Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/April 12

Births

 * 1777 - Henry Clay, American statesman (d. 1852) (pictured)
 * 1947 - David Letterman, American talk show host
 * 1950 - David Cassidy, American singer and actor (d. 2017)
 * 1956 - Andy Garcia, Cuban-born American actor

Deaths

 * AD 65 - Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist
 * 1878 - William Marcy Tweed, aka Boss Tweed, American politician (b. 1823)
 * 1912 - Clara Barton, American nurse and Red Cross advocate (b. 1821)
 * 1945 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
 * 1989 - Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (b. 1921)