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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Malin Akerman
Actor
12-May-1978   The Heartbreak Kid
Luana Anders
Actor
12-May-1938 21-Jul-1996 The Pit and the Pendulum
Mary Kay Ash
Business
12-May-1918 22-Nov-2001 Cosmetics mogul
Mackenzie Astin
Actor
12-May-1973   The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
Augustus II
Royalty
12-May-1670 1-Feb-1733 King of Poland, Elector of Saxony
Burt Bacharach
Pianist
12-May-1929   Incomparable composer of lounge music
Stephen Baldwin
Actor
12-May-1966   A Baldwin Brother
Alan Ball
Soccer
12-May-1945 24-Apr-2007 English footballer, 1966 World Cup
Paul Begala
Government
12-May-1961   Helped get Clinton elected
Luke Benward
Actor
12-May-1995   How to Eat Fried Worms
Lennox Berkeley
Composer
12-May-1903 26-Dec-1989 Stabat Mater
Yogi Berra
Baseball
12-May-1925   New York Yankee malapropist
Joseph Beuys
Artist
12-May-1921 23-Jan-1986 German conceptual artist
Jason Biggs
Actor
12-May-1978   American Pie
Bruce Boxleitner
Actor
12-May-1950   Babylon 5
Kix Brooks
Country Musician
12-May-1955   Brooks & Dunn
Rosellen Brown
Author
12-May-1939   Before and After
Gabriel Byrne
Actor
12-May-1950   The Usual Suspects
Christian Campbell
Actor
12-May-1972   All My Children
George Carlin
Comic
12-May-1937 22-Jun-2008 Seven Dirty Words
Leslie Charteris
Novelist
12-May-1907 15-Apr-1993 Created Simon Templar
James S. Coleman
Sociologist
12-May-1926 25-Mar-1995 Foundations of Social Theory
Lindsay Crouse
Actor
12-May-1948   House of Games
Dan Daniel
Politician
12-May-1914 23-Jan-1988 Congressman from Virginia, 1969-88
Linda Dano
Actor
12-May-1943   Another World
Billy Duffy
Guitarist
12-May-1961   The Cult
Ian Dury
Musician
12-May-1942 27-Mar-2000 Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Kenton Duty
Actor
12-May-1995   Gunther Hessenheffer on Shake It Up!
Mervyn M. Dymally
Politician
12-May-1926   Congressman from California, 1981-93
Guillermo Endara
Head of State
12-May-1936 28-Sep-2009 President of Panama, 1989-94
Emilio Estevez
Actor
12-May-1962   Otto in Repo Man
Gabriel Fauré
Composer
12-May-1845 4-Nov-1924 Requiem
Kim Fields
Actor
12-May-1969   Tootie on The Facts of Life
George William Forbes
Head of State
12-May-1869 17-May-1947 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1930-35
Jesus Franco
Film Director
12-May-1930   Vampyros Lesbos
Otto Frank
Relative
12-May-1889 19-Aug-1980 Father of Anne Frank
Daniel J. Freed
Educator
12-May-1927 17-Jan-2010 Yale Law professor
Harold V. Froehlich
Politician
12-May-1932   Congressman from Wisconsin, 1973-75
Jim Furyk
Golf
12-May-1970   Winner, 2003 US Open
William F. Giauque
Chemist
12-May-1895 28-Mar-1982 Adiabatic demagnetization
Brett Gurewitz
Musician
12-May-1962   Bad Religion
Susan Hampshire
Actor
12-May-1937   The Forsyte Saga
Tony Hancock
Radio Personality
12-May-1924 25-Jun-1968 Hancock's Half Hour
Johannes Carsten Hauch
Poet
12-May-1790 4-Mar-1872 Valdemar Seir
Tony Hawk
Skateboarder
12-May-1968   Pro skateboarder
Dave Heineman
Politician
12-May-1948   Governor of Nebraska
Katharine Hepburn
Actor
12-May-1907 29-Jun-2003 The Philadelphia Story
Rebecca Herbst
Actor
12-May-1977   General Hospital
Jennifer Hetrick
Actor
12-May-1958   Corrine Hammond on L.A. Law
Larry Hillblom
Business
12-May-1943 21-May-1995 DHL billionaire
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Chemist
12-May-1910 29-Jul-1994 Determined structure of Vitamin B12
Earl Hutto
Politician
12-May-1926   Congressman from Florida, 1979-95
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Actor
12-May-1903 6-May-1991 My Fair Lady
Michael Ignatieff
Author
12-May-1947   Blood and Belonging
Nicholas Kaldor
Economist
12-May-1908 30-Sep-1986 An Expenditure Tax
George Karl
Basketball
12-May-1951   Head Coach, Denver Nuggets
Malcolm David Kelley
Actor
12-May-1992   Child actor on Lost
Peter Kinder
Politician
12-May-1954   Lt. Governor of Missouri
Eugene Kleiner
Business
12-May-1923 20-Nov-2003 Venture capitalist
Max Kohl
Business
12-May-1901 14-Dec-1981 Kohl's Department Stores
Fritz Kortner
Actor
12-May-1892 22-Jul-1970 Pandora's Box
J. Krishnamurti
Religion
12-May-1895 18-Feb-1986 Theosophist guru
William Preston Lane, Jr.
