Birthday twins
November 12 is the birthday of 52 notable people we've found so far, including authors, actors, athletes and historical figures, and 2 of them are billionaires.
What the data says
Entrepreneur
1952 · United States
$3.9Breported estimate as of March 2026 · Forbes
Ronald Wayne Burkle is an American businessman.
Reported estimate as of March 2026: $3.9B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every November birthday · battle November 12 against another date · all rankings
The November 12 wealth profile
Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.
Entrepreneur · Reddit
1983 · United States
$1.2Breported estimate as of November 2025 · Forbes
Steve Huffman, also known by his Reddit username spez, is an American web developer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Reddit, which is the seventh most-visited website in the world as of July 2025.
Photo by Cody Glenn/Web Summit via Sportsfile©SPORTSFILE, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Who shares November 12
Share of the 52 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Countries
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
Life timeline
Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.
The standouts
Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.
Top tier
Actor
1980 · Canada
Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor. Known for his work in both independent films and major studio features, his films as a leading actor have grossed over US$4 billion worldwide.
Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Musician
1934–2017 · United States
Charles Milles Manson was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who was the founder of the Manson Family. He gained notoriety for ordering the Tate–LaBianca murders, where his followers murdered nine people around Los Angeles in 1969.
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1929–1982 · United States
Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress and Princess of Monaco as the wife of Prince Rainier III from their marriage on April 18, 1956 until her death in 1982. Prior to her marriage, she achieved stardom in several significant Hollywood films in the early to mid-1950s.
Hans Peters for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1945 · Canada
Neil Percival Young is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter and musician. Son of journalist and author Scott Young, Young embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. He then moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield.
Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Athlete
1988 · United States
Russell Westbrook III is an American former professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Known for his agility, intensity and explosiveness, he is considered one of the greatest point guards in NBA history.
Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Founder · Central Bank of the Republic of China
1866–1925 · Qing dynasty
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese physician, revolutionary and political philosopher who founded the Republic of China (ROC) and the Kuomintang (KMT). Sun is credited with leading the 1911 Revolution and overthrowing the Qing dynasty.
上海波尔照相馆, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Entrepreneur · beIN SPORTS
1973 · Qatar
Nasser bin Ghanim Al-Khelaifi is a Qatari government official, businessman, and former professional tennis player.
Aisha sahukar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1961 · United Arab Emirates
Mohammed Ahmad Sultan Ben Sulayem is an Emirati former rally driver and motorsports executive who serves as president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of many auto racing events including Formula One.
Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1961 · Uruguay
Enzo Francescoli Uriarte, nicknamed "El Príncipe", is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. He is regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and as one of Uruguay's and South America's greatest ever players.
Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur · Lenovo · technology
1964 · People's Republic of China
Yang Yuanqing is a Chinese business executive and philanthropist who is the current chairman and CEO of Lenovo.
Natalie Behring, World Economic Forum, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1945 · Canada
George Ross Eaton is a Canadian former racing driver who is a member of the formerly prominent Eaton family.
ZANTAFIO56, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1916–2014 · United States
Nadya Mateeva Nozharova (1916–2014), also known as Countess Nadya de Navarro Farber was a Bulgarian operetta singer and actress, American entrepreneur, philanthropist and Spanish countess.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
November 12 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
More birthday twins
Actor
1943 · United States
Wallace Michael Shawn is an American actor, essayist, and writer. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), and Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2017–2024), and for voicing Rex the Dinosaur in the Toy Story franchise (1995–2026).
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1948 · Iran
Hassan Rouhani is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. He is also a sharia lawyer ("Wakil"), academic, former diplomat and Islamic cleric. He served as a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts from 1999 to 2024.
عکاس: مهدی قربانی, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1979 · United States
María José de Pablo Fernández, known professionally as Coté de Pablo, is a Chilean-American actress. Born in Santiago, Chile, she moved to the United States at the age of 10, where she studied acting.
Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1961 · United States
Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner is a Romanian retired gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at age 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games.
Unknown (Comitetul Olimpic si Sportiv Roman), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1998 · France
Jules Olivier Koundé is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Barcelona and the France national team. Primarily a right-back, he is also capable of playing as a centre-back.
