Births on 12 May
2000s
Vasilije Adžić
2006
Montenegrin footballer (born 2006)
Zach Benson
2005
Canadian ice hockey player (born 2005)
Issa Kaboré
2001
Burkinabé footballer (born 2001)
1900s
Hiroki Ito (footballer, born 1999)
1999
Japanese footballer (born 1999)
Mo Bamba
1998
Ivorian-American basketball player (born 1998)
Frenkie de Jong
1997
Dutch footballer (born 1997)
Fabrice Olinga
1996
Cameroonian footballer (born 1996)
Kostas Tsimikas
1996
Greek footballer (born 1996)
Timo Horn
1993
German footballer (born 1993)
Erik Durm
1992
German footballer (born 1992)
Florent Amodio
1990
French figure skater
Etika
1990
American YouTuber and live streamer (1990–2019)
Eleftheria Eleftheriou
1989
Musical artist
Marcelo (footballer, born 1988)
1988
Brazilian footballer (born 1988)
Lance Lynn
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Kieron Pollard
1987
West Indian cricketer (born 1987)
Darren Randolph
1987
Irish footballer
Emily VanCamp
1986
Canadian actress (born 1986)
Domhnall Gleeson
1983
Irish actor (born 1983)
Kushida (wrestler)
1983
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1983)
Rami Malek
1981
American actor (born 1981)
Rishi Sunak
1980
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2024
Steve Smith Sr.
1979
American football player and broadcaster (born 1979)
Malin Akerman
1978
Swedish actress (born 1978)
Jason Biggs
1978
American actor (born 1978)
Graeme Dott
1977
Scottish professional snooker player
Maryam Mirzakhani
1977
Iranian mathematician (1977–2017)
Bruno Lage
1976
Portuguese football manager
Jonah Lomu
1975
New Zealand rugby union player (1975–2015)
Rhea Seehorn
1972
American actress (born 1972)
Jim Furyk
1970
American professional golfer (born 1970)
Samantha Mathis
1970
American actress and trade union leader (born 1970)
Mike Weir
1970
Canadian professional golfer (born 1970)
Kim Fields
1969
American actress and television director
Tony Hawk
1968
American professional skateboarder (born 1968)
Bill Shorten
1967
Australian former politician (born 1967)
Stephen Baldwin
1966
American actor (born 1966)
Mark Thomas (sprinter)
1965
British sprinter (born 1965)
Emilio Estevez
1962
American actor, director, and writer (born 1962)
Brett Gurewitz
1962
American guitarist (born 1962)
Ving Rhames
1959
American actor (born 1959)
Lou Whitaker
1957
American baseball player (born 1957)
Domingos Maubere
1952
East Timorese Catholic priest and activist (1952–2025)
George Karl
1951
American basketball coach and player (born 1951)
Bruce Boxleitner
1950
American actor and writer (born 1950)
Gabriel Byrne
1950
Irish actor (born 1950)
Billy Squier
1950
American musician (born 1950)
Dave Heineman
1948
Governor of Nebraska from 2005 to 2015
Steve Winwood
1948
English musician and songwriter (born 1948)
Michael Ignatieff
1947
Canadian author, academic and former politician
Daniel Libeskind
1946
American architect (born 1946)
Alan Ball Jr.
