Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1863  Charles Bordes, composer was born on May - 12.   

1867  On May - 12 birth of hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)   

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

1874  On May - 12 birth of clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet)   

1876  On this day in history birth of harold, grandson of English queen Victoria   

1880  Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights was born on May - 12.   

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

1886  Albert Saverys, Flemish painter was born on May - 12.   

1886  Hermann Grabner, composer was born on May - 12.   

1886  On May - 12 birth of piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov)   

1887  Nandor Zsolt, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1892  Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970) was born on this day in history.   

1894  Cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama) was born on this day in history.   

1895  Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22] was born on May - 12.   

1899  On May - 12 birth of indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002)   

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

1901  On this day in history birth of hyam Greenbaum, composer   

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

1903  Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway) was born on this day in history.   

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

1906  On May - 12 birth of william M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist   

1907  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)   

1910  On this day in history birth of gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)   

1910  Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996) was born on May - 12.   

1912  On May - 12 birth of marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet   

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

1914  On May - 12 birth of bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer   

1914  Dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- ) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.   

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  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.   

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered