Famous people born on 12 May

16 of the people we track were born on 12 May, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Florence Nightingale 1820British statisticiandied aged 90
2. RSRishi Sunak 1980British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomliving, 46
3. Katharine Hepburn 1907American actordied aged 96
4. Dorothy Hodgkin 1910British chemist who served as Chancellor of the University of Bristoldied aged 84
5. George Carlin 1937American stand-up comediandied aged 71
6. MMMaryam Mirzakhani 1977Iranian mathematiciandied aged 40
7. Theodoric the Great AD 454Monarch of Italydied aged 72
8. Justus von Liebig 1803German chemistdied aged 69
9. Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828English poet and illustratordied aged 53
10. Rami Malek 1981American actorliving, 45
11. Marcelo 1988Brazilian footballer and playerliving, 38
12. EEEmilio Estevez 1962American actor and directorliving, 64
13. Gustav Vasa 1496Monarch of Swedendied aged 64
14. Gabriel Fauré 1845French composer and organistdied aged 79
15. Augustus II the Strong 1670King of Polanddied aged 62
16. Jules Massenet 1842French composerdied aged 70