History Births on May 12

Marco Denevi, Argentinian lawyer and author (d. 1998)

#Marco_Denevi

Onur Saylak, Turkish actor, filmmaker and director

#Onur_Saylak

Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)

#Gustav_I_of_Sweden

Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)

#Louis_Philippe_I,_Duke_of_Orléans

Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman and Holocaust survivor; father of diarist Anne Frank (d. 1980)

#Otto_Frank

Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Johnny_Bucyk

Bebel Gilberto, American-Brazilian singer-songwriter

#Bebel_Gilberto

Mike Weir, Canadian golfer

#Mike_Weir

Donnie Nietes, Filipino boxer

#Donnie_Nietes

Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname (d. 2010)

#Johan_Ferrier

Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress

#Deborah_Kara_Unger

Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (d. 2007)

#Tom_Snyder

Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (d. 2009)

#Guillermo_Endara

Rupert II, Elector Palatine (d. 1398)

#Rupert_II,_Elector_Palatine

Lutz Pfannenstiel, German footballer and manager

#Lutz_Pfannenstiel

Thomas Dooley, German-American soccer player and manager

#Thomas_Dooley

Mark Foster, English swimmer

#Mark_Foster_(swimmer)

Asad Rauf, Pakistani cricketer and umpire

#Asad_Rauf

Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)

#Cosimo_II_de'_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany

Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (d. 1960)

#Charles_Holden

Christian Campbell, Canadian-American actor, writer and photographer

#Christian_Campbell

Abelardo L. Rodríguez, substitute president of Mexico (1932-1934) (d. 1967)

#Abelardo_L._Rodríguez

Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

#Bernie_Federko

Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1924)

#Gabriel_Fauré

Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet and author (d. 1993)

#Bertus_Aafjes

Ian McLagan, English keyboard player and songwriter (Small Faces and Faces) (d. 2014)

#Ian_McLagan

David A. R. White, American actor and producer

#David_A._R._White

Dries van Noten, Belgian fashion designer

#Dries_van_Noten

Mireille Bousquet-Mélou, French mathematician

#Mireille_Bousquet-Mélou

Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rap musician and producer

#Kardinal_Offishall

Doug Basham, American wrestler

#Doug_Basham

The Duke of Paducah, American country comedian, radio host and banjo player (d. 1986)

#The_Duke_of_Paducah

Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 2014)

#Farley_Mowat

Virginie Razzano, French tennis player

#Virginie_Razzano

Andrew Howe, Italian long jumper and sprinter

#Andrew_Howe

Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress

#Emily_VanCamp

Jesús Franco, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2013)

#Jesús_Franco

Susan Hampshire, English actress

#Susan_Hampshire

Emilio Estevez, American actor

#Emilio_Estevez

Joachim von Sandrart, German art-historian and painter (d. 1688)

#Joachim_von_Sandrart

Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress (d. 1971)

#Helene_Weigel

Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-English economist (d. 1986)

#Nicholas_Kaldor

Dave Heineman, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of Nebraska

#Dave_Heineman

Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1940)

#Anton_Korošec

Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (d. 2017)

#Maryam_Mirzakhani

Ron Ziegler, American politician, White House Press Secretary (d. 2003)

#Ron_Ziegler

Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greek Cypriot singer, musician, and actress

#Eleftheria_Eleftheriou

Dragoljub Velimirovi?, Serbian chess player and theoretician (d. 2014)

#Dragoljub_Velimirovi?

Luke Benward, American actor and singer

#Luke_Benward

George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2008)

#George_Carlin

Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman (d. 1855)

#Mary_Reibey

Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor

#Domhnall_Gleeson

Alex Gough, Canadian luger

#Alex_Gough_(luger)

Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian and politician (d. 1924)

#Henry_Cabot_Lodge

Suzanne Clément, Canadian actress

#Suzanne_Clément

Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)

#Katharine_Hepburn

Malcolm David Kelley, American actor

#Malcolm_David_Kelley

Billy Duffy, English rock guitarist and songwriter (The Cult)

#Billy_Duffy

Dennis Trillo, Filipino actor and singer

#Dennis_Trillo

J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter (d. 1932)

#J._E._H._MacDonald

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor and comedian

#Bruce_McCulloch

William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 1932)

#William_Alden_Smith

Saneatsu Mushanok?ji, Japanese author (d. 1976)

#Saneatsu_Mushanok?ji

Bill Shorten, Australian politician

#Bill_Shorten

Billy Swan, American country singer-songwriter

#Billy_Swan

Jim Furyk, American golfer

#Jim_Furyk

Lidia Kopania, Polish singer

#Lidia_Kopania

Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986)

#Joseph_Beuys

Irina Khromacheva, Russian tennis player

#Irina_Khromacheva

Daniel Libeskind, American architect, designed the Imperial War Museum North and Jewish Museum

#Daniel_Libeskind

Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and explorer (d. 1878)

#Orélie-Antoine_de_Tounens

Steve Smith Sr., American football player

#Steve_Smith_Sr.

Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (d. 1938)

#Hugh_Trumble

Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (d. 2013)

#Viren_J._Shah

Tôn Th?t Thuy?t, Vietnamese mandarin (d. 1913)

#Tôn_Th?t_Thuy?t

Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer and educator (d. 1896)

#Pavlos_Carrer

Ricky Ortiz, American professional wrestler and football player

#Ricky_Ortiz

William Giauque, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)

#William_Giauque

Gavin Hood, South African actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Gavin_Hood

Julius Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)

#Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg

Rachel Wilson, Canadian actress and voice actress

#Rachel_Wilson

Roy Salvadori, English race car driver and manager (d. 2012)

#Roy_Salvadori

Jamie Luner, American actress

#Jamie_Luner

Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2015)

#Yogi_Berra

Stephen Baldwin, American actor

#Stephen_Baldwin

Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (d. 1909)

#Frederick_Holder

Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (d. 1873)

#Justus_von_Liebig

Chris Patten, English academic and politician, 28th Governor of Hong Kong

#Chris_Patten

Alina Kabaeva, Russian gymnast and politician

#Alina_Kabaeva

Clare Bowen, Australian actress and singer

#Clare_Bowen

Lill Lindfors, Swedish singer

#Lill_Lindfors

Burt Bacharach, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

#Burt_Bacharach

Steve Winwood, English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

#Steve_Winwood

Indra Devi, Latvian yoga instructor (d. 2002)

#Indra_Devi

Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1824)

#Giovanni_Battista_Viotti

Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (d. 1881)

#Johan_Vilhelm_Snellman

Ross Bleckner, American painter

#Ross_Bleckner

Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer (d. 1889)

#Adolf_von_Henselt

Kenton Duty, American actor

#Kenton_Duty

Rami Malek, American actor

#Rami_Malek

Brett Gurewitz, American guitarist and songwriter (Bad Religion)

#Brett_Gurewitz

Aaron Yoo, American actor

#Aaron_Yoo

Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher (d. 1812)

#Franz_Anton_Hoffmeister

Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect and engineer, designed the Palace of Caserta and Royal Palace of Milan (d. 1773)

#Luigi_Vanvitelli

Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter (d. 2000)

#Ian_Dury

Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French-Canadian soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (d. 1698)

#Louis_de_Buade_de_Frontenac

Keith Bogans, American basketball player

#Keith_Bogans

Kim Fields, American actress

#Kim_Fields

Samantha Mathis, American actress

#Samantha_Mathis

Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015)

#Jonah_Lomu

Dorothy Hodgkin, English biochemist, crystallographer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)

#Dorothy_Hodgkin

Malin Åkerman, Swedish-Canadian model, actress, and singer

#Malin_Åkerman

Louis Hennepin, Flemish priest and missionary (d. 1705)

#Louis_Hennepin

Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (d. 2002)

#Howard_K._Smith

Catherine Tate, English actress and screenwriter

#Catherine_Tate

Frank Stella, American painter and sculptor

#Frank_Stella

Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, and producer

#Gabriel_Byrne

Michel Fugain, French singer-songwriter

#Michel_Fugain

Paolo Goltz, Argentinian footballer

#Paolo_Goltz

Rhian Wilkinson, Canadian soccer player

#Rhian_Wilkinson

Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer, technologist and entrepreneur. (d. 1915)

#Upendrakishore_Ray_Chowdhury

Rhea Seehorn, American actress

#Rhea_Seehorn

Odeya Rush, Israeli actress

#Odeya_Rush

Adrian Serioux,Canadian soccer player

#Adrian_Serioux

Jason Biggs, American actor and comedian

#Jason_Biggs

Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001)

#Henry_Jonsson

Johann Baptist Wanhal, Czech-Austrian organist and composer (d. 1813)

#Johann_Baptist_Wanhal

Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (d. 1888)

#Edward_Lear

Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (d. 2010)

#Andrei_Voznesensky

Beryl Burton, English cyclist (d. 1996)

#Beryl_Burton

Pierre Morel, French director and cinematographer

#Pierre_Morel

Florent Amodio, French figure skater

#Florent_Amodio

Eric Singer, American drummer and songwriter

#Eric_Singer

George Karl, American basketball player and coach

#George_Karl

Jalal Dabagh, Kurdish journalist and politician

#Jalal_Dabagh

Ving Rhames, American actor

#Ving_Rhames

Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1851)

