
François Hollande, 24th President of France
Pat Metheny, American guitarist - 1956
Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor - 1958
Jürgen Dehmel, German bass player, songwriter - 1959
Amanda Redman, English actress - 1961
Lawrence Hayward, English singer, guitarist - 1963
Sir Mix-a-Lot, American rapper - 1965
Peter Krause, American actor - 1968
Andras Jones, American actor - 1970
Jim Schlossnagle, American baseball coach - 1970
Charles Mesure, British actor - 1971
Michael Ian Black, American comedian - 1971
Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress - 1971
Rebecca Gayheart, American actress - 1972
Del tha Funkee Homosapien, American hip hop artist - 1974
Matt Clement, American baseball player - 1975
Casey Affleck, American actor - 1976
Antoine Walker, American basketball player - 1976
Wednesday 13, American singer - 1977
Plaxico Burress, American football player - 1978
Chris Chambers, American football player - 1979
D.J. Houlton, American baseball player - 1980
Maggie Lawson, American actress - 1980
Dominique Swain, American actress - 1980
Matt Thiessen, Canadian singer, songwriter - 1980
Jade Villalon, American singer, songwriter - 1988
Justin Gaston, American actor, singer - 1988
Leah Pipes, American actress - 1992
Cara Delevingne, English model, actress - 1993
Ewa Farna, Polish-Czech pop-rock singer
Tanita Tikaram, German-English singer, songwriter
Died on August 12th:
- 1827
William Blake, English poet, painter (age 69) - 1891
James Russell Lowell, American poet, critic (age 72) - 1944
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant, pilot (age 29) - 1955
Thomas Mann, German author, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (age 80) - 1964
Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, author (age 56) - 1982
Henry Fonda, American actor, Oscar winner (age 77) - 1985
Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer (1963 intl. hit “Sukiyaki”), (age 43) - 1988
Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (age 27) - 1990
Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (age xx) - 2000
Loretta Young, American actress (age 87) - 2007
Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, producer (age 82) - 2009
Les Paul, American guitarist, songwriter (age 94) - 2014
Lauren Bacall, American actress (age 89) - 2015
Stephen Lewis, English actor, screenwriter (age 88) - 2021
Una Stubbs, English actress (age 86) - 2022
Anne Heche, American actress (age 53)
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