May 12 - Births

Births

1401 – Emperor Shōkō, Japanese emperor (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, French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
1626 – Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)
1670 – Augustus II the Strong (d. 1733)
1700 – Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian engineer and architect (d. 1773)
1725 – Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
1739 – Johann Baptist Vanhal, Bohemian composer (d. 1813)
1754 – Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher (d. 1812)
1755 – Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1824)
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, English artist and poet (d. 1888)
1814 – Adolf von Henselt, German composer and pianist (d. 1889)
1820 – Florence Nightingale, British nurse (d. 1910)
1825 – Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (d. 1878)
1828 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English painter (d. 1882)
1829 – Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896)
1839 – Tôn Thất Thuyết, Vietnamese mandarin of the Nguyễn Dynasty (d. 1913)
1840 – Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean military officer (d. 1912)
1842 – Jules Massenet, French composer (d. 1912)
1845 – Gabriel Fauré, French composer (d. 1924)
1850 – Henry Cabot Lodge, American statesman (d. 1924)
1859 – William Alden Smith, American politician (d. 1932)
1867 – Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer (d. 1938)
1869 – Carl Schuhmann, German athlete (d. 1946)
1872 – Anton Korošec, Slovenian political leader (d. 1940)
1873 – J.E.H. Macdonald, English-Canadian artist (d. 1932)
1874 – Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician (d. 1929)
1875 – Charles Holden; British architect (d. 1960)
1880 – Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (d. 1951)
1885 – Paltiel Daykan, Russian-Israeli jurist (d. 1969)
1886 – Ernst A. Lehmann, German zeppelin captain (d. 1937)
1889 – Yvonne de Bray, French actress (d. 1954)
1889 – Otto Frank, German businessman and Holocaust victim, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980)
1892 – Fritz Kortner, Austrian director (d. 1970)
1895 – William Giauque, American chemist, Nobel Prize 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)
1900 – Joseph Rochefort, American naval officer and cryptanalyst (d. 1976)
1903 – Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (d. 1991)
1905 – Édouard Rinfret, Canadian politician and judge (d. 1994)
1907 – Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1907 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)
1910 – Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)
1910 – Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1910 – Gordon Jenkins, American conductor and composer (d. 1984)
1914 – Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet (d. 1993)
1914 – Howard K. Smith, American journalist (d. 2002)
1914 – James Bacon, American author, columnist, and reporter (d. 2010)
1916 – Albert Murray, American writer
1917 – Frank Clair, American-Canadian football coach (d. 2005)
1918 – Julius Rosenberg, American actress, singer, and spy (d. 1953)
1918 – Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)
1919 – Gerald Bales, Canadian organist and composer (d. 2002)
1921 – Joseph Beuys, German artist (d. 1986)
1921 – Farley Mowat, Canadian writer and naturalist
1922 – Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (d. 1998)
1922 – Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1991)
1924 – Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian mathematician
1924 – Tony Hancock, English comedian (d. 1968)
1924 – Maxine Cooper Gomberg, American actress (d. 2009)
1925 – Yogi Berra, American baseball player
1928 – Burt Bacharach, American pianist, composer, and producer
1928 – Henry Cosby, American songwriter and producer (d. 2002)
1929 – Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player
1929 – Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, 1st President of Namibia
1930 – Jesús Franco, Spanish director
1930 – Tom Umphlett, American baseball player (d. 2012)
1933 – Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet
1935 – Felipe Alou, Dominican baseball player and manager
1935 – Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player
1936 – Guillermo Endara, Panamanian politician, 32nd President of Panama (d. 2009)
1936 – Tom Snyder, American news anchor (d. 2007)
1936 – Frank Stella, American painter
1937 – Beryl Burton, English cyclist (d. 1996)
1937 – George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2008)
1937 – Susan Hampshire, English actress
1938 – Millie Perkins, American actress
1939 – Miltiadis Evert, Greek politician
1939 – Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby player
1939 – Ron Ziegler, American White House Press Secretary (d. 2003)
1939 – Jalal Dabagh, Kurdish politician
1940 – Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
1942 – Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter, bandleader, and actor (The Blockheads) (d. 2000)
1942 – Michel Fugain, French singer and composer
1942 – Billy Swan, American singer-songwriter and musician
1943 – Linda Dano, American actress
1944 – Chris Patten, English politician
1945 – Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer (d. 2007)
1945 – Nicky Henson, English actor
1945 – Ian McLagan, English musician and songwriter (Small Faces Faces, and The New Barbarians)
1945 – Patrick Ricard, French businessman
1946 – L. Neil Smith, American author
1946 – Daniel Libeskind, American architect, designer, and artist
1947 – Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician
1947 – Micheline Lanctôt, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Catherine Yronwode, American writer and editor
1948 – David Heineman, American politician, 39th governor of Nebraska
