List of Famous people who born in 1912

Edward Harold Gwynn

First Name Edward
Last Name Gwynn
Born on August 23, 1912 (age 113)
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Jonkheer Everard Willem Jacob van Weede

First Name Jonkheer
Born on July 14, 1912
Died on March 30, 2000 (aged 87)
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Gershom Schocken

First Name Gershom
Born on September 29, 1912
Died on December 20, 1990 (aged 78)
Born in Germany, Saxony

Gershom Gustav Schocken was an Israeli journalist and politician who was editor of Haaretz for more than 50 years and a member of the Knesset for the Progressive Party between 1955 and 1959.

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Amelia Rolph Hargreaves

First Name Amelia
Last Name Hargreaves
Born on June 20, 1912
Died on September 30, 1991 (aged 79)
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Phoebe Margaret Dorothy Phillimore

First Name Phoebe
Born on February 29, 1912 (age 114)
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Raymonde Allain

Raymonde Jeanne Simone Allain
First Name Raymonde
Last Name Allain
Born on June 22, 1912
Died on July 27, 2008 (aged 96)

Raymonde Allain was a French model and actress. She was Miss France in 1928. Her participation in the Miss Universe contest drew international media attention, and her controversial loss to American Ella Van Hueson prompted critical dispute over what counted as "real beauty". Allain later wrote an autobiography titled Histoire vraie d'un prix de beauté.

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Lady Margaret Edgcumbe

First Name Lady
Last Name Edgcumbe
Born on March 21, 1912
Died on March 31, 1988 (aged 76)
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Antony Legard

First Name Antony
Last Name Legard
Born on January 17, 1912
Died on August 22, 2004 (aged 92)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Major Antony Ronald Legard, nicknamed Loopy, was an Indian-born English first-class cricketer who played 36 matches, mostly for Oxford University, in the 1930s. He also played twice for Free Foresters and had one match each for Worcestershire, the Europeans in India and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

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Edward Short, Baron Glenamara

First Name Edward
Last Name Glenamara
Born on December 17, 1912
Died on May 4, 2012 (aged 99)

Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara,, often known as Ted Short, was a British Labour politician and deputy leader of the Labour Party. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and served as a minister during the Labour governments under Harold Wilson, before being appointed to the House of Lords shortly after James Callaghan became Prime Minister.

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Kenelm Hubert Digby

First Name Kenelm
Born on March 10, 1912
Died on August 5, 2001 (aged 89)

Kenelm Hubert Digby MBE was the proposer of the controversial 1933 "King and Country" debate in the Oxford Union who later became the Attorney General and a judge in Sarawak.

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