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 May - 12.   

1868  On this day in history birth of halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books   

1874  Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet) was born on May - 12.   

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  Hermann Grabner, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1889  On this day in history birth of otto Frank, father of Anne Frank   

1892  Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970) was born on May - 12.   

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 May - 12.   

1899  Indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002) was born on May - 12.   

1900  On this day in history 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 May - 12.   

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

1903  Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place) was born on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history birth of william M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist   

1907  Katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond) was born on this day in history.   

1907  On May - 12 birth of leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint)   

1910  On this day in history birth of dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)   

1910  On May - 12 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  Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet was born on May - 12.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)   

1916  Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer was born on this day in history.   

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0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

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

1634  On this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  On May - 12 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.