List of Famous people born on February 12nd

Gilbert Grandval was a French Resistance activist who went on to become the military governor of the Saar Protectorate in 1945. He remained in post for a decade, although the nature of the job evolved and there were changes of title in 1948 and again in 1952 when he became, formally, the French ambassador to the Saarland. Subsequently, he became a government minister during the early years of the Fifth Republic.

Mel Powell was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, and the founding dean of the music department at the California Institute of the Arts. He served as a music educator for over 40 years, first at Mannes College of Music and Queens College, then Yale University, and finally at CalArts. During his early career he worked as a jazz pianist.

André Gabriel Edmée Pirro was a French musicologist and an organist.

Tony Sucipto is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a left-back or a central defender.