List of Famous people born on September 12nd
Dawn Foster
Dawn Hayley Foster was a British journalist, broadcaster, and author. She was a staff writer for Jacobin magazine. She also contributed to the London Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, The Independent, The Nation, Tribune, The Guardian, and Dissent in the United States.
Nicolás Orsini
Nicolas Orsini is an Argentine football player playing as striker at Boca Juniors.
Mahmood
Alessandro Mahmoud, known professionally as Mahmood, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He first came to prominence after competing in the sixth season of the Italian version of The X Factor. In 2019, he won the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Soldi", and went on to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, finishing in 2nd place. His debut album, Gioventù bruciata, was released in February 2019 and debuted at number one on the Italian albums chart.
Sergey Melikov
Sergey Alimovich Melikov, is a Russian statesman and military leader, who is currently the acting Head of the Republic of Dagestan from 5 October 2020.
Malu Mader
Maria de Lourdes da Silveira "Malu" Mäder is a Brazilian actress.
Max Evans
Maxwell "Max" Brian Evans is a rugby union player who has won 44 caps for Scotland. He plays at centre and wing, and is currently without a club after being released by Castres at the end of the 2015 season.
Simon Kimbangu
Simon Kimbangu was a Congolese religious leader who founded the Christian new religious movement Kimbanguism. Kimbanguists consider him to be an incarnation of the Holy Spirit.
Jocelyne Béroard
Jocelyne Béroard is a Martinican singer and songwriter. She is one of the lead singers of the Zouk band Kassav'. As a solo artist, she helped create zouk, a music genre started by Kassav'. The main members are from Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Kani Kusruti
Kani Kusruti is an Indian actress and model. She first gained recognition in 2009 with the film Kerala Cafe, where her performance was critically acclaimed. Kani won the Best Actress at Kerala State Film Awards in 2020 & the BRICS Best Actress Award at the Moscow International Film Festival for her performance of Khadeeja in the film Biriyaani.
Tarana Burke
Tarana Burke is an American activist from The Bronx, New York who started the Me Too movement. In 2006, Burke began using metoo to help other women with similar experiences to stand up for themselves. Over a decade later, in 2017 #MeToo became a viral hashtag appropriated by Alyssa Milano when women began using it to tweet about the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations. The phrase and hashtag quickly developed into a broad-based, and eventually international movement.