12 February: today's birthdays

• Darren Aronofsky - American film director and screenwriter. He directed Black Swan and The Wrestler
• Josh Brolin - American actor
  
• James Chichester-Clark - Irish politician
• Charles Darwin - English biologist and naturalist. He wrote On the Origin of Species in 1859
• Ehud Barak - Israeli politician
• Brett Kavanaugh - American attorney and jurist, born Brett Michael Kavanaugh. He has been accused of sexual assault by three women. He is currently serving as Justice of the Supreme Court
• Ferenc Körmendi - Hungarian writer. He wrote Escape to Life 
• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia - Georgian professional footballer, currently playing as a winger for the Italian team Napoli.
  The correct pronunciation of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is koo-EE-cha koo-ah-RAHT SKEH-lee-ah. We divided the last name in two words to make it simpler to be pronounced. The stress goes on the capital letters.
• Abraham Lincoln - American lawyer and politician, 16th President of the United States
• Ray Manzarek - American musician
• Felice Matteucci - Italian engineer who pioneered the study of bioelectricity
• Enric Miralles - Catalan architect
• Auguste Perret - French architect and entrepreneur
• Martial Raysse - French painter
• Licinio Refice - Italian composer
• Bill Russell - Former American basketball player