Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1863  On May - 12 birth of charles Bordes, composer   

1867  Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century) was born on this day in history.   

1868  On May - 12 birth of halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books   

1874  Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet) was born on this day in history.   

1876  On May - 12 birth of harold, grandson of English queen Victoria   

1880  On this day in history birth of lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights   

1880  W Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938) was born on this day in history.   

1886  On May - 12 birth of albert Saverys, Flemish painter   

1886  On May - 12 birth of hermann Grabner, composer   

1886  On this day in history birth of piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov)   

1887  Nandor Zsolt, composer was born on May - 12.   

1889  On May - 12 birth of otto Frank, father of Anne Frank   

1892  On May - 12 birth of fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970)   

1894  On this day in history birth of cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama)   

1895  Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22] was born on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history birth of indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002)   

1900  On May - 12 birth of helene Weigel, Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage)   

1901  Hyam Greenbaum, composer was born on this day in history.   

1902  Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1903  Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway) was born on May - 12.   

1903  On May - 12 birth of wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place)   

1906  William M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist was born on this day in history.   

1907  On May - 12 birth of katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond)   

1907  Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint) was born on May - 12.   

1910  On May - 12 birth of dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)   

1910  Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour) was born on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 12 birth of charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)   

1912  Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet was born on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 12 birth of archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004)   

1914  On this day in history birth of bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer   

1914  On May - 12 birth of dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- )   

1914  On May - 12 birth of howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)   

1915  On May - 12 birth of mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)   

1916  Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer was born on May - 12.   

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0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.   

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.   

1641  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.