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Brooklyn Danielle Decker is an American model and actress, perhaps best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, including the cover of the 2010 issue.
Famous Birthdays on April 12
1987 — Brooklyn Decker
American model and actress
April 12 has 255 recorded notable births across history, from 811 to 1996. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on April 12
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- 2026 The Tisza Party, led by Péter Magyar wins the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election, defeating Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party, which had ruled the country for 16 years, marking the first change in government in Hungary for over a decade. Source
- 1983 Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago. Source
- 1981 The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission. Source
- 1961 Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1. Source
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Andy Garcia first rose to prominence acting in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) followed by roles in Stand and Deliver (1988), Black Rain (1989) and Internal Affairs (1990).
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Vince Gill played in a number of local bluegrass bands in the 1970s, and from 1978 to 1982, he achieved his first mainstream attention after taking over as lead singer of the soft rock band Pure Prairie League.
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However, he was dogged by allegations of cheating, including the 1994 "Launch Control" controversy and the 2007 "Spygate" affair, although in both cases his teams escaped penalties.
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(1969), which was the first of four films he would do with director Russ Meyer.
More major people born on April 12
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1956
Andy Garcia
Cuban-American actor, director, and producer
Andrés Arturo García Menéndez is an American actor, director, producer, and musician.
1957
Vince Gill
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Vincent Grant Gill is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.
1950
Flavio Briatore
Italian businessman
Flavio Briatore is an Italian businessman, who serves as executive adviser and de facto team principal of Alpine in Formula One.
1936
Charles Napier
American actor (died 2011)
Charles Lewis Napier was an American actor who was known for playing supporting and occasional leading roles in television and films.
1988
Jessie James Decker
American singer-songwriter
Jessica Rose James Decker is an American country pop singer. At age 15, after auditioning for and being rejected by most of the country labels in Nashville, Tennessee, Decker began working with Carla Wallace of Big…
1869
Henri Désiré Landru
French serial killer (died 1922)
Henri Désiré Landru was a French serial killer, nicknamed the Bluebeard of Gambais and a prolific marriage fraudster.
1948
Joschka Fischer
German academic and politician
Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer is a German former politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party.
1874
William B. Bankhead
American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1940)
William Brockman Bankhead was an American politician who served as the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940, representing Alabama's 10th and later 7th congressional districts as a…
1968
Toby Gad
German songwriter and producer
Tobias Gad is a German music producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles.
1913
Keiko Fukuda
Japanese-American martial artist (died 2013)
Keiko Fukuda was a Japanese-American martial artist. She was the highest-ranked female judoka in history, holding the rank of 9th dan from the Kodokan (2006), and 10th dan from USA Judo and from the United States Judo…
1925
Ned Miller
American country music singer and songwriter (died 2016)
Henry Ned Miller was an American country music singer-songwriter.
1777
Henry Clay
American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (died 1852)
Henry Clay was an American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat who represented Kentucky in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
1946
George Robertson
Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Scottish politician and diplomat, 10th Secretary General of NATO
George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen is a British politician who served as the 10th secretary general of NATO from 1999 to 2003.
1930
Manuel Neri
American sculptor and painter (died 2021)
Manuel John Neri Jr. was an American sculptor who is recognized for his life-size figurative sculptures in plaster, bronze, and marble.
1974
Roman Hamrlík
Czech ice hockey player
Roman Hamrlík is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL).
811
Muhammad al-Jawad
the ninth Imam of Shia Islam (died 835)
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the ninth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Rida. He is known by the epithets al-Jawād and al-Taqī.
1898
Lily Pons
French-American soprano and actress (died 1976)
Alice Joséphine Pons, known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic lyric coloratura soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s.
1979
Jennifer Morrison
American actress
Jennifer Marie Morrison is an American actress and director. She played the roles of Dr.
1801
Joseph Lanner
Austrian composer and conductor (died 1843)
Joseph Lanner was an Austrian dance music composer and dance orchestra conductor.