List of Famous people born on February 12nd
Jindřich Šolc
Aleksandr Rumyantsev
Alexander Rumyantsev is a world-known pediatric hematologist, professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and a deputy of the 8th State Duma. In 1984, he was granted a Doctor of Sciences in Medicine degree.
Edward L. Cahn
Edward L. Cahn was an American film director.
Anne Ward
Charles Stanislaus Maxwell-Stuart
Walter Beaumont
Jakob Ammann
Jakob Ammann was an Anabaptist leader and namesake of the Amish religious movement.
William Annesley
Ivan Starov
Ivan Yegorovich Starov was a Russian architect from St. Petersburg who devised the master plans for Yaroslavl, Voronezh, Pskov, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, and many other towns in Russia and Ukraine. His radial urban master plan for Yaroslavl (1778), cleverly highlighting dozens historic churches and towers, is recognized as one of the World Heritage Sites.
Brian Desmond Hurst
Brian Desmond Hurst was a Belfast-born film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst was Ireland's most prolific film director during the 20th century, and hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director. He is perhaps best known for the 1951 A Christmas Carol adaptation Scrooge.