| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |