List of Famous people born on September 12nd
Daniel Altmaier
Daniel Altmaier is a German tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 122, achieved in October 2020.
Joe Pantoliano
Joseph Peter Pantoliano is an American character actor who has appeared in over 150 film, television, and stage productions.
Dave Chisnall
Dave Chisnall is an English professional darts player from St Helens who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Championship in 2010. He switched to the PDC a year later. He has won 15 Pro Tour events. Since his switch to the PDC, Chisnall is probably best known for defeating Phil Taylor in the 2012 World Championship, for reaching the final of the 2013 World Grand Prix where he was beaten 6–0 by Taylor and for reaching the final of the 2014 Grand Slam of Darts, losing a much closer match 16–13, again to Phil Taylor. He hit his only televised nine-dart finish in the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts against Peter Wright. He has won 15 PDC ranking events. Chisnall's manager is Roger Schena, who often tours with him during tournaments.
Josh Hopkins
William Joshua Hopkins is an American actor. He has appeared in many TV series and films. He is the writer and performer of the song "Feigning Interest", a humorous music video about dating that became popular in 2007. In 2015, he starred in the ABC thriller Quantico as Liam O'Connor.
Steven Gardiner
Steven Gardiner is a Bahamian track and field sprinter competing in the 400 metres and 200 metres. He is the current Olympic and world champion in the 400 m, and also won the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in that event. His winning time of 43.48 s from the 2019 World Championships is the Bahamian record and makes him the sixth-fastest man in the history of the event. Gardiner also owns the Bahamian records in the 300 m and 200 m, with times of 31.83 s and 19.75 s respectively.
Ben Folds
Benjamin Scott Folds is an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer and record producer. Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five from 1993 to 2000, and again in the early 2010s during their reunion. Apart from the band, Folds has recorded several albums and performed live as a solo artist. He has also collaborated with musicians such as William Shatner, Regina Spektor, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and yMusic and undertaken experimental songwriting projects with authors such as Nick Hornby and Neil Gaiman. He has frequently performed arrangements of his music with uncommon instrumentation, including symphony orchestras and a cappella groups. In addition to contributing music to the soundtracks of the animated films Hoodwinked!, and Over the Hedge, Folds has produced several albums, including Amanda Palmer's first solo album.
E. Randol Schoenberg
Eric Randol Schoenberg is an American lawyer and genealogist, based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in legal cases related to the recovery of looted or stolen artworks, particularly those by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust.
Tarek Alarian
Tarek Alarian is a Palestinian-Egyptian film director. He is also credited as Tarek El'eryan and Tarek Eryan.
Rachel Ward
Rachel Claire Ward, is an English-born Australian actress, film director, television director, and screenwriter.
Josef Schmidt
Josef Schmidt is a New Zealand-born rugby union coach, who was the head coach of Ireland from 2013–2019. In six years under his leadership, Ireland won three Six Nations Championships, and recorded their first-ever wins over his home nation of New Zealand. Schmidt's first head coaching role in Europe was with Leinster Rugby, beginning in 2010. He brought unprecedented success to the province, reaching six finals and winning four trophies in three years. He was previously an assistant coach with the Blues and Clermont Auvergne.