Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1863  On May - 12 birth of charles Bordes, composer   

1867  On this day in history birth of hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)   

1868  Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books was born on May - 12.   

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

1876  Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria was born on May - 12.   

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 May - 12.   

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

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

1886  Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov) was born on May - 12.   

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

1889  Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank was born on May - 12.   

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

1894  On May - 12 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  On this day in history birth of indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002)   

1900  On this day in history birth of helene Weigel, Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage)   

1901  On May - 12 birth of hyam Greenbaum, composer   

1902  On this day in history birth of heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor   

1903  On May - 12 birth of lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway)   

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

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

1907  Katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond) was born on May - 12.   

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

1910  Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964) was born on this day in history.   

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

1910  On this day in history birth of charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)   

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  Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer was born on May - 12.   

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

1914  On this day in history 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  On May - 12 birth of ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer   

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0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

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

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  On May - 12 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 May - 12.