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Celebrity Half
Birthdays for May 12

Discover all the world-renowned
actors, singers, athletes, political leaders,
and other celebrities who share a half
birthday on this day. (Source:
Wikipedia) And
hey, don't forget to calculate half birthdays of family &
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least a week before so you can plan!
- 1528 – Qi Jiguang,
Chinese general (d. 1588)
- 1547 – Claude of
Valois (d.
1575)
- 1606 – Jeanne
Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu
de Montréal (d.
1673)
- 1615 – Richard
Baxter, English clergyman, poet, and
theologian (d. 1691)
- 1651 – Juana Inés
de la Cruz, Mexican nun, poet, and scholar
(d. 1695)
- 1684 – Edward
Vernon, English admiral and politician (d.
1757)
- 1729 – Louis
Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and
explorer (d. 1811)
- 1755 – Gerhard von
Scharnhorst, Prussian general and
politician, Prussian
Minister of War (d.
1813)
- 1780 – Pieter
Mauritz Retief,South African Boer leader
(d.1838)
- 1790 – Letitia
Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler,
11th First Lady
of the United States (d.
1842)
- 1793 – Johann
Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian
physician and botanist (d. 1831)
- 1795 – Thaddeus
William Harris, American entomologist and
botanist (d. 1856)
- 1815 – Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, American activist (d. 1902)
- 1817 – Bahá'u'lláh,
Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í
Faith (d.
1892)
- 1833 – Alexander
Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d.
1887)
- 1840 – Auguste
Rodin, French sculptor, created The Thinker (d.
1917)
- 1842 – John
William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English
physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1919)
- 1848 – Eduard
Müller, Swiss politician, 51st President
of Switzerland (d.
1919)
- 1850 – Mikhail
Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908)
- 1866 – Sun Yat-sen,
Chinese physician and politician, 1st President
of the Republic of China (d.
1925)
- 1872 – William Fay,
Irish actor and producer (d. 1947)
- 1881 – Olev
Siinmaa, Estonian architect (d. 1948)
- 1881 – Maximilian
von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)
- 1886 – Günther
Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and
mountaineer (d. 1975)
- 1886 – Ben Travers,
English author and playwright (d. 1980)
- 1889 – DeWitt
Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's
Digest (d.
1981)
- 1890 – Lily
Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d.
1974)
- 1892 – Tudor
Davies, Welsh tenor (d. 1958)
- 1896 – Salim Ali,
Indian ornithologist and author (d. 1987)
- 1896 – Nima
Yooshij, Iranian poet (d. 1960)
- 1897 – Karl Marx,
German composer and conductor (d. 1985)
- 1898 – Leon
Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (d. 1999)
- 1901 – James
Luther Adams, American minister and
theologian (d. 1994)
- 1903 – Jack Oakie,
American actor and singer (d. 1978)
- 1905 – Louise
Thaden, American pilot (d. 1979)
- 1906 – George
Dillon, American poet (d. 1968)
- 1908 – Harry
Blackmun, American judge and educator (d.
1999)
- 1910 – Dudley
Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981)
- 1911 – Buck
Clayton, American trumpet player and
academic (d. 1991)
- 1915 – Roland
Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and
critic (d. 1980)
- 1916 – Rogelio de
la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (d.
1986)
- 1916 – Paul Emery,
English race car driver (d. 1993)
- 1916 – Jean
Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and
academic (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Jo Stafford,
American singer and actress (d. 2008)
- 1919 – Jackie
Washington, Canadian singer-songwriter (d.
2009)
- 1920 – Richard
Quine, American actor, singer, director, and
screenwriter (d. 1989)
- 1922 – Peggy
Fenner, English politician
- 1922 – Kim Hunter,
American actress (d. 2002)
- 1923 – Ian Graham,
English archaeologist and explorer
- 1923 – Rubén
Bonifaz Nuńo, Mexican poet and scholar (d.
2013)
- 1923 – Vicco von
Bülow, German actor, director, and
screenwriter (d. 2011)
- 1924 – Sam Jones,
American bassist, cellist, and composer (d. 1981)
- 1927 – František
Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (d. 2000)
- 1927 – Yutaka
Taniyama, Japanese mathematician and
theorist (d. 1958)
- 1928 – Bob Holness,
English radio and television host (d. 2012)
- 1928 – Marjorie W.
Sharmat, American author
- 1929 – Anthony di
Bonaventura, American pianist and academic
(d. 2012)
- 1929 – Michael
Ende, German anthroposophist and author (d.
