List of Famous people born on May 12nd

Joel Goodman Joffe, Baron Joffe, was a South African-born British lawyer and Labour peer in the House of Lords.

Günther Lohre was a German athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Max Bernstein was a German art and theatre critic and author. He was the husband of Elsa Bernstein.

Émilie Bierre is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the film A Colony , for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.

Shugo Fujii is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

Clara Isabel Alegría Vides, also known by her pseudonym Claribel Alegría, was a Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America. She was awarded the 2006 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

Ayaz Niyazi oglu Mutallibov is an Azerbaijani politician who served as the first president of Azerbaijan. He was the last leader of Soviet Azerbaijan, and the first President of independent Azerbaijan from August 1991 until May 1992.

Sancho IV of Castile called the Brave, was the king of Castile, León and Galicia from 1284 to his death. He was the second son of Alfonso X and Yolanda, daughter of James I of Aragon.

Paulo César Silva Peixoto is a Portuguese football manager and former professional player who played mainly a left midfielder but occasionally as a left back.

Denis Charvet is a former French rugby union player. He played as a centre. Denis Charvet played for Stade Toulousain and Racing Club de France. He earned his first national cap on March 1, 1986 against Wales at Cardiff. He played all the five games at the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where France lost the final to New Zealand by 29-9.