August 12

August 12

Born on This Day

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  • Famous People Born in 1971

  Pete Sampras

  Tennis Player / 1971 -

  Tennis player Pete Sampras is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. In 2002 he set the career mark for most Grand Slam victories with 14 titles.

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  Pete Sampras

  Born: August 12, 1971
  Age: 41 years old
  Birthplace: Potomac, Maryland, United States
  Occupation: Tennis Player
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  • TV Moms: 1950s
  • Famous Leos
  • Famous Actresses

  Jane Wyatt

  Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1910 - 2006

  Emmy-award winning actress Jane Wyatt is best known for her role as housewife and mother Margaret Anderson on the CBS television sitcom Father Knows Best.

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  Jane Wyatt

  1910 | 96 years old
  Theater Actress, Television Actress

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  • Honorary Oscar Recipients
  • Best Picture Oscar Winners

  Cecil B. DeMille

  Actor, Filmmaker, Screenwriter / 1881 - 1959

  Cecil B. DeMille was an actor, director and producer who became a giant of the 20th century film industry, known for epics like The Ten Commandments.

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  Cecil B. DeMille

  1881 | 77 years old
  Actor, Filmmaker, Screenwriter

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  • Primetime Soap Stars
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  George Hamilton

  Film Actor, Television Actor, Entrepreneur, Talk Show Host / 1939 -

  Actor George Hamilton has appeared in more than 80 movies and television shows during his career, including the film Light in the Piazza in 1962.

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  George Hamilton

  Born: August 12, 1939
  Age: 73 years old
  Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
  Occupation: Film Actor, Television Actor, ...
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  • Ocean's Eleven Members
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  Casey Affleck

  Animal Rights Activist, Film Actor / 1975 -

  Casey Affleck is best known as an actor in films including Gone Baby Gone, and as the brother of actor Ben Affleck.

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  Casey Affleck

  1975 | 37 years old
  Animal Rights Activist, Film Actor

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  • Famous Black Athletes
  • Famous Leos

  Lynette Woodard

  Basketball Player / 1959 -

  Lynette Woodard is a professional basketball player who made history in 1985 when she became first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters.

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  Lynette Woodard

  1959 | 53 years old
  Basketball Player

August 12

Died on This Day

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  • The 27 Club
  • Famous Hispanic Artists
  • Famous Black Artists

  Jean-Michel Basquiat

  Painter / 1960 - 1988

  Jean-Michel Basquiat was a Neo-Expressionist painter in the 1980s. He is best known for his primitive style and his collaboration with pop artist Andy Warhol.

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  Jean-Michel Basquiat

  Died: August 12, 1988
  Age: 27 years old
  Place: New York, New York , United States
  Occupation: Painter
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  • Celebrity Enlistees
  • Best Actor Oscar Winners

  Henry Fonda

  Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1905 - 1982

  Henry Fonda was an award-winning American actor best known for him film roles in The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and On Golden Pond (1981).

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  Henry Fonda

  1982 | 77 years old
  Film Actor, Theater Actor, ...

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  • Famous Film Actors

  Merv Griffin

  Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Entrepreneur, Singer, Talk Show Host, Television Producer / 1925 - 2007

  Merv Griffin was an American television host, singer and business magnate. He created the game shows Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune and Click.

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  Merv Griffin

  2007 | 82 years old
  Film Actor, Theater Actor, ...

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  • Famous People Named Ian
  • Famous Fiction Authors

  Ian Fleming

  Author / 1908 - 1964

  Ian Fleming is a 20th-century novelist known for inventing popular spy character James Bond.

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  Ian Fleming

  Died: August 12, 1964
  Age: 56 years old
  Place: Canterbury, Kent , England
  Occupation: Author
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  • Famous People Named William

  William Blake

  Artist, Poet / 1757 - 1827

  William Blake was a 19th century writer and artist who is regarded as a seminal figure of the Romantic Age. His writings have influenced countless writers and artists through the ages, and he has been deemed both a major poet and an original thinker.

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  William Blake

  1827 | 69 years old
  Artist, Poet

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  • Famous Irish People

  Arthur Griffith

  Political Leader / 1871 - 1922

  Journalist Arthur Griffith was a founder of the Irish nationalist movement (Sinn Féin) and briefly served as President of the Irish Republic in 1922.

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  Arthur Griffith

  1922 | 51 years old
  Political Leader