Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas el 12 de mayo
Frenkie de Jong
Frenkie de Jong es un futbolista neerlandés que juega como centrocampista, y ocasionalmente como defensa, en el Fútbol Club Barcelona de la Primera División de España. Un creador de juego versátil, es conocido por sus fuertes habilidades defensivas.
Bruno Lage
Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento, simplemente conocido como Bruno Lage, es un exfutbolista y entrenador portugués. Actualmente está sin club.
Tony Hawk
Anthony Frank Hawk, más conocido como Tony Hawk, es un famoso patinador estadounidense. Es considerado el mejor patinador del mundo sobre vert (half-pipe) además de uno de los más versátiles y habilidosos, y también es considerado uno de los mejores en el vertical skateboarding, debido a su gran habilidad y su frecuente práctica.
Johan Ferrier
Johan Henri Eliza Ferrier fue un político surinamés. Estudió en los Países Bajos y fue primer ministro de la Guayana Neerlandesa. En 1946 fundó el Partido Nacional de Surinam. El día 25 de noviembre de 1975 supuso el fin de la dominación de la corona neerlandesa en el territorio surinamés y la independencia. Ferrier es nombrado presidente. Se mantiene en el poder hasta el 25 de febrero de 1980 cuando ocurre el Golpe de los Sargentos. Renunció el 13 de agosto de 1980 y se exilió en los Países Bajos. Murió en Oegstgeest el 4 de enero de 2010 a los 99 años.
Misha Defonseca
Misha Defonseca is a Belgian-born writer and the author of a fictitious Holocaust memoir titled Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, first published in 1997 and at that time professed to be a true memoir. It became an instant success in Europe and was translated into 18 languages. The French version of the book was a derivative work based on the original with the title Survivre avec les loups that was published in 1997 by the Éditions Robert Laffont; this second version was adapted into the French film of the same name.
Jared Polis
Jared Schutz Polis is an American politician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist serving as the 43rd governor of Colorado since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served one term on the Colorado State Board of Education from 2001 to 2007 and five terms as the United States Representative from Colorado's 2nd congressional district from 2009 to 2019. During his time in Congress, he was the only Democratic member of the libertarian conservative Liberty Caucus. He was elected governor of Colorado in 2018, defeating Republican nominee Walker Stapleton.
Samantha Mathis
Samantha Mathis es una actriz estadounidense, conocida por sus interpretaciones en películas como Pump Up the Volume, American Psycho, Broken Arrow, Super Mario Bros. y The Punisher. Ha tenido también papeles como invitada en series televisivas como Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, House M.D. o Grey's Anatomy.
Lawrence Phillips
Lawrence Lamond Phillips was a professional American football and Canadian football running back. A two-time college football national champion with the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Phillips played in the National Football League for the St. Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins, and San Francisco 49ers from 1996 through 1999, and for the Montreal Alouettes and Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in 2002 and 2003.
Chris Sacca
Christopher Sacca is an American venture investor, company advisor, entrepreneur, and lawyer. He is the proprietor of Lowercase Capital, a venture capital fund in the United States that has invested in seed and early-stage technology companies such as Twitter, Uber, Instagram, Twilio, and Kickstarter, investments that resulted in his placement as No. 2 on Forbes' Midas List: Top Tech Investors for 2017. Prior to founding Lowercase Capital in 2010, Sacca held several positions at Google Inc., where he led the alternative access and wireless divisions and worked on mergers and acquisitions. Between 2015 and 2017, he appeared as a "Guest Shark" on ABC's Shark Tank. In early 2017, Sacca announced that he was retiring from venture investing.
Rolf Zuckowski
Rolf Zuckowski is a German singer-songwriter. He has written and composed music especially for children, but his songs are very popular among adults, too. His compositions involve children in music throughout their childhood and accompany their daily life. Meanwhile, many of his songs have attained the status of Folk songs.