List of Famous people who born in 1912

Wilbur Stark was an American writer and film, television, and radio producer and director.

Mack David was an American lyricist and songwriter, best known for his work in film and television, with a career spanning the period between the early 1940s and the early 1970s. David was credited with writing lyrics or music or both for over one thousand songs. He was particularly well known for his work on the Disney films Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland, and for the mostly-English lyrics through which Édith Piaf's signature song "La Vie en rose" gained much of its familiarity among native speakers of English.

Helmut Roloff was a German pianist, recording artist and teacher. In September 1942 Roloff was arrested in Berlin in the roundup of an anti-Nazi resistance group allegedly at the centre of a wider European espionage network identified by the Abwehr under the cryptonym the Red Orchestra. Covered by comrades who persuaded their interrogators that his assistance had been unwitting, he was spared execution and released. In post-war West Berlin, Roloff taught at the Academy of Music. After serving as the school's director, he retired in 1978.

Raymond Burnier (1912-1968) was a Swiss photographer born in Lausanne.

David Raksin was an American composer who was noted for his work in film and television. With over 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music."

Sir John William Sutton Pringle was a British zoologist. His research interests were in insect physiology, especially proprioception, flight muscle, and cicada song.

Marcello Marchesi was an Italian author, screenwriter and film director. He wrote 64 films between 1939 and 1977. He also directed six films between 1951 and 1952. He was born in Milan and died in San Giovanni di Sinis, Cabras, Italy.