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Naya Rivera began her career as a child actress and model, first appearing in national television commercials.
Famous Birthdays on January 12
1987 — Naya Rivera
American actress and singer (died 2020)
January 12 has 250 recorded notable births across history, from 1483 to 2012. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on January 12
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- 1911 The University of the Philippines College of Law is established. Source
- 1932 Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate. Source
- 1962 Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission and first American helicopter assault in the war, takes place. Source
- 2012 Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers. Source
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Wilkins is the leader in most years with the Hawks, 12 seasons, the most games played in Hawks franchise history, with 882, the most minutes played with 32,545, the most career points with 23,292, and the most points per game, with 26.
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(1988) and Joyride (1991), and topped the charts in the US four times, most notably with "It Must Have Been Love" which was featured in the film Pretty Woman.
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Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir twice from November 2002 to November 2005 and from March 2015 until his death on January 7, 2016.
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MacIntyre's After Virtue (1981) is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century.
More major people born on January 12
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1960
Dominique Wilkins
French-American basketball player
Jacques Dominique Wilkins is an American former professional basketball player who primarily played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1959
Per Gessle
Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Per Håkan Gessle is a Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist.
1936
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (died 2016)
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir twice from November 2002 to November 2005 and from March 2015 until his death on January 7, 2016.
1929
Alasdair MacIntyre
Scottish-American philosopher and academic (died 2025)
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre was a Scottish-American philosopher who contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology.
1968
Farrah Forke
American actress (died 2022)
Farrah Rachael Forke was an American actress best known for her roles as Alex Lambert on the NBC sitcom Wings and Mayson Drake on Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
1591
Jusepe de Ribera
Spanish painter (died 1652)
Jusepe de Ribera was a Spanish painter and printmaker. Ribera, Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and the singular Diego Velázquez, are regarded as the major artists of Spanish Baroque painting.
1973
Hande Yener
Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Makbule Hande Özyener, known professionally as Hande Yener, is a Turkish singer and songwriter.
1963
Nando Reis
Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Nando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and one of the lead singers of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Nando Reis & Os…
1955
Arif Yunusov
Azerbaijani author, historian, and human rights activist.
Arif Seyfulla oghlu Yunusov,, also known as Arif Yunus, is an Azerbaijani author, historian, and human rights activist.
1981
Niklas Kronwall
Swedish ice hockey player
Hans Niklas Kronwall is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman, who currently serves as an advisor to the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings.
1950
Bob McEwen
American businessman and politician
Robert D. McEwen is an American lobbyist and former Republican Party politician.
1729
Edmund Burke
Irish philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1797)
Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher, and politician who is widely credited as the founder of the cultural and political philosophy of conservatism.
1941
Long John Baldry
English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (died 2005)
John William "Long John" Baldry was a British and Canadian musician and actor.
1974
Melanie C
English singer-songwriter and actress
Melanie Jayne Chisholm, commonly known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Sporty Spice.
1978
Jeremy Camp
American singer-songwriter and musician
Jeremy Thomas Camp is an American contemporary Christian singer and songwriter from Lafayette, Indiana. He has released eleven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold, and two live albums.
1979
Marián Hossa
Slovak ice hockey player
Marián Hossa is a Slovak former professional ice hockey right winger. Hossa was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the first round, 12th overall, of the 1997 NHL entry draft.
1999
Xavier Tillman
American basketball player
Xavier Justis Tillman Sr. nicknamed “The Till”, is an American professional basketball player for Trabzonspor of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the FIBA Champions League.
1941
Chet Jastremski
American swimmer and physician (died 2014)
Chester Andrew Jastremski was an American competition swimmer, who competed for Indiana University, and was both a 1964 Olympic bronze medalist in breaststroke and an American and world record-holder.
1988
Claude Giroux
Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Giroux is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward and alternate captain for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).