1948 – Richard Riehle, American actor
1948 – Joe Tasker, English mountaineer (d. 1982)
1948 – Steve Winwood, English musician and songwriter (The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith)
1950 – Bruce Boxleitner, American actor
1950 – Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor
1950 – Louise Portal, French-Canadian actress
1950 – Billy Squier, American singer-songwriter and musician
1951 – George Karl, American basketball player and coach
1951 – Joe Nolan, American baseball player
1952 – Norbert Stolzenburg, German footballer
1953 – Kevin Grevey, American basketball player
1954 – Rafael Yglesias, American novelist and screenwriter
1955 – Kix Brooks, American singer-songwriter (Brooks & Dunn)
1956 – Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 – Sergio Marchi, Canadian diplomat and politician
1956 – Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian
1956 – Asad Rauf, Pakistani cricket umpire
1957 – Lou Whitaker, American baseball player
1958 – Andreas Petroulakis, Greek artist
1958 – Eric Singer, American drummer and songwriter (Kiss, Avantasia, Badlands, and Eric Singer Project)
1959 – Ving Rhames, American actor
1959 – Ray Gillen, American singer-songwriter and musician (Badlands, Blue Murder, and Sun Red Sun) (d. 1993)
1960 – Paul Arcand, Canadian journalist and director
1960 – Ian Khan, English race car driver
1961 – Paul Begala, American political commentator
1961 – Billy Duffy, English guitarist and songwriter (The Cult, Theatre of Hate, and The Nosebleeds)
1961 – Thomas Dooley, German-American soccer player
1961 – Lar Park Lincoln, American actress
1961 – Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor
1962 – Emilio Estevez, American actor
1962 – Brett Gurewitz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Bad Religion, Daredevils, and Error)
1963 – Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player and politician, Mayor of Piraeus
1963 – Gavin Hood, South African director
1963 – Stefano Modena, Italian race car driver
1963 – Charles Pettigrew, American singer (Charles and Eddie) (d. 2001)
1963 – Jerry Trimble, American actor
1963 – Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress
1963 – Vanessa A. Williams, American actress
1964 – Geechy Guy, American comedian
1964 – Pierre Morel, French director
1966 – Stephen Baldwin, American actor
1966 – Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1967 – Paul D'Amour, American singer and musician (Tool and Replicants)
1967 – Joe McKinney, Irish actor
1968 – Mark Clark, American baseball player
1968 – Tony Hawk, American skateboarder
1968 – Scott Schwartz, American actor
1968 – Catherine Tate, English comedian, actress, and writer
1969 – Kim Fields, American actress
1969 – Kevin Nalty, American comedian
1970 – Jim Furyk, American golfer
1970 – Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
1970 – Samantha Mathis, American actress
1970 – Steve Palframan, South African cricketer
1970 – Mark Foster, English swimmer
1971 – Doug Basham, American wrestler
1971 – Jamie Luner, American actress
1973 – Kendra Kassebaum, American actress
1973 – Bobby Kent, American murder victim (d. 1993)
1973 – Travis Lutter, American mixed martial artist
1973 – Lutz Pfannenstiel, German footballer
1973 – Robert Tinkler, Canadian voice actor
1974 – Marc Capdevila, Spanish swimmer
1975 – Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player
1975 – Lawrence Phillips, American football player
1976 – Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper, songwriter, and producer
1977 – Lorena Bernal, Argentine-Spanish model and actress
1977 – Graeme Dott, English snooker player
1977 – Rebecca Herbst, American actress
1978 – Jason Biggs, American actor
1978 – Malin Åkerman, Swedish-Canadian actress and model
1978 – Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Canadian singer
1978 – Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer, writer, and fashion designer (Morning Musume and Tanpopo)
1978 – Josh Phelps, American baseball player
1978 – Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter
1979 – Andre Carter, American football player
1979 – Callum Chambers, Australian footballer
1979 – Robert Key, English cricketer
1979 – Erdinç Saçan, Turkish-Dutch politician
1979 – Steve Smith, American football player
1979 – Aaron Yoo, Korean-American actor
1979 – Dennis Trillo, Filipino model, actor, and singer
1980 – Keith Bogans, American basketball player
1980 – Felipe Lopez, Puerto Rican baseball player
1981 – Kentaro Sato, Japanese-American composer and conductor
1981 – Rami Malek, American actor
1982 – David Thaxton, English actor and singer
1982 – Darren Williams, American basketball player
1983 – Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer
1983 – Alina Kabayeva, Russian gymnast
1983 – Yujiro Kushida, Japanese professional wrestler
1983 – Virginie Razzano, French tennis player
1983 – Francisco Torres, Mexican footballer
1984 – Tommaso Reato, Italian rugby player
1985 – Tally Hall, American soccer player
1985 – Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer
1986 – Im Dong-Hyun, South Korean archer
1986 – Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer
1986 – Mouhamed Sene, Senegalese basketball player
1986 – Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
1987 – Gianluca Sansone, Italian footballer
1987 – Kieron Pollard, West Indies cricketer
1988 – Marky Cielo, Filipino dancer and actor (d. 2008)
1988 – Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Matthew Hann, American basketball player
1990 – Jacory Harris, American football player
1990 – Oliver Kragl, German footballer
1990 – Tobias Strobl, German footballer
1992 – Malcolm David Kelley, American actor
1995 – Luke Benward, American actor
1995 – Kenton Duty, American actor
1995 – Irina Khromacheva, Russian tennis player
1995 – Sawyer Sweeten, American actor
1995 – Sullivan Sweeten, American actor