page_title: 1912
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1912 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: Promotional photograph of actor Gene Kelly.
context_page_description: 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1912th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 912th year of the 2nd millennium, the 12th year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1912, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: August 1
  Frank K. Edmondson, American astronomer (d. 2008)
  Donald Seawell, American theater producer, newspaper publisher (d. 2015)
  August 2 – Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010)
  August 3 – Fritz Hellwig, German politician (CDU), former European Commissioner for Science & Research (d. 2017)
  August 4 – Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish humanitarian (d. 1947)
  August 7 – Võ Chí Công, Vietnamese Communist politician (d. 2011)
  August 9 – Anne Brown, American soprano (d. 2009)
  August 10 – Jorge Amado, Brazilian author (d. 2001)
  August 11 – Norman Levinson, American mathematician (d. 1975)
  August 13
  Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)
  Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1991)
  August 15
  Julia Child, American television chef (d. 2004)
  Ustad Amir Khan, Indian classical vocal singer (d. 1974)
  Naoto Tajima, Japanese athlete (d. 1990)
  August 16
  Ted Drake, English footballer (d. 1995)
  Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
  August 18 – Otto Ernst Remer, German Wehrmacht officer (d. 1997)
  August 23
  Nelson Rodrigues, Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist (d. 1980)
  Gene Kelly, American actor, dancer and film director (d. 1996)
  August 25 – Erich Honecker, East German politician (d. 1994)
  August 27
  Gloria Guinness, Mexican-born English fashion icon (d. 1980)
  José Laurel Jr., Filipino politician (d. 1998)
  August 29 – Son Kitei, Japanese athlete (d. 2002)
  August 30
  Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
  Nancy Wake, New Zealand World War II heroine (d. 2011)
  August 31 – Katsumi Tezuka, Japanese actor
caption: Gene Kelly
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