| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Daniel-François-Esprit Auber |
Composer |
29-Jan-1782 |
12-May-1871 |
La Muette de Portici |
| Elisabeth Bergner |
Actor |
22-Aug-1897 |
12-May-1986 |
Escape Me Never |
| Joe Bonanno |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1905 |
12-May-2002 |
Bonanno crime family |
| Louis Calhern |
Actor |
19-Feb-1895 |
12-May-1956 |
Duck Soup |
| Clarence Cannon |
Politician |
11-Apr-1879 |
12-May-1964 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1923-64 |
| Perry Como |
Singer |
18-May-1912 |
12-May-2001 |
It's Impossible |
| John E. Davis |
Politician |
18-Apr-1913 |
12-May-1990 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1957-61 |
| Engelbert of Admont |
Religion |
c. 1250 |
12-May-1331 |
Abbot of Admont |
| Erik Erikson |
Psychologist |
15-Jun-1902 |
12-May-1994 |
Eight Stages of Development |
| Bette Nesmith Graham |
Inventor |
23-Mar-1924 |
12-May-1980 |
Correction fluid |
| Syd Hoff |
Author |
4-Sep-1912 |
12-May-2004 |
Danny and the Dinosaur |
| William Huggins |
Astronomer |
7-Feb-1824 |
12-May-1910 |
Spectrographic astronomy pioneer |
| Joris-Karl Huysmans |
Author |
5-Feb-1848 |
12-May-1907 |
Decadent author, À Rebours |
| Tor Johnson |
Wrestling |
19-Oct-1903 |
12-May-1971 |
Plan 9 from Outer Space |
| Aly Khan |
Royalty |
13-Jun-1911 |
12-May-1960 |
Jet-set Ismaili playboy prince |
| Amy Lowell |
Poet |
9-Feb-1874 |
12-May-1925 |
What's O'Clock |
| Arthur Lubin |
Film Director |
25-Jul-1898 |
12-May-1995 |
Phantom of the Opera |
| Edmund C. Lynch |
Business |
19-May-1885 |
12-May-1938 |
The Lynch of Merrill-Lynch |
| Heinie Manush |
Baseball |
20-Jul-1901 |
12-May-1971 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Edme Mariotte |
Scientist |
c. 1620 |
12-May-1684 |
Discovered eye's blind spot |
| John Masefield |
Poet |
1-Jun-1878 |
12-May-1967 |
Poet Laureate of England, 1930-67 |
| Sonny Montgomery |
Politician |
5-Aug-1920 |
12-May-2006 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1967-97 |
| Józef Pilsudski |
Military |
5-Dec-1867 |
12-May-1935 |
Military dictator of Poland, 1926-35 |
| Roy Plunkett |
Chemist |
26-Jun-1910 |
12-May-1994 |
Accidentally discovered Teflon |
| Robert Reed |
Actor |
19-Oct-1932 |
12-May-1992 |
Mike (dad) on The Brady Bunch |
| Comte de Rochambeau |
Military |
1-Jul-1725 |
12-May-1807 |
French hero of American Revolution |
| Lillian Roth |
Actor |
13-Dec-1910 |
12-May-1980 |
I'll Cry Tomorrow |
| Nelly Sachs |
Poet |
10-Dec-1891 |
12-May-1970 |
O the Chimneys |
| Everett Sanders |
Politician |
8-Mar-1882 |
12-May-1950 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1917-25 |
| August Wilhelm von Schlegel |
Scholar |
8-Sep-1767 |
12-May-1845 |
Über dramatisch Kunst und Literatur |
| Bedrich Smetana |
Composer |
2-Mar-1824 |
12-May-1884 |
My Country |
| Richard Henry Stoddard |
Novelist |
2-Jul-1825 |
12-May-1903 |
Abraham Lincoln, An Horatian Ode |
| Erich von Stroheim |
Actor |
22-Sep-1885 |
12-May-1957 |
Swanson's servant in Sunset Blvd. |
| Jeb Stuart |
Military |
6-Feb-1833 |
12-May-1864 |
Confederate cavalry officer |
| Louis Zukofsky |
Poet |
23-Jan-1904 |
12-May-1978 |
Co-Founded Objectivist poetry movement |