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1817–1892 · Qajar Iran
Baháʼu'lláh was an Iranian religious leader who founded the Baháʼí Faith. He was born to an aristocratic family in Iran and was exiled due to his adherence to the messianic Bábism. In 1863, in Ottoman Iraq, he first announced his claim to a revelation from God.
passport photo taken in Adrianople (present day-Edirne) when He was under house arrest, published in William Miller’s Ba, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1840–1917 · France
François Auguste René Rodin was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work.
Nadar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1962 · United States
Naomi Rebekah Wolf is an American feminist author, journalist, and conspiracy theorist. After the 1991 publication of her first book, The Beauty Myth, Wolf became a prominent figure in the third wave of the feminist movement.
Sunset Parkerpix, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1977 · South Africa
Benedict Saul McCarthy is a South African professional soccer coach and former player who is currently the manager of the Kenya national football team. A former forward, McCarthy is the South Africa national team's all-time top scorer with 31 goals.
East Ham Bull, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1978 · Germany
Alexandra Maria Lara is a Romanian-German actress, best known internationally for her roles in the films Downfall (2004), Control (2007), Youth Without Youth (2007), The Reader (2008), Rush (2013), and Geostorm (2017).
9EkieraM1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1915–1980 · France
Roland Gérard Barthes was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. His work engaged in the analysis of a variety of sign systems, mainly derived from Western popular culture.
Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1815–1902 · United States
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1922–2002 · United States
Kim Hunter was an American theatre, film, and television actress.
Unknown authorUnknown author, distributed by: Universal-International Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1995 · France
Thomas Benoît Lemar is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Elche, on loan from Atlético Madrid. He is known for his versatility, being able to play on both wings and through the centre.
Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1651–1695 · Mexico
Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, was a Hieronymite nun and a Novohispanic writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, nicknamed "The Tenth Muse", "The Mexican Phoenix", and "The Phoenix of America" by her contemporary critics.
Fray Miguel de Herrera, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1929–1995 · Germany
Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is known for his epic fantasy The Neverending Story; other well-known works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver.
Actor
1978 · France
Céline Sciamma is a French filmmaker. A common theme in her films is the study of the French society through fluidity of gender, sexual identity among girls and women, and the female gaze.
Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1934–2002 · Brazil
Edvaldo Izidio Neto, commonly known as Vavá, was a Brazilian professional footballer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest strikers of his generation.
Panini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1838–1889 · Kingdom of Portugal
Dom Luís I, known as "the Popular" was King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889.
Augusto Bobone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1986 · Italy
Ignazio Abate is an Italian professional football coach and a former player who played as a full-back. He is the head coach of Serie A club Torino.
goatling, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
0994–1064
Ibn Ḥazm was an Andalusi Muslim polymath, historian, traditionist, jurist, philosopher, and theologian, born in the Córdoban Caliphate, present-day Spain.
Xosema, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Investor
1896–1987 · India
Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Sometimes referred to as the "Birdman of India", Salim Ali was the first Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across India and wrote several bird books that popularised ornithology in India.
Athlete
1990 · Ireland
James Patrick McCarthy is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1842–1919 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, was a British physicist and hereditary peer who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904 for his discovery of argon.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1978 · Pakistan
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist, filmmaker and activist. Known for her work in films that highlight the inequality with women,as of 2019, her accolades include two Academy Awards, seven Emmy Awards and a Knight International Journalism Award.
Sebastian Derungs - World Economic Forum, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author · Society of Jesus
1948 · Venezuela
Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal is a Venezuelan Catholic priest who has served as the 31st superior general of the Society of Jesus since 2016. He was elected by the Society's 36th General Congregation to succeed Adolfo Nicolás.
Irekia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1938–2020 · Tanzania
Benjamin William Mkapa was the third president of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. He was Chairman of the Revolutionary State Political Party.
Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Zahur Ramji / Mediapix, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1964 · United States
Michael Robert Kremer is an American development economist currently serving as university professor in economics at the University of Chicago and director of the Development Innovation Lab at the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics.
Harvard University, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1935–2011 · Russia
Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko was a Soviet and Russian actress, singer and entertainer. She was given the honorary title People's Artist of the USSR in 1983.
Igor Gnevashev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1774–1842 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Charles Bell was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist, and philosophical theologian. Bell discovered the difference between sensory nerves and motor nerves in the spinal cord, and also described Bell's palsy.
Granger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This page lists 52 people born on November 12, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 2 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of March 2026. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on November 12. Read the full methodology.
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