Politician
12-May-1892 7-Feb-1967 Governor of Maryland, 1947-51
Edward Lear
Poet
12-May-1812 29-Jan-1888 The Owl and the Pussycat
Justus Liebig
Chemist
12-May-1803 18-Apr-1873 Reformed pedagogy of chemistry
Jerry Litton
Politician
12-May-1937 3-Aug-1976 Congressman from Missouri, 1973-76
Frank LoBiondo
Politician
12-May-1946   Congressman, New Jersey 2nd
Henry Cabot Lodge
Politician
12-May-1850 9-Nov-1924 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924
Eddie Long
Religion
12-May-1953   Georgia Baptist minister
Manny Lujan
Politician
12-May-1928   US Secretary of the Interior 1989-93
Jamie Luner
Actor
12-May-1971   Lexi on Melrose Place
Rami Malek
Actor
12-May-1981   Kenny on The War at Home
Bernie Marcus
Business
12-May-1929   Co-Founder of Home Depot
Jules Massenet
Composer
12-May-1842 13-Aug-1912 Manon
Samantha Mathis
Actor
12-May-1970   Jack and Sarah
Bruce McCulloch
Actor
12-May-1961   The Kids in the Hall
Ian McLagan
Musician
12-May-1945   The Small Faces, The Faces
Evan Mecham
Politician
12-May-1924 22-Feb-2008 Governor of Arizona, 1987-88
Stephen Milligan
Politician
12-May-1948 7-Feb-1994 British MP and autoerotic asphyxiate
Paul Milstein
Business
12-May-1922 9-Aug-2010 Manhattan real estate developer
Farley Mowat
Author
12-May-1921   Never Cry Wolf
Albert L. Murray
Author
12-May-1916   Stomping the Blues
Florence Nightingale
Activist
12-May-1820 13-Aug-1910 Established nursing as a profession
Chris Patten
Politician
12-May-1944   EU Commissioner for External Relations
Millie Perkins
Actor
12-May-1938   The Diary of Anne Frank
Lawrence Phillips
Football
12-May-1975   Troubled former pro football player
Jared Polis
Politician
12-May-1975   Congressman, Colorado 2nd
Thomas A. Reynolds III
Attorney
12-May-1952   Partner, Winston & Strawn
Ving Rhames
Actor
12-May-1959   Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction
Richard Riehle
Actor
12-May-1948   Walt Finnerty on Grounded for Life
William D. Rogers
Diplomat
12-May-1927 22-Sep-2007 Under Secretary of State, 1976-77
Julius Rosenberg
Spy
12-May-1918 19-Jun-1953 Leaked atomic bomb secrets to USSR
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Painter
12-May-1828 9-Apr-1882 English pre-Raphaelite painter
Scott Schwartz
Actor
12-May-1968   The Toy
John Simon
Critic
12-May-1925   Reviewer for New York magazine
Howard K. Smith
Journalist
12-May-1914 15-Feb-2002 Face the Nation
William Alden Smith
Politician
12-May-1859 11-Oct-1932 US Senator from Michigan, 1907-19
Tom Snyder
Talk Show Host
12-May-1936 29-Jul-2007 The Tomorrow Show
Billy Squier
Musician
12-May-1950   Everybody Wants You
Paul Starr
Educator
12-May-1949   The Social Transformation of American Medicine
William S. Stavropoulos
Business
12-May-1939   Twice CEO of Dow Chemical
Frank Stella
Painter
12-May-1936   Minimalist painter, later mixed media artist
Gerry Studds
Politician
12-May-1937 14-Oct-2006 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-97
Kurt Student
Military
12-May-1890 1-Jul-1978 Luftwaffe General
Catherine Tate
Actor
12-May-1968   The Catherine Tate Show
Deborah Kara Unger
Actor
12-May-1963   Bangkok Hilton
Emily VanCamp
Actor
12-May-1986   Amy Abbott on Everwood
Helene Weigel
Actor
12-May-1900 6-May-1971 The Berliner Ensemble
Mike Weir
Golf
12-May-1970   Winner of 2003 Masters
Vanessa Williams
Actor
12-May-1963   Maxine Chadway on Soul Food
Robert Charles Winthrop
Politician
12-May-1809 16-Nov-1894 Speaker of the 30th Congress
Steve Winwood
Musician
12-May-1948   Keyboardist, Traffic, Blind Faith
Ron Ziegler
Government
12-May-1939 10-Feb-2003 Press Secretary for Nixon


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