List of Famous people born on March 12nd

Antoine Rivalz was a French painter. Born in Toulouse, the son of Jean-Pierre Rivalz, Antoine became the town's official painter, and was a talented portraitist of the society of the city in the 18th century. He also produced a large number of drawings.

Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta-Aymí was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop.

Peter Wardell Hogg was a Canadian legal scholar and lawyer. He was best known as a leading authority on Canadian constitutional law, with the most academic citations in Supreme Court jurisprudence of any living scholar during his lifetime, according to Emmett Macfarlane of the University of Waterloo.

Sir Joseph Prestwich, FRS was a British geologist and businessman, known as an expert on the Tertiary Period and for having confirmed the findings of Boucher de Perthes of ancient flint tools in the Somme valley gravel beds.

Marcello Bartalini is an Italian cyclist. He won the gold medal in Men's team time trial in the 1984 Summer Olympics