Famous birthdays for May 12: Kix Brooks, Eric Singer

Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus.

They include:

-- Nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale in 1820

-- Poet/artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1828

-- Lawmaker/writer Henry Cabot Lodge in 1850

-- Actor Katharine Hepburn in 1907

-- Newscaster Howard K. Smith in 1914

-- Businesswoman Mary Kay Ash in 1918

-- Convicted spy Julius Rosenberg in 1918

-- Baseball Hall of Fame member Yogi Berra in 1925

-- Musician Burt Bacharach in 1928

-- TV personality Tom Snyder in 1936

-- Artist Frank Stella in 1936

-- Comedian George Carlin in 1937

-- Musician Steve Winwood in 1948 (age 77)

-- Actor Bruce Boxleitner in 1950 (age 75)

-- Actor Gabriel Byrne in 1950 (age 75)

-- Musician Kix Brooks (Brooks & Dunn) in 1955 (age 70)

-- Musician Eric Singer (Kiss) in 1958 (age 67)

-- Actor Ving Rhames in 1959 (age 66)

-- Political commentator Paul Begala in 1961 (age 64)

-- Actor Emilio Estevez in 1962 (age 63)

-- Musician/producer Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion) in 1962 (age 63)

-- TV personality/chef Carla Hall in 1964 (age 61)

-- Julius Maada Bio, president of Sierra Leone, in 1964 (age 61)

-- Actor Stephen Baldwin in 1966 (age 59)

-- Skateboarding Hall of Fame member Tony Hawk in 1968 (age 57)

-- Actor Catherine Tate in 1968 (age 57)

-- Actor Kim Fields in 1969 (age 56)

-- Actor Samantha Mathis in 1970 (age 55)

-- Actor Rhea Seehorn in 1972 (age 53)

-- Musician Matt Mangano (Zac Brown Band) in 1976 (age 49)

-- Actor Rebecca Herbst in 1977 (age 48)

-- Actor Malin Akerman in 1978 (age 47)

-- Actor Jason Biggs in 1978 (age 47)

-- Actor Rami Malek in 1981 (age 44)

-- Actor Domhnall Gleeson in 1983 (age 42)

-- Actor Emily VanCamp in 1986 (age 39)

-- Actor Odeya Rush in 1997 (age 28)