List of Famous people born on September 12nd

Laine Hardy is an American singer from Livingston, Louisiana and the season 17 winner of American Idol.

Lawrence Collier Jr. is an American football defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL).

Holger Geschwindner is a German former professional basketball player. He is known as the long-time coach and mentor of ex-Dallas Mavericks player Dirk Nowitzki. Geschwindner first met Nowitzki when the future basketball superstar was 16 years old.

Paul Gregory Green is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who last coached the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.

Jorge Lanata is an Argentine journalist and writer. He founded the Argentine newspapers Página/12 and Crítica de la Argentina.

Michel Qissi is a Moroccan-Belgian actor, best known for his role as Tong Po in the 1989 martial arts film Kickboxer.

Cristian Ezequiel Ferreira is an Argentine professional footballer who plays in midfield for River Plate.

Marie Josephine Marguerite Blais is a Canadian politician, journalist, radio host and television host from Quebec. She is currently a Coalition Avenir Québec Member of the National Assembly of Québec and is the current Minister Responsible for Seniors and Informal Caregivers and Member of the Comité ministériel des services aux citoyens since October 2018. She was a Liberal Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the electoral division of Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne in Montreal from 2007 to 2015, and served as the Minister responsible for Seniors, vice-chair of the Comité ministériel du développement social, éducatif et culturel and member of the Conseil du trésor.

Ernest Maurice Vandeweghe Jr. was an American professional basketball player. He was best known for playing for the New York Knicks of the NBA and for the athletic successes of his family. He and his wife Colleen Kay Hutchins were the parents of former NBA All-Star Kiki VanDeWeghe and Olympic swimmer Tauna Vandeweghe, and grandparents of tennis professional Coco Vandeweghe.

Gampalage Shehan Naveendra De Fonseka Gunawarna Jayasuriya, or commonly Shehan Jayasuriya, is a former professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who played for Chilaw Marians in Sri Lankan domestic cricket. He is a quick-scoring left-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He was born in Colombo, and attended Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa. He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 8 January 2021 because of him moving to United States with his family. He said he intends to play for the United States national cricket team as well as open his own Adult Book Store.