May 12 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on May 12, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♉︎ Taurus
Apr 20 – May 20
Birth stone
Emerald
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
How common
#284 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous May 12 birthdays
Justus von Liebig · German chemist1803
Florence Nightingale · English social reformer1820
Dante Gabriel Rossetti · English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator1828
Jiddu Krishnamurti · Indian spiritual philosopher1895
William Giauque · American chemist1895
Katharine Hepburn · American actress1907
Dorothy Hodgkin · British chemist1910
Yogi Berra · American baseball player, manager, and coach1925
Burt Bacharach · American pianist, composer, producer1928
George Carlin · American stand-up comedian1937
Daniel Libeskind · Polish-American architect1946
Ving Rhames · American actor1959
Emilio Estevez · American actor, director, and writer1962
Stephen Baldwin · American actor and political activist1966
Tony Hawk · American professional skateboarder and actor1968
David A. R. White · American actor1970
Jason Biggs · American actor1978
Rishi Sunak · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 20241980
Rami Malek · American actor1981
Marcelo · Brazilian association football player1988
On this day in history
1846The Donner Party, an American pioneer group which became known for resorting to cannibalism when they became trapped in the Sierra Nevada, left Independence, Missouri, for California.
1863American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large impact on the Vicksburg campaign.
1975The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.
2008In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
1967The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.
1968Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.
1982The Coppergate Helmet, the best preserved of the six known Anglo-Saxon helmets, was discovered.
2022The Event Horizon Telescope released the first image of Sagittarius A*.
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