List of Famous people born on February 12nd

Dennis Parnell Sullivan is an American mathematician. He is known for work in topology, both algebraic and geometric, and on dynamical systems. He holds the Albert Einstein Chair at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and is a professor at Stony Brook University.

Jorge Máximo Arturo Pacheco Matte is a Chilean economist and politician. He served as minister of Michelle Bachelet's second government (2014−2018), specifically in Energy.

Joseph Francis Biroc, ASC was an American cinematographer. He was born in New York City and began working in films at the Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. After working there for approximately six years, he moved to Los Angeles. Once in Southern California, Biroc worked at the RKO Pictures movie studio. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and filmed the Liberation of Paris in August 1944. In 1950, Biroc left RKO Pictures and freelanced on projects at various studios. In addition to his film work, which included It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), Biroc worked on various television series, including the Adventures of Superman and Wonder Woman. He frequently collaborated with film director Robert Aldrich.

Karl A. Lamers is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the German Parliament from 1994 until 2021. From 2010 to 2012 he was the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

Richard Lynch was an American actor best known for portraying villains in films and television.

Bill Laswell is an American electric bassist, record producer/remix artist. He has been one of the most prolific and restlessly creative forces in contemporary music. Two time Grammy award winner with multiple nominations, a sound conceptualist who has always been a step ahead of the curve, has put his inimitable stamp on over 3,000 recording projects and thousands of live performances with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, world music, jazz, dub, ambient and many other styles.