October 12th Birthdays
If you were born on October 12th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Sam Moore is 87 (nee Samuel David Hicks)
Grammy Award-winning American gospel, soul & R&B singer with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame duo Sam & Dave (Soul Man; Hold On, I’m Comin’; When Something is Wrong With My Baby; I Thank You; You Got Me Hummin; Soothe Me; Think), born October 12, 1935. (Sam Moore 1967 Photo: Stax)
Susan Anton is 72 (married Jeff Lester)
American former beauty pageant contestant (Miss California 1969), model, singer (Killin’ Time), and actress of stage, TV (Baywatch; Mel & Susan Together) and movies (Golden Girl; Spring Fever; Cannonball Run II), born October 12, 1950. (Susan Anton Photo: Used by permission of Susan Anton)
Jane Siberry is 67 (nee Jane Stewart; aka Issa)
Canadian musician, songwriter and & singer (Calling All Angels; Map of the World; One More Colour; Sail Across the Water; Mimi on the Beach; It Can’t Rain All the Time; Love is Everything), and record producer (Sheeba Records), born October 12, 1955. (Jane Siberry 2007 Photo: JaneSiberry.com)
Hugh Jackman is 54 (married Deborra-Lee Furness)
Tony & Emmy Award-winning Australian singer & actor of stage, TV and movies (Kate & Leopold; X-Men films; Prisoners; Australia; Les Misérables; Van Helsing; Someone Like You…; The Prestige; Eddie the Eagle; Wolverine; Logan), born October 12, 1968. (Hugh Jackman 2011 Photo: Paul Cush)
Kirk Cameron is 52 (married Chelsea Noble)
American actor of television (Mike Seaver on Growing Pains; Kirk; Bret Maverick) and films (The Best of Times; Like Father Like Son; Listen to Me; The Willies; Left Behind movies; Fireproof; Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas; Extraordinary), born October 12, 1970. (Kirk Cameron 1989 Photo: Alan Light)
(Adam Rich 1977: ABC | Sam Moore 1967: Stax)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on October 12th!
Remember These October 12th Famous Birthdays
Adam Rich
American child model & actor of television commercials & series (Nicholas Bradford on Eight is Enough; Presto the Magician on Dungeons & Dragons; Code Red; Fantasy Island; CHiPs; Small Wonder) and movies (The Devil and Max Devlin; Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star) (born Oct. 12, 1968 – died Jan. 7, 2023; age 54). (Adam Rich 1977 Photo: ABC)
Cuban-American character & voice over actress of stage, TV (The Secret Storm; Dora the Explorer; Happy!; All My Children), and movies (Hair; Coogan’s Bluff; Klute; The Lords of Flatbush; The Money; King of the Gypsies; Wise Guys; Kiss Me, Guido; Only You) (born Oct. 12, 1927 – died Feb. 21, 2019; age 92). Antonia Rey died of natural causes. (Antonia Rey 1980 The Changeling)
Luciano Pavarotti
Italian tenor opera singer (Tosca; Nessun dorma; La bohème, Madama Butterfly; Rigoletto; Aida; Miss Sarajevo), member of The Three Tenors with Plácido Domingo and José Carreras (O sole mio), and actor (Yes, Giorgio) (born Oct. 12, 1935 – died Sept. 6, 2007; age 71). Luciano Pavarotti died of pancreatic cancer. (Luciano Pavarotti 1999 Photo: Dan Perry)
Dick Gregory (nee Richard Claxton Gregory)
American civil rights and peace activist, author (nigger; Write Me In), ERA & feminist supporter, stand-up comedian, recording artist (You Don’t Know Dick; My Brother’s Keeper), and actor (Panther) (born Oct. 12, 1932 – died Aug. 19, 2017; age 84). Dick Gregory died of heart failure. (Dick Gregory 1964 Photo: Herman Hiller / New York World Telegram & Sun)
Karl Dane (nee Rasmus Karl Therkelson Gottlieb)
Danish-American comedian, silent film star (The Big Parade; The Son of the Sheik; Rookies; Bardelys the Magnificent; Baby Mine; All at Sea; Alias Jimmy Valentine; The Scarlet Letter; La Boheme) & actor of early sound movies (The Trail of ’98; Billy the Kid; Navy Blues; The Red Mill) (born Oct. 12, 1886 – died Apr. 14, 1934; age 47). Karl Dane died by suicide (gunshot). (Karl Dane 1926)
William Steinkraus (aka Bill Steinkraus)
WWII American Calvary Regiment vet, winner of 4 Olympic show jumping medals (1968 Mexico City individual gold; 1960 Rome & 1972 Munich team silver; 1952 Helsinki team bronze), and author (Riding and Jumping) (born Oct. 12, 1925 – died Nov. 29, 2017; age 92). Cause of death for William Steinkraus is unknown. (William Steinkraus 1964 Photo: Universal Pictorial)
Arthur Space (nee Charles Arthur Space)
American actor of TV (Herbert Brown on National Velvet; Doc on Lassie; Zorro; Perry Mason; Wagon Train) & films (The Big Noise; The Invisible Wall; Rustler’s of Devil’s Canyon; The Crimson Key; The Spirit of St. Louis; The Red House; Terror at Red Wolf Inn; Fargo; Black Beauty) (born Oct. 12, 1908 – died Jan. 13, 1983; age 74). Arthur Space died of cancer. (Arthur Space 1960 Bonanza)
Kenneth Griffith (nee Kenneth Reginald Griffiths)
Welsh filmmaker, actor of TV and movies (The Starfish; Snowball; Young, Willing and Eager; Murder Can Be Deadly; High Treason; The Prisoner; Lucky Jim; Terror Street; Chain of Events; Only Two Can Play; The Sea Wolves) (born Oct. 12, 1921 – died June 25, 2006; age 84). Kenneth Griffith had Alzheimer’s disease before he died. (Kenneth Griffith 1967 The Bobo Trailer)
Jonathan Crombie (son of David Crombie)
Canadian voice over artist (The Secret World of Benjamin Bear), screenwriter, comedian & actor of stage, TV (Gilbert Blythe on Anne of Green Gables & sequels; Mount Royal; Power Play) and films (Bullies; Cafe Romeo; A Judgment in Stone; Cottage Country) (born Oct. 12, 1966 – died Apr. 15, 2015; age 48). Jonathan Crombie died of a brain hemorrhage.
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