According to Gregory calendar, on May 12, the day number in a year is 132 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 133. Find List of Famous People Born on May 12 in India and the World: Here you can find the names of famous people born on May 12 in India and the World along with their date of birth, their profession and the country they belong to, etc. From World history, you will know about famous people like emperor, king, pundit, historian, explorer etc. And famous people born in modern world history include actors, actresses, filmmakers, businessmen, cricketers as well as players from other sports. This chapter is important as questions related to the birth of famous people are often asked in competitive exams.
Famous People's Birthdays on May 12 😀
Birth Year | Name/Category/Country/Lived |
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1622 | Louis de Buade de Frontenac / Politician / France |
1626 | Louis Hennepin / Priest / Belgium |
1670 | Augustus II the Strong / King / Poland |
1700 | Luigi Vanvitelli / Engineer / Italy |
1739 | Johann Baptist Wanhal / Composer / Czech Republic |
1754 | Franz Anton Hoffmeister / Composer / Germany |
1755 | Giovanni Battista Viotti / Violinist / Italy |
1767 | Manuel Godoy / Politician / Spain |
1774 | Ellis Cunliffe Lister / Politician / United Kingdom |
1777 | Mary Reibey / Business Woman / Australia |
1803 | Justus von Liebig / Academic / Germany |
1804 | Robert Baldwin / Politician / Canada |
1806 | Johan Vilhelm Snellman / Politician / Finland |
1812 | Edward Lear / Poet / United Kingdom |
1814 | Adolf von Henselt / Pianist / Germany |
1820 | Florence Nightingale / Statistician / Italy |
1825 | Orélie-Antoine de Tounens / Lawyer / France |
1828 | Dante Gabriel Rossetti / Poet / United Kingdom |
1829 | Pavlos Carrer / Educator / Greece |
1839 | Tôn Thất Thuyết / Mandarin / Vietnam |
1840 | Alejandro Gorostiaga / Colonel / Chile |
1842 | Jules Massenet / Composer / France |
1845 | Gabriel Fauré / Painist / France |
1850 | Henry Cabot Lodge / Politician / United States of America |
1850 | Frederick Holder / Politician / Australia |
1859 | William Alden Smith / Politician / United States of America |
1859 | Frank Wilson / Politician / United Kingdom |
1867 | Hugh Trumble / Cricketer / Australia |
1869 | Carl Schuhmann / Wrestler / Germany |
1872 | Anton Korošec / Politician / Slovenia |
1873 | J. E. H. MacDonald / Painter / United Kingdom |
1874 | Clemens von Pirquet / Pediatrician / Austria |
1875 | Charles Holden / Architect / United Kingdom |
1880 | Lincoln Ellsworth / Explorer / United States of America |
1885 | Paltiel Daykan / Lawyer / Israel |
1886 | Ernst A. Lehmann / Pilot / Germany |
1889 | Otto Frank / Business Man / Germany |
1892 | Fritz Kortner / Actor / Austria |
1895 | William Giauque / Academic / United States of America |
1895 | Jiddu Krishnamurti / Author / United States of America |
1899 | Indra Devi / Yoga Instructor / Latvia |
1900 | Helene Weigel / Actress / Germany |
1901 | The Duke of Paducah / Comedian / United States of America |
1903 | Wilfrid Hyde-White / Actor / United Kingdom |
1905 | Rachita Kumar / Model / India |
1905 | Édouard Rinfret / Politician / Canada |
1907 | Katharine Hepburn / Actress / United States of America |
1907 | Leslie Charteris / Author / United Kingdom |
1907 | Katharine Hepburn / Actress / United States of America |
1908 | Nicholas Kaldor / Economist / United Kingdom |
1910 | Johan Ferrier / Politician / Suriname |
1910 | Dorothy Hodgkin / Biochemist / United Kingdom |
1910 | Gordon Jenkins / Composer / United States of America |
1911 | Charles Biro / Author / United States of America |
1912 | Henry Jonsson / Runner / Sweden |
1912 | Marshal Royal / Saxophonist / United States of America |
1914 | Bertus Aafjes / Poet / Netherlands |
1914 | Howard K. Smith / Actor / United States of America |
1915 | Tony Strobl / Animator / United States of America |
1916 | Albert Murray / Author / United States of America |
1918 | Mary Kay Ash / Business Woman / United States of America |
1918 | Julius Rosenberg / Spy / United States of America |
1921 | Joseph Beuys / Sculptor / Germany |
1921 | Farley Mowat / Author / Canada |
1922 | Marco Denevi / Author / Argentina |
1922 | Murray Gershenz / Actor / United States of America |
1922 | Bob Goldham / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
1922 | Roy Salvadori / Racing Car Driver / United Kingdom |
1924 | Maxine Cooper / Actress / United States of America |
1924 | Alexander Esenin-Volpin / Poet / United States of America |
1924 | Tony Hancock / Actor / United Kingdom |
1925 | Yogi Berra / Baseball Player / United States of America |
1926 | Viren J. Shah / Politician / India |
1928 | Burt Bacharach / Writer / United States of America |
1929 | Sam Nujoma / Politician / Namibia |
1930 | Jesus Franco / Director / Spain |
1930 | Jesús Franco / Writer / Spain |
1932 | Joel Joffe / Politician / United Kingdom |
1933 | Andrei Voznesensky / Poet / Russia |
1935 | Felipe Alou / Baseball Player / United States of America |
1935 | Johnny Bucyk / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
1936 | Guillermo Endara / Politician / Panama |
1936 | Tom Snyder / Journalist / United States of America |
