List of Famous people born on May 12nd

Louis Philippe d'Orléans known as le Gros, was a French prince, a member of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, the royal dynasty that ruled France. The First Prince of the Blood after 1752, he was the most senior male at the French court after the immediate royal family. He was the father of Philippe Égalité. He greatly augmented the already huge wealth of the House of Orléans.

Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca, was a Brazilian field marshal and politician who served as President of Brazil between 1910 and 1914. He was a nephew of Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil, General João Severiano da Fonseca, Patron of the Army Health Service, and the son of Marshal Hermes Ernesto da Fonseca and Rita Rodrigues Barbosa.

Rebecca Ann Herbst is an American actress, known for playing nurse Elizabeth Webber on the ABC Daytime drama General Hospital, a role she originated on August 1, 1997, and Suzee, an alien, on the Nickelodeon show, Space Cases.

Baby LeRoy was a child actor who appeared in films in the 1930s. When he was 16 months old, he became the youngest person ever put under term contract by a major studio.

Infante Gabriel of Spain was a son of King Charles III of Spain and his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony.

Marcelo Aparecido Toscano is a Brazilian footballer who plays for América Mineiro. Mainly a striker, he can also play as a winger.

Friederike von Reden (1774-1854), was a German philanthropist and salon-holder. She is known as the Mutter des Hirschberger Tales.

Laurie Jill "Lar" Park Lincoln is an American actress. She appeared in the 1987 film House II: The Second Story as Kate, the 1988 horror film Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood as Tina Shepard, and a 1988 episode of the anthology horror series Freddy's Nightmares as Karyn. Lincoln starred in the television series Knots Landing from 1987 to 1991.

George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan,, styled Viscount Chelsea from 1864 to 1873, was a British Conservative politician.