Born:
Kid Creole, born in the Bronx, New York, born Thomas August Darnell Browder, singer, lyricist, composer, arranger, producer, founder of Kid Creole and the Coconuts
More Notable Birthdays on August 12:
1971 - Pete Sampras, born in Washington D.C., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1990, 93 95
1959 - Suzanne Vega, born in New York City, rocker, My Name is Luka, Tom's Diner
1949 - Mark Knopfler, guitar/vocals, Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing
1929 - Buck Owens, born in Sherman, Texas, country singer, Hee Haw
1859 - Katharine Lee Bates, U.S., author, America the Beautiful
