List of Famous people born on March 12nd

Richard Jon Eckersley is an English former professional footballer who played as a full-back.

Charles Phillip Thompson was an American swing and bebop pianist, organist, composer, and arranger.

Martin Schoeller is a New York-based photographer whose style of "hyper-detailed close ups" is distinguished by similar treatment of all subjects whether they are celebrities or unknown. His most recognizable work are his portraits, shot with similar lighting, backdrop, and tone. His work appears in "National Geographic Magazine", The New Yorker, "New York Times Magazine", Time, GQ, and Vogue. He has been a staff photographer at The New Yorker since 1999.

Sir August Friedrich Manns was a German-born British conductor who made his career in England. After serving as a military bandmaster in Germany, he moved to England and soon became director of music at London's Crystal Palace. He increased the resident band to full symphonic strength and for more than forty years conducted concerts at popular prices. He introduced a wide range of music to London, including many works by young British composers, as well as works by German masters hitherto neglected in England. Among his British protégés were Arthur Sullivan, Charles Villiers Stanford, Hubert Parry, Hamish MacCunn, Edward Elgar and Edward German.

Ilan Goldfajn is an Israeli-born Brazilian economist and former President of the Central Bank of Brazil.

Kenjirō Azuma was a Japanese-born sculptor, painter and teacher.

Joaquim Carvalho Cruz is a former Brazilian middle-distance runner, winner of the 800 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is one of only five men to run the 800 metres in less than 1 minute, 42 seconds.

Didier Flamand is a French actor and theatre director. He has appeared in more than 150 films and television shows since 1973. He starred in Raúl Ruiz's 1978 film The Suspended Vocation.

Julien Courbey is a French actor.

Erwin Planck was a German politician, and a resistance fighter against the Nazi regime.