Notable Birthdays for May 12
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Painter/poet Edward Lear in 1812
- nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale in 1820
- poet/painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1828
- lawmaker/author Henry Cabot Lodge in 1850
- actor Katharine Hepburn in 1907
- orchestra leader Gordon Jenkins in 1910
- newscaster Howard K. Smith in 1914
- businesswoman Mary Kay Ash in 1918
- convicted spy Julius Rosenberg in 1918 (executed with his wife on June 19, 1953)
- baseball Hall of Fame member Yogi Berra in 1925
- composer Burt Bacharach in 1928 (age 90)
- TV personality Tom Snyder in 1936
- artist Frank Stella in 1936 (age 82)
- comedian George Carlin in 1937
- musician Steve Winwood in 1948 (age 70)
- actor Bruce Boxleitner in 1950 (age 68)
- actor Gabriel Byrne in 1950 (age 68)
- actor Ving Rhames in 1959 (age 59)
- political commentator Paul Begala in 1961 (age 57)
- actor Emilio Estevez in 1962 (age 56)
- punk rock guitarist/songwriter/producer Brett Gurewitz in 1962 (age 56)
- actor Stephen Baldwin in 1966 (age 52)
- skateboarder Tony Hawk in 1968 (age 50)
- actor Catherine Tate in 1968 (age 50)
- actor Kim Fields in 1969 (age 49)
- actor Jason Biggs in 1978 (age 40)
- actor Rami Malek in 1981 (age 37)
- actor Domhnall Gleeson in 1983 (age 35)
- actor Emily VanCamp in 1986 (age 32)
- actor Odeya Rush in 1997 (age 21).
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