February 12, 1954

1954Zach Grenier, American actor^[†]

Zach Grenier is an American character actor in film, television and stage. He is best known for his roles in films such as Tommy Boy (1995), Twister (1996), and Fight Club (1999), and for his roles in television such as Andy Cramed in Deadwood (2004–2006) and David Lee in The Good Wife (2010–2016).

1954Joseph Jordania, Georgian-Australian musicologist and academic^[†]

Joseph Jordania is an Australian–Georgian ethnomusicologist and evolutionary musicologist and professor. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at the University of Melbourne and the Head of the Foreign Department of the International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony at Tbilisi State Conservatory. Jordania is known for his model of the origins of human choral singing in the wide context of human evolution and was one of founders of the International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony in Georgia.

1954Tzimis Panousis, Greek comedian, singer, and author (died 2018)^[†]

Tzimis Panousis was a Greek musician, stand-up comedian and occasional film and theater actor born in Athens, where he spent most of his life. He is often seen as the modern-day Aristophanes. His fans usually refer to him as “Tzimakos”. His first wife was Lili Achladioti with whom he had a son, Aris. He later married Athina Aidini and they had a daughter, Fotini.

1954Phil Zimmermann, American cryptographer and programmer^[†]

Philip R. Zimmermann is an American computer scientist and cryptographer. He is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the most widely used email encryption software in the world. He is also known for his work in VoIP encryption protocols, notably ZRTP and Zfone. Zimmermann is co-founder and Chief Scientist of the global encrypted communications firm Silent Circle.