1945
English footballer (1945–2007)
Ian McLagan
1945
British keyboardist (1945–2014)
Chris Patten
1944
British politician (born 1944)
Ian Dury
1942
British new wave singer (1942–2000)
Norman Whitfield
1940
American musical artist and producer (1940–2008)
Reg Gasnier
1939
Australian rugby league footballer (1939–2014)
Beryl Burton
1937
English racing cyclist (1937–1996)
George Carlin
1937
American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)
Guillermo Endara
1936
President of Panama from 1989 to 1994
Tom Snyder
1936
American television and radio personality (1936–2007)
Frank Stella
1936
American artist (1936–2024)
Felipe Alou
1935
Dominican baseball player and manager (born 1935)
Johnny Bucyk
1935
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1935)
Jesús Franco
1930
Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor (1930–2013)
Sam Nujoma
1929
President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005
Burt Bacharach
1928
American composer and songwriter (1928–2023)
Yogi Berra
1925
American baseball player, manager, and coach (1925–2015)
Tony Hancock
1924
English comedian and actor (1924–1968)
Roy Salvadori
1922
British racing driver (1922–2012)
Joseph Beuys
1921
German artist and art theorist (1921–1986)
Farley Mowat
1921
Canadian writer and environmentalist (1921–2014)
Mary Kay Ash
1918
American businesswoman (1918–2001)
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1918
American spies for the Soviet Union (d. 1953)
Howard K. Smith
1914
American news anchor
Charles Biro
1911
American comic book creator and cartoonist (1911–1972)
Johan Ferrier
1910
President of Suriname from 1975 to 1980
Dorothy Hodgkin
1910
English chemist (1910–1994)
Nicholas Kaldor
1908
Hungarian-British economist
Leslie Charteris
1907
British-Chinese author
Katharine Hepburn
1907
American actress (1907–2003)
Wilfrid Hyde-White
1903
British actor (1903–1991)
Helene Weigel
1900
Austrian actress and artistic director (1900–1971)
1800s
Indra Devi
1899
Yoga teacher of Hollywood stars
Earle Nelson
1897
American serial killer (1897–1928)
William Giauque
1895
Canadian-born American chemist
Jiddu Krishnamurti
1895
Spiritual speaker and writer (1895–1986)
Fritz Kortner
1892
Austrian actor and theatre director (1892–1970)
Abelardo L. Rodríguez
1889
President of Mexico from 1932 to 1934
Otto Frank
1889
Father of Anne Frank (1889–1980)
Ernst A. Lehmann
1886
German Zeppelin captain
Paltiel Daykan
1885
Israeli jurist (1885–1969)
Lincoln Ellsworth
1880
Early 20th-century American explorer of Antarctica
Charles Holden
1875
English architect (1875–1960)
Clemens von Pirquet
1874
Austrian physician (1874–1929)
J. E. H. MacDonald
1873
English-Canadian artist
Anton Korošec
1872
Yugoslav politician (1872–1940)
Carl Schuhmann
1869
German athlete (1869–1946)
Hugh Trumble
1867
Australian cricketer (1867–1938)
Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury
1863
Bengali writer and illustrator
William Alden Smith
1859
American politician
Frank Wilson (politician)
1859
Premier of Western Australia (1859 – 1918)
Henry Cabot Lodge
1850
American politician (1850–1924)
Frederick Holder
1850
Australian politician (1850–1909)
Gabriel Fauré
1845
French composer, organist, pianist and teacher (1845–1924)
Jules Massenet
1842
French composer (1842–1912)
Alejandro Gorostiaga
1840
19th-century Chilean military officer
Tôn Thất Thuyết
1839
Vietnamese revolutionary (1839–1913)
Pavlos Carrer
1829
Greek composer
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1828
English poet and artist (1828–1882)
Orélie-Antoine de Tounens
1825
French adventurer who proclaimed himself king of Araucania and Patagonia
Florence Nightingale
1820
English founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)
Adolf von Henselt
1814
German composer and pianist (1814–1889)
Edward Lear
1812
British artist and writer (1812–1888)
Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1806
Finnish nobleman and nationalist (1806–1881)
Robert Baldwin
1804
Co-Premier of Province of Canada (1842–1843; 1848–1851)
Justus von Liebig
1803
German chemist (1803–1873)
Before 1800
Mary Reibey
1777
Australian businesswoman
José de la Mar
1776
President of Peru from 1827 to 1829
Ellis Cunliffe Lister
1774
English Liberal politician
Manuel Godoy
1767
First Secretary of State of Spain
Giovanni Battista Viotti
1755
Italian violinist (1755–1824)
Franz Anton Hoffmeister
1754
Austrian Composer
Johann Baptist Wanhal
1739
Czech composer (1739–1813)
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
1725
French royal (1725–1785)
Luigi Vanvitelli
1700
Italian architect (1700–1773)
Augustus II the Strong
1670
King of Poland, Elector of Saxony and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1670–1733)
Louis Hennepin
1626
Belgian explorer and missionary
Louis de Buade de Frontenac
1622
French soldier and governor (1622–1698)
Joachim von Sandrart
1606
German artist and art historian (1606–1688)
Cosimo II de' Medici
1590
Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 to 1621
Gustav Vasa
1496
King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560
Pompeo Colonna
1479
Italian noble (1479–1532)
Emperor Shōkō
1401
Emperor of Japan from 1412 to 1428
Rupert II, Elector Palatine
1325
Elector Palatine from 1390 to 1394