#Manuel_Godoy

Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer

#Jeroen_Simaeys

Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (d. 1733)

#Augustus_II_the_Strong

Millie Perkins, American actress

#Millie_Perkins

Dez Fafara, American metal singer

#Dez_Fafara

Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (d. 1912)

#Alejandro_Gorostiaga

Felipe Alou, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Felipe_Alou

Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (d. 1991)

#Wilfrid_Hyde-White

Faith Bennett, British actress and ATA pilot during WWII (d. 1969)

#Faith_Bennett

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (d. 1986)

#Jiddu_Krishnamurti

Fritz Kortner, Austrian-German actor and director (d. 1970)

#Fritz_Kortner

Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer

#Charilaos_Pappas

Morgan Lake, English athlete

#Morgan_Lake

Kix Brooks, American country music singer-songwriter and musician (Brooks & Dunn)

#Kix_Brooks

Bruce Boxleitner, American actor and author

#Bruce_Boxleitner

Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter (d. 1946)

#Carl_Schuhmann

Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 1991)

#Bob_Goldham

Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (d. 1951)

#Lincoln_Ellsworth

Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and pilot (d. 1937)

#Ernst_A._Lehmann

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)

#Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti

Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player and coach

#Graeme_Dott

Michael Ignatieff, Canadian journalist and politician

#Michael_Ignatieff

Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, Scottish lawyer, academic, and politician

#Helena_Kennedy,_Baroness_Kennedy_of_The_Shaws

Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of West Canada (d. 1858)

#Robert_Baldwin

Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist (d. 1929)

#Clemens_von_Pirquet

Pompeo Colonna, Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)

#Pompeo_Colonna

Tony Hawk, American skateboarder and actor

#Tony_Hawk

Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer

#Jonathan_Orozco

Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse, social reformer, and statistician (d. 1910)

#Florence_Nightingale

Mohamed Bamba, American professional basketball player

#Mohamed_Bamba

Jules Massenet, French composer (d. 1912)

#Jules_Massenet

Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)

#Dollard_St._Laurent

Kieron Pollard, Trinidadian cricketer

#Kieron_Pollard

Aaron Abrams, Canadian actor

#Aaron_Abrams

Greg Phillinganes, American keyboardist

#Greg_Phillinganes

Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, 1st President of Namibia

#Sam_Nujoma

Tobias Strobl, German footballer

Marcelo, Brazilian footballer

Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican footballer

Yujiro Kushida, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist

Kentaro Sato, Japanese-American composer and conductor

Amy Sloan, Canadian actress

Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer and fashion designer

Rebecca Herbst, American actress

Forbes March, Canadian actor

Mackenzie Astin, American actor

Renée Simonsen, Danish model and writer

Vanessa A. Williams, American actress and producer

Stefano Modena, Italian race car driver

Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player and politician

Lisa Martin, Australian runner

Ray Gillen, American rock singer-songwriter (d. 1993)

Dave Christian, American ice hockey player

Andreas Petroulakis, Greek cartoonist

Jennifer Hetrick, American actress

Kim Greist, American actress and model

Ziya Onis, Turkish economist and academic

Sergio Marchi, Argentinean-Canadian urban planner and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of International Trade

Barry Ackroyd, English cinematographer

Billy Squier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Richard Riehle, American actor

Lindsay Crouse, American actress

Patrick Ricard, French businessman (d. 2012)

Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer and manager (d. 2007)

Ruud de Wolff, Dutch singer member of the duo The Blue Diamonds (d. 2000)

Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (d. 2008)

Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014)

Miltiadis Evert, Greek minister and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (d. 2011)

Cyril Chantler, English pediatrician and academic

Miriam Stoppard, English physician and author

Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe, South African-English lawyer and politician (d. 2017)

Paulette Poujol-Oriol, Hatian educator and writer (d. 2011)

Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)

Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (d. 2016)

Maxine Cooper, American actress and photographer (d. 2009)

Murray Gershenz, American actor and businessman (d. 2013)

Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)

Albert Murray, American author and critic (d. 2013)

Tony Strobl, American comics artist and animator (d. 1991)

Marshal Royal, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1995)

Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (d. 1972)

Gordon Jenkins, American pianist and composer (d. 1984)

James Dudley, American baseball player, wrestling manager and executive (d. 2004)

Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (d. 1993)

Édouard Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1994)

Paltiel Daykan, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (d. 1969)

Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1918)

Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician (d. 1853)

Emperor Sh?k? of Japan (d. 1428)