2012: The Year in People

Generation Z · Year of the Dragon 🐉 · Born in 2012 turn 14 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$3.64

Median home

$143,200

Minimum wage

$7.25/hr

Movie ticket

$7.96

US population

7.13B

US president

Barack Obama

Top song

"Somebody That I Used to Know" — Gotye

Top film

The Avengers

Top TV show

Sunday Night Football

Best Picture

Argo

In the news: Curiosity rover lands on Mars; Sandy Hook shooting

What happened in 2012

2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.

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Born in 2012

4 people in our data · most viewed first

Blue Ivy Carter

b. 2012 · January 7

American singer

Countess Athena of Monpezat

b. 2012 · January 24

Member of the Danish royal family

Artem Kotenko

b. 2012 · January 12

Ukrainian singer

Doug the Pug

b. 2012 · May 20

American celebrity dog

Died in 2012

Benzion Netanyahu1910–2012 · Israeli encyclopedist and historian
Adam Lanza1992–2012 · American mass murderer
Andy Griffith1926–2012 · American actor and singer
Rodney King1965–2012 · Black American victim of police brutality
Carroll Shelby1923–2012 · American racing driver and automotive designer
Ernest Borgnine1917–2012 · American actor
Adam Yauch1964–2012 · American musician
Ben Gazzara1930–2012 · American actor
Chad Everett1937–2012 · American actor
Andy Williams1927–2012 · American singer
Inder Kumar Gujral1919–2012 · Prime Minister of India from 1997 to 1998
Bob Welch (musician)1945–2012 · American musician