List of Famous people born on March 12nd

Walter Grimshaw was a 19th-century British composer of chess problems. In 1854 he won the first ever chess problem composition tourney in London. He is perhaps best known for giving his name to the Grimshaw, a popular problem theme.

Hacène Lalmas was an Algerian footballer. He played as a midfielder and was nicknamed El Kebch . He scored 131 goals in Algerian championship (record).

Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Вави́лов was a Soviet physicist, the President of the USSR Academy of Sciences from July 1945 until his death. His elder brother Nikolai Vavilov was a famous Russian geneticist.

Chiwa Saitō is a Japanese voice actress represented by I'm Enterprise. She is best known for her anime roles, which include Hitagi Senjougahara in Monogatari, Homura Akemi in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Yona in Akatsuki no Yona, Chloe von Eizenbern in Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, and Aoi Asahina in the Danganronpa video games and anime.

Jean-Claude Mailly is a French former trade union leader.

Dieter Eckstein is a retired German football player.

Anne Hyde was Duchess of York and Albany as the first wife of James, Duke of York.

Yakov Grigoryevich Blumkin was a Left Socialist-Revolutionary, a Bolshevik and an agent of the Cheka and the State Political Directorate (GPU).

Ala Gertner, referred to in other sources as Alla, Alina, Ella, and Ela Gertner, was one of four women hanged in the Auschwitz concentration camp for her role in the Sonderkommando revolt of October 7, 1944.

Yoshiaki Fujioka is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who is currently a pitching coach for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and BayStars.