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Actors Born on January 12

  • 1882 Milton Sills, American actor (The Sea Hawk), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1930)
  • 1884 (Mary Louise) "Texas" Guinan, American vaudeville singer, silent film actress, and speakeasy (saloon) proprietor, born in Waco, Texas (d. 1933)
  • 1902 Ray Teal, American actor (Judgment at Nuremberg, Bonanza), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1976)
  • 1905 Marie Paxton, British stage and screen actress (Ouanga; Kind Lady), born in London, England (d. 1992)
  • 1909 Mauritz Hugo, Swedish actor (Atomic Blonde, Death Valley Gunfighter), born in Ostergotland, Sweden (d. 1974)

Luise Rainer (1910-2014)

German-American actress and 1st actor to win multiple Academy Awards (The Great Ziegfeld 1936, The Good Earth 1937), born in Düsseldorf, Germany

  • 1910 Patsy Kelly, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1981)
  • 1916 House Peters Jr., American actor (King of the Rocket Man), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2008)
  • 1925 Bill Burrud, American television host (Safari to Adventure, Animal World), born in Hollywood, California (d. 1990)
  • 1925 Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor, American actress (Little House On The Prairie - "Harriet Oleson"), born in Glendale, California (d. 2018)
  • 1928 Lew Gallo, American character actor and screenwriter (Get Smart; Gunsmoke; 12 O'Clock High), born in Mount Kisco, New York (d. 2000)
  • 1928 Ruth Brown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 2006)
  • 1932 Des O'Connor, British television presenter, singer and comedian, born in Stepney, London (d. 2020)
  • 1933 Michael Aspel, English television presenter, born in Battersea, London
  • 1935 Ron Harper, American actor (Planet of the Apes (TV series); Wendy and Me), born in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania (d. 2024)
  • 1937 Marie Dubois, French actress (Wise Guys, Jules & Jim), born in Paris, France (d. 2014)
  • 1938 Lewis Fiander, Australian actor, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2016)
  • 1944 Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor, born in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
  • 1948 Anthony Andrews, English actor (Under the Volcano), born in London, England
  • 1949 Wayne Wang, American film director (Chan is Missing; Slam Dance), born in Hong Kong
  • 1951 Kirstie Alley, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Cheers - "Rebecca"; Look Who's Talking; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), born in Wichita, Kansas (d. 2022) [1]

Rush Limbaugh (1951-2021)

American conservative political talk radio personality, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Howard Stern (70 years old)

1954 American radio personality and "Radio's Bad Boy" (WKRK, WYSP, WJFK), born in Queens, New York

  • 1955 Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter, born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1957 John Lasseter, American animation director (Pixar), born in Hollywood, California
  • 1960 Oliver Platt, Canadian actor, born in Windsor, Canada
  • 1963 François Girard, French Canadian film director and screenwriter, born in Saint-Félicien, Quebec
  • 1963 Matt Malloy. American character actor (Tanner '88; Hitch; Morning Glory; Alpha House), born in Hamilton, New York
  • 1965 Rob Zombie [Cummings], American musician and filmmaker, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  • 1966 Olivier Martinez, French actor (The Horseman on the Roof), born in Paris, France
  • 1967 Farrah Forke, American actress (Dweebs; Mr Rhodes; Disclosure; Heat), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
  • 1967 Vendela Kirsebom, Norwegian-Swedish model (Sports Illustrated 1993), born in Stockholm, Sweden

Heather Mills (56 years old)

1968 English model, activist and writer (Out on a Limb), born in Aldershot, Hampshire

  • 1968 Rachael Harris, American actress, born in Worthington, Ohio
  • 1970 MiG [Miguel Ayesa], Filipino-Australian rock and theatrical singer and actor (We Will Rock You), born in Manila, Philippines
  • 1972 Jason Sklar, American twin comedian (Sklar Brothers), born in St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1972 Randy Sklar, American twin comedian (Sklar Brothers), born in St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1973 Greg Morton, American actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • 1973 Prashant Bhargava, American filmmaker (Patang: The Kite), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
  • 1976 Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
  • 1977 Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor, born in Manila, Philippines
  • 1978 Kim Sa Rang, Korean actress, born in Daegu, South Korea
  • 1984 Sam Richardson, American actor (Ted Lasso), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1985 Issa Rae, American actress, writer and producer (Insecure), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1985 Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress, born in Madrid, Spain
  • 1987 Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (Glee; Step Up: High Water), born in Santa Clarita, California (d. 2020)
  • 1987 Will Rothhaar, American actor, born in New York City
  • 1988 Andrew Lawrence, American actor (Brotherly Love, Recess), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1998 Nathan Gamble, American child actor, born in Tacoma, Washington