Famous Births on 12 May

Famous Births on 12 May

1401 - Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)
1496 - Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)
1590 - Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
1622 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
1626 - Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)
1670 - Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)
1700 - Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (d. 1773)
1725 - Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
1767 - Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)
1803 - Justus von Liebig, German chemist (d. 1873)
1804 - Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (d. 1858)
1806 - Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (d. 1881)
1812 - Edward Lear, British author and poet (d. 1888)
1820 - Florence Nightingale, British nurse (d. 1910)
1828 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, British poet (d. 1882)
1829 - Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896)
1842 - Jules Massenet, French composer (d. 1912)
1845 - Gabriel Fauré, French composer (d. 1924)
1850 - Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)
1867 - Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer (d. 1938)
1874 - Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician (d. 1929)
1880 - Lincoln Ellsworth, American scientist (d. 1951)
1889 - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980)
1892 - Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970)
1895 - William Giauque, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
1895 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (d. 1986)
1899 - Indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002)
1900 - Helene Weigel, German actress (d. 1971)
1903 - Wilfrid Hyde-White, British actor (d. 1991)
1907 - Leslie Charteris, British author and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1907 - Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)
1910 - Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)
1910 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
1912 - Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004)
1914 - Howard K. Smith, American journalist (d. 2002)
1914 - Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet (d. 1993)
1915 - Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)
1917 - Frank Clair, Canadian football coach (d. 2005)
1918 - Julius Rosenberg, Soviet spy (d. 1953)
1921 - Joseph Beuys, German artist (d. 1986)
1921 - Farley Mowat, Canadian writer and naturalist
1922 - Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (d. 1998)
1924 - Tony Hancock, British comedian (d. 1968)
1924 - Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian mathematician
1925 - Yogi Berra, American baseball player
1928 - Burt Bacharach, American composer
1928 - Henry Cosby, African-American songwriter (d. 2002)
1929 - Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player
1929 - Sam Nujoma, first President of Namibia
1930 - Jesús Franco, Spanish film director
1933 - Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet
1935 - Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player
1935 - Felipe Alou, Dominican baseball player and manager
1936 - Guillermo Endara, President of Panama
1936 - Tom Snyder, American television personality (d. 2007)
1936 - Frank Stella, American painter
1937 - Beryl Burton, British cyclist (d. 1996)
1937 - George Carlin, American comedian (d. 2008)
1937 - Susan Hampshire, British actress
1938 - Millie Perkins, American film actress
1939 - Ron Ziegler, White House Press Secretary (d. 2003)
1939 - Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league footballer
1939 - Miltiadis Evert, Greek politician
1942 - Ian Dury, British musician (d. 2000)
1942 - Michel Fugain, French singer and songwriter
1942 - Billy Swan, American songwriter and singer
1944 - James Purify, American singer
1945 - Patrick Ricard, French businessman
1945 - Ian McLagan, British keyboardist (Small Faces)
1945 - Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer (d. 2007)
1946 - L. Neil Smith, American science fiction author
1947 - Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician
1947 - Micheline Lanctôt, American film actor, director and screenwriter
1947 - catherine yronwode, American writer and editor
1948 - Steve Winwood, British musician (The Spencer Davis Group; Traffic)
1950 - Billy Squier, American singer
1950 - Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor
1950 - Bruce Boxleitner, American actor
1955 - Kix Brooks, American musician
1956 - Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian
1957 - Lou Whitaker, American baseball player
1958 - Andreas Petroulakis, Greek political caricaturist
1958 - Eric Singer, American drummer
1959 - Ving Rhames, American actor
1960 - Ian Khan, British racing driver
1960 - Paul Arcand, Quebec radio host, journalist and film director
1961 - Billy Duffy, British guitarist (The Cult)
1961 - Lar Park Lincoln, American actress
1961 - Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor
1961 - Thomas Dooley, German-American Soccer Player
1962 - Brett Gurewitz, American songwriter and record producer (Bad Religion) (Epitaph)
1962 - Emilio Estevez, American actor
1963 - Vanessa A. Williams, American actress
1963 - Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress
1963 - Jerry Trimble, American actor
1963 - Charles Pettigrew, American singer (Charles and Eddie) (d. 2001)
1963 - Stefano Modena, Italian racing driver
1963 - Gavin Hood, South African film director
1963 - Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player, Mayor of Piraeus
1966 - Stephen Baldwin, American actor
1966 - Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian singer
1967 - Paul D'Amour, American bass guitarist (ex-Tool)
1968 - Mark Clark, American baseball player
1968 - Tony Hawk, American skateboarder
1968 - Scott Schwartz, American actor
1968 - Catherine Tate, British comedian
1969 - Kim Fields, American actress
1969 - Cesar Millan, professional dog trainer
1969 - Kevin Nalty, famed YouTuber
1970 - Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
1970 - Samantha Mathis, American actress
1970 - Jim Furyk, American golfer
1971 - Doug Basham, American professional wrestler
1973 - Kendra Kassebaum, American stage actress
1973 - Travis Lutter, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
1975 - Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1977 - Graeme Dott, British snooker player
1977 - Rebecca Herbst, American actress
1978 - Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer (formerly Morning Musume)
1978 - Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter
1978 - Josh Phelps, American baseball player
1978 - Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Acadian singer
1978 - Jason Biggs, American actor
1979 - Andre Carter, American football player
1979 - Erdinç Saçan, Turkish-Dutch politician
1979 - Steve Smith, American football player
1981 - Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer
1981 - Lorena Bernal, Spanish model and actress, Miss Spain 1999
1983 - Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer
1985 - Tally Hall, American soccer player
1985 - Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer
1986 - Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
1988 - Marcelo, Brazilian footballer
1992 - Malcolm David Kelley, American actor
1995 - Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten, American actors