1995)
- 1929 – Grace Kelly,
American-Monacan actress and singer (d. 1982)
- 1931 – Bob Crewe,
American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1933 – Jalal
Talabani, Iraqi politician, 6th President
of Iraq
- 1934 – Ann Flood,
American actress
- 1934 – Charles
Manson, American cult leader and murderer
- 1934 – John
McGahern, Irish author (d. 2006)
- 1936 – Mills Lane,
American boxer, referee, lawyer, and judge
- 1936 – Mort Shuman,
American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1991)
- 1937 – Ina Balin,
American actress (d. 1990)
- 1937 – Jack Betts,
American actor
- 1937 – Richard H.
Truly, American admiral, pilot, and
astronaut
- 1938 – Denis
DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach
- 1938 – Benjamin
Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician,
3rd President
of Tanzania
- 1939 – Ruby Nash
Garnett, American singer (Ruby &
the Romantics)
- 1939 – Terry
McDonald, English footballer
- 1939 – Lucia Popp,
Slovak soprano (d. 1993)
- 1940 – Michel
Audet, Canadian economist and politician
- 1940 – Jürgen
Todenhöfer, German politician and author
- 1941 – Carol Gluck,
American historian, author, and academic
- 1943 – Julie Ege,
Norwegian model and actress (d. 2008)
- 1943 – Brian
Hyland, American singer and guitarist
- 1943 – Wallace
Shawn, American actor and playwright
- 1943 – Björn
Waldegĺrd, Swedish race car driver
- 1943 – John Walker,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Walker
Brothers) (d. 2011)
- 1944 – Booker T.
Jones, American pianist, saxophonist,
songwriter, and producer (Booker T
and the MG's and The
Mar-Keys)
- 1944 – Al Michaels,
American sportscaster
- 1944 – Jennifer
Page, English businesswoman
- 1945 – Michael
Bishop, American author and educator
- 1945 – Tracy
Kidder, American journalist and author
- 1945 – Neil Young,
Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and
producer (Buffalo
Springfield, Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young, The Squires, The Mynah
Birds, Northern
Lights, and The Ducks)
- 1946 – Krister
Henriksson, Swedish actor
- 1947 – Ron Bryant,
American baseball player
- 1947 – Buck Dharma,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blue Öyster
Cult)
- 1947 – Patrice
Leconte, French director and screenwriter
- 1948 – Errol Brown,
Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (Hot
Chocolate)
- 1948 – Cliff
Harris, American football player
- 1948 – Hassan
Rouhani, Iranian lawyer and politician, 7th President
of Iran
- 1949 – Ron
Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach (d. 1992)
- 1949 – Jack Reed,
American soldier and politician
- 1950 – Barbara
Fairchild, American singer-songwriter
- 1950 – Urmas Lőoke,
Estonian architect
- 1952 – Ronald
Burkle, American businessman, co-founded the Yucaipa
Companies
- 1952 – Max
Grodénchik, American actor
- 1953 – Vasilis
Karras, Greek singer
- 1953 – Baaba Maal,
Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1954 – Rob Lytle,
American football player (d. 2010)
- 1954 – Rhonda
Shear, American model and actress, Miss
Louisiana USA 1975
- 1955 – Les McKeown,
Scottish singer (Bay City
Rollers)
- 1955 – Katharine
Weber, American author
- 1957 – Paul Dennis
Reid, American murderer (d. 2013)
- 1957 – Tim Samaras,
American engineer and storm chaser (d. 2013)
- 1958 – Megan
Mullally, American actress and singer
- 1958 – Nick
Stellino, Italian-American chef and author
- 1959 – Vincent
Irizarry, American actor
- 1959 – Toshihiko
Sahashi, Japanese composer
- 1960 – Maurane,
Belgian singer
- 1960 – Ismo Alanko,
Finnish singer-songwriter (Hassisen
Kone, Sielun
Veljet, and Ismo Alanko
Säätiö)
- 1961 – Nadia
Comăneci, Romanian gymnast
- 1961 – Enzo
Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
- 1961 – Michaela
Paetsch, American violinist
- 1962 – Mariella
Frostrup, Norwegian journalist
- 1962 – Mark Hunter,
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
- 1962 – Neal
Shusterman, American author
- 1962 – Brix Smith,
American singer and guitarist (The Fall and The Adult
Net)
- 1962 – Naomi Wolf,
American author and activist
- 1963 – Sam Lloyd,
American actor and singer (The Blanks)
- 1963 – Michael
Rogers, American journalist, blogger, and
activist
- 1963 – Susumu
Terajima, Japanese actor
- 1964 – Vic
Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (brute. and The
Undertow Orchestra) (d. 2009)
- 1964 – David
Ellefson, American bass player and
songwriter (Megadeth, Avian, F5, Killing
Machine)
- 1964 – Wang
