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Chris Sanders created the popular Disney character Stitch in 1985, wrote the story of Lilo & Stitch, and has voiced Stitch in most of his media appearances.
Famous Birthdays on March 12
1962 — Chris Sanders
American illustrator and voice actor
March 12 has 291 recorded notable births across history, from 1270 to 2008. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on March 12
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- 1940 Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Source
- 1967 Suharto takes power from Sukarno when the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly inaugurate him as Acting President of Indonesia. Source
- 2004 President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly, the first such impeachment in the nation's history. Source
- 1933 Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats". Source
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A member of the Democratic Party, Young later became active in politics, serving as a U.
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Jane Means Pierce was the first lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857, being married to Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States.
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66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Garage 66, and the No.
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Burns was declared incapacitated in October 1973 and was elected in 1974, becoming the first Asian-American to be elected governor of a U.
More major people born on March 12
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1932
Andrew Young
American pastor, civil rights movement activist, politician, and 14th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist.
1806
Jane Pierce
American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States (died 1863)
Jane Means Pierce was the first lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857, being married to Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States.
1978
Casey Mears
American race car driver
Casey James Mears is an American professional off-road and stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Garage 66, and the No.
1926
George Ariyoshi
American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii (died 2026)
George Ryoichi Ariyoshi was an American lawyer and politician who served as the third governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986.
1930
Vern Law
American baseball player and manager
Vernon Sanders Law is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played in 1950–51 and 1954–67.
1626
John Aubrey
English historian and philosopher (died 1697)
John Aubrey was an English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer.
1868
Mary Karadja
Swedish writer, spiritualist and princess (died 1943)
Marie Louise "Mary" Karadja was a Swedish writer, spiritual medium and aristocrat, a central figure in Western esotericism during the Belle Époque.
1979
Jamie Dwyer
Australian field hockey player and coach
Jamie Dwyer is an Australian field hockey player. He currently plays for YMCC Coastal City Hockey Club in the Melville Toyota League in Perth, Western Australia.
1956
Dale Murphy
American baseball player
Dale Bryan Murphy is an American former outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for three National League (NL) teams, mainly the Atlanta Braves, from 1976 to 1993.
1923
Wally Schirra
American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2007)
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. was an American naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut.
1898
Tian Han
Chinese playwright (died 1968)
Tian Han, formerly romanized as T'ien Han, was a Chinese drama activist, playwright, a leader of revolutionary music and films, as well as a translator and poet.
1795
William Lyon Mackenzie
Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto (died 1861)
William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish-born Canadian-American journalist and politician. He founded newspapers critical of the Family Compact, a term used to identify the establishment of Upper Canada.
1863
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist and chemist (died 1945)
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky, known in Ukraine as Volodymyr Ivanovych Vernadsky, was a Russian, Ukrainian, and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist who is considered one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry,…
1970
Dave Eggers
American author and screenwriter
Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. His 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
1964
Umirzak Shukeyev
Kazakh chairman of Samruk-Kazyna
Umirzak Shukeyev is a Kazakh politician who's serving as the akim of Turkistan Region since 2019.
1710
Thomas Arne
English composer (died 1778)
Thomas Augustine Arne was an English composer of the late Baroque and early Classical periods.
1990
Dont'a Hightower
American football coach and former player
Qualin Dont'a Hightower is an American football coach and former linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons with the New England Patriots.
1971
Raúl Mondesí
Dominican baseball player and politician
Raúl Ramón Mondesí Avelino is a Dominican former politician and baseball player.
1685
George Berkeley
Irish bishop and philosopher (died 1753)
George Berkeley, known as Bishop Berkeley, was an Anglo-Irish philosopher, writer, and clergyman who is regarded as the founder of immaterialism, a philosophical theory he developed which later came to be known as…