1936 | Frank Stella / Painter / United States of America |
1937 | Beryl Burton / Cyclist / United Kingdom |
1937 | George Carlin / Actor / United States of America |
1937 | Susan Hampshire / Actress / United Kingdom |
1937 | Miriam Stoppard / Author / United Kingdom |
1938 | Millie Perkins / Actress / United States of America |
1939 | Cyril Chantler / Academic / United Kingdom |
1939 | Jalal Dabagh / Journalist / Kurdinstan |
1939 | Miltiadis Evert / Politician / Greece |
1939 | Reg Gasnier / Rugby Player / Australia |
1939 | Ron Ziegler / Politician / United States of America |
1940 | Norman Whitfield / Writer / United States of America |
1941 | Ruud de Wolff / Singer / Netherlands |
1942 | Ian Dury / Writer / United Kingdom |
1942 | Michel Fugain / Singer / France |
1942 | Billy Swan / Writer / United States of America |
1942 | Dragoljub Velimirović / Chess Player / Serbia |
1944 | Chris Patten / Politician / United Kingdom |
1945 | Alan Ball / Footballer / United Kingdom |
1945 | Ian McLagan / Writer / United Kingdom |
1945 | Patrick Ricard / Business Man / France |
1945 | K. G. Balakrishnan / Lawyer / India |
1946 | Daniel Libeskind / Architect / United States of America |
1947 | Michael Ignatieff / Politician / Canada |
1948 | Lindsay Crouse / Actress / United States of America |
1948 | Dave Heineman / Politician / United States of America |
1948 | Steve Winwood / Writer / United Kingdom |
1950 | Bruce Boxleitner / Actor / United States of America |
1950 | Gabriel Byrne / Actor / Ireland |
1950 | Helena Kennedy / Politician / Scotland |
1950 | Billy Squier / Writer / United States of America |
1951 | George Karl / Basketball Player / United States of America |
1954 | Edappadi K. Palaniswami / Politician / India |
1955 | Kix Brooks / Writer / United States of America |
1956 | Bernie Federko / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
1956 | Sergio Marchi / Politician / Canada |
1956 | Asad Rauf / Cricketer / Pakistan |
1957 | Ziya Onis / Academic / Turkey |
1958 | Andreas Petroulakis / Cartoonist / Greece |
1958 | Eric Singer / Writer / United States of America |
1958 | Dries van Noten / Fashion Designer / Belgium |
1959 | Dave Christian / Ice Hockey Player / United States of America |
1959 | Ray Gillen / Writer / United States of America |
1959 | Ving Rhames / Actor / United States of America |
1960 | Lisa Martin / Runner / Australia |
1961 | Thomas Dooley / Footballer / Germany |
1961 | Billy Duffy / Writer / United Kingdom |
1961 | Bruce McCulloch / Actor / Canada |
1962 | Emilio Estevez / Actor / United States of America |
1963 | Panagiotis Fasoulas / Politician / Greece |
1963 | Gavin Hood / Writer / South Africa |
1963 | Stefano Modena / Racing Car Driver / Italy |
1963 | Vanessa A. Williams / Actress / United States of America |
1964 | Pierre Morel / Director / France |
1966 | Stephen Baldwin / Actor / United States of America |
1966 | Dez Fafara / Singer / United States of America |
1966 | Bebel Gilberto / Writer / United States of America |
1967 | Mireille Bousquet-Mélou / Mathematician / France |
1967 | Bill Shorten / Politician / Australia |
1968 | Tony Hawk / Actor / United States of America |
1968 | Catherine Tate / Actress / United Kingdom |
1969 | Kim Fields / Actress / United States of America |
1970 | Mark Foster / Swimmer / United Kingdom |
1970 | Jim Furyk / Golfer / United States of America |
1970 | Samantha Mathis / Actress / United States of America |
1970 | Mike Weir / Golfer / Canada |
1970 | Anjali Gupta / Flying Officer / India |
1972 | Doug Basham / Wrestler / United States of America |
1973 | Mackenzie Astin / Actor / United States of America |
1973 | Lutz Pfannenstiel / Footballer / Germany |
1975 | Jonah Lomu / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
1976 | Kardinal Offishall / Producer / Canada |
1977 | Graeme Dott / Snooker Player / Scotland |
1978 | Malin Åkerman / Actress / Sweden |
1978 | Jason Biggs / Actor / United States of America |
1978 | Aya Ishiguro / Singer / Japan |
1980 | Keith Bogans / Basketball Player / United States of America |
1980 | Felipe Lopez / Baseball Player / Puerto Rico |
1981 | Rami Malek / Actor / United States of America |
1981 | Kentaro Sato / Composer / United States of America |
1981 | Dennis Trillo / Actor / Philippines |
1982 | Donnie Nietes / Boxer / Philippines |
1983 | Domhnall Gleeson / Actor / Ireland |
1983 | Alina Kabaeva / Politician / Russia |
1983 | Yujiro Kushida / Wrestler / Japan |
1983 | Charilaos Pappas / Footballer / Greece |
1983 | Virginie Razzano / Tennis Player / France |
1983 | Francisco Javier Torres / Footballer / Mexico |
1985 | Paolo Goltz / Footballer / Argentina |
1985 | Andrew Howe / Sprinter / Italy |
1985 | Jeroen Simaeys / Footballer / Belgium |
1986 | Luke Douglas / Rugby Player / Australia |
1986 | Jonathan Orozco / Footballer / Mexico |
1986 | Emily VanCamp / Actress / Canada |
1987 | Amrita Prakash / Actress / India |
1987 | Kieron Pollard / Cricketer / Trinidad and Tobago |
1988 | Marcelo Vieira / Footballer / Brazil |
1989 | Eleftheria Eleftheriou / Singer / Greece |
1990 | Florent Amodio / Figure Skater / France |
1990 | Tobias Strobl / Footballer / Germany |
1995 | Irina Khromacheva / Tennis Player / Russia |
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