Kuang-hui, Taiwanese baseball player and
coach
- 1965 – Lex Lang,
American voice actor and producer
- 1965 – Eddie Mair,
Scottish journalist
- 1967 – Iryna
Khalip, Belarusian journalist
- 1967 – Michael
Moorer, American boxer
- 1967 – Grant
Nicholas, Welsh singer-songwriter and
guitarist (Feeder and Raindancer)
- 1967 – Mihhail
Rőtšagov, Estonian chess player
- 1968 – Kathleen
Hanna, American singer-songwriter (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre,
and The Julie
Ruin)
- 1968 – Aya
Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1968 – Disco
Inferno, American wrestler
- 1968 – Sharon
Shannon, Irish accordion player and fiddler
- 1968 – Sammy Sosa,
Dominican-American baseball player
- 1968 – Aaron
Stainthorpe, English-German
singer-songwriter (My Dying
Bride)
- 1968 – Nick
D'Virgilio, American drummer (Big Big
Train and Spock's
Beard)
- 1969 – Ian Bremmer,
American political scientist and author
- 1969 – Jason Cundy,
English footballer and sportscaster
- 1969 – Johnny
Gosch, American kidnap victim
- 1970 – Elektra,
American wrestler, model, and dancer
- 1970 – Tonya
Harding, American figure skater
- 1970 – Sarah
Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and
guitarist (Weeping
Tile and The
Saddletramps)
- 1970 – Craig
Parker, Fijian-New Zealand actor
- 1970 – Harvey
Spencer Stephens, English actor
- 1971 – Chen
Guangcheng, Chinese-American lawyer and
activist
- 1972 – Vassilios
Tsiartas, Greek footballer
- 1973 – Mayte
Garcia, American singer, dancer, and actress
(The New
Power Generation)
- 1973 – Radha
Mitchell, Australian actress
- 1973 – Ethan Zohn,
American soccer player
- 1974 – Tamala
Jones, American actress
- 1975 – Nina Brosh,
Israeli model and actress
- 1975 – Katherine
Grainger, Scottish-English rower
- 1975 – Jason Lezak,
American swimmer
- 1975 – Angela
Watson, American actress
- 1976 – Tevin
Campbell, American singer-songwriter and
actor
- 1976 – Judith
Holofernes, German singer-songwriter and
guitarist (Wir sind
Helden)
- 1976 – Richelle
Mead, American author
- 1976 – Mirosław
Szymkowiak, Polish footballer
- 1977 – Dalene
Kurtis, American model
- 1977 – Benni
McCarthy, South African footballer
- 1977 – Lee Murray,
English mixed martial artist
- 1978 – Aaron
Heilman, American baseball player
- 1978 – Alexandra
Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress
- 1978 – Ashley
Williams, American actress
- 1978 – Lena Yada,
American actress, model, surfer and wrestler
- 1979 – Matt
Cappotelli, American wrestler
- 1979 – Cote de
Pablo, Chilean-American actress and singer
- 1979 – Lucas
Glover, American golfer
- 1979 – Corey
Maggette, American basketball player
- 1979 – Matt Stevic,
Australian footballer and umpire
- 1980 – Trent Acid,
American wrestler (d. 2010)
- 1980 – Shaun
Cooper, American bass player (Taking Back
Sunday, Straylight
Run, and Destry)
- 1980 – Ryan
Gosling, Canadian-American actor, singer,
and producer (Dead Man's
Bones)
- 1980 – Charlie
Hodgson, English rugby player
- 1980 – Ricky Sinz,
American porn actor
- 1981 – Annika
Becker, German pole vaulter
- 1981 – D. J.
Campbell, English footballer
- 1981 – Sergio
Floccari, Italian footballer
- 1982 – Anne
Hathaway, American actress and singer
- 1982 – Mikele
Leigertwood, English footballer
- 1983 – Carlton
Cole, English footballer
- 1983 – Charlie
Morton, American baseball player
- 1984 – Omarion,
American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (B2K)
- 1984 – Sepp De
Roover, Belgian footballer
- 1984 – Sandara
Park, South Korean singer, dancer, and
actress (2NE1)
- 1984 – Conrad
Rautenbach, Zimbabwean race car driver
- 1984 – Zi Yan,
Chinese tennis player
- 1985 – Arianny
Celeste, American model and actress
- 1986 – Robert
Müller, German footballer
- 1986 – Nedum
Onuoha, English footballer
- 1986 – Evan Yo,
Taiwanese singer-songwriter
- 1987 – Bryan
Little, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 – Alistair
Brammer, English actor and singer
- 1988 – Russell
Westbrook, American basketball player
- 1990 – Farahnaz
Amirsoleymani, American author and
illustrator
- 1990 – Florent
Manaudou, French swimmer
- 1990 – Harmeet
Singh, Norwegian footballer
- 1990 – Siim-Sander
Vene, Estonian basketball player
- 1992 – Giulietta,
Australian singer-songwriter
- 1992 – Trey Burke,
American basketball player
- 1992 – Adam
Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1994 – Anna
Khnychenkova, Ukrainian figure skater
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