List of Famous people born on January 12nd

Miyu Takeuchi is a Japanese singer based in South Korea. She is a former member of AKB48.

Jakob Hoff Oftebro is a Norwegian actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2004 including Hamilton and Kon-Tiki, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards.

Nozomi Furuki is a Japanese voice actress from Gotō Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture. She is a member of the idol voice acting unit One Little Kiss. She is affiliated with Mausu Promotion.

Christoph Stephan is a former German biathlete. In 2008, he won his first single World Cup Race.

Emanuele Pirro is an Italian racing driver who has raced in Formula One, touring cars and in endurance races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans which he has won a total of five times. Two times Italian Karting Champion, Formula Fiat Abarth Champion (1980), two times Italian Touring Car Champion, two times Italian Overall Champion, German Touring Car Champion (1996), he also achieved records in endurance racing that place him amongst the best in the discipline, including; five wins in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, two times ALMS Champion, two times winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring, three times winner of Petit Le Mans, winner of the 24 Hours Nürburgring (1989), two times winner of the Macau Guia Race and two times winner of the Goodwood RAC Historic TT. He has taken part in over 500 official national and international races.

Viktoria Valentinovna Postnikova is a Russian pianist.

Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien, OC, is a Canadian media proprietor, who was chairman and CEO of Telemedia. He founded the company in 1968, and went on to acquire a number of radio stations in Quebec and Ontario, and launched magazines such as Canadian Living, Harrowsmith and the Canadian editions of ELLE and TV Guide. In 1990, together with his wife Nan-b de Gaspé Beaubien, he launched The Business Families Foundation (BFF), a non-profit charitable organization established in Canada to help business families in Canada and abroad.

Blixa Bargeld is a German musician who has been a member of the groups Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and ANBB.

Rosario "Sal" Gambino is an Italian mobster in the Gambino crime family. He became nationally known when he and his brothers set up a multimillion dollar heroin cartel during the 1970s and 1980s. At the turn of the century he made headline news again when members of his family were suspected of trying to get him a presidential pardon through bribery.

Masakatsu Sawa is a Japanese nationalized Peruvian football player. He plays for Deportivo Municipal. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder.