List of Famous people who born in 1912

Kenyon Hopkins was an American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom. He was once called "one of jazz's great composers and arrangers."

Nicolas Schöffer was a Hungarian-born French cybernetic artist.

Freddie Steele was a boxer and film actor born Frederick Earle Burgett in Seattle, Washington. He was recognized as the National Boxing Association (NBA) Middleweight Champion of the World between 1936 and 1938. Steele was nicknamed "The Tacoma Assassin" and was trained by Jack Connor, Johnny Babnick, and Ray Arcel, while in New York. His managers included George McAllister, Dave Miller, Eddie Miller, and Pete Reilly. He appeared as an actor in a number of Hollywood films in the 1940s, including Preston Sturges's Hail the Conquering Hero.

Giulio Onesti was an Italian sports director, that was president of the Italian National Olympic Committee for 32 years, from 1946 to 1978.

William Vacchiano was a trumpeter and trumpet instructor.

Antonio Mistrorigo was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. At the time of his death, he was the oldest Italian bishop as well as one of the oldest Catholic bishops.

Don Towsley was an animator working at Walt Disney Animation Studios, and later at MGM and Filmation.