A Thursday
Born on May 12, 1977?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Thursday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Fire Snake
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
49 years
Famous people born on May 12, 1977
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 12, 1977 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 12, 1977 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 12, 1977 is 49 years old today and has lived about 18,074 days. People born in 1977 belong to Generation X.
Also born on May 12
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Augustus II the Strong
1670 · King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elector of Saxony

Justus von Liebig
1803 · German chemist

Florence Nightingale
1820 · English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing

Gabriel Fauré
1845 · French composer, organist, pianist and teacher

Katharine Hepburn
1907 · American actress

Dorothy Hodgkin
1910 · British chemist

George Carlin
1937 · American stand-up comedian

Jonah Lomu
1975 · New Zealand rugby union player
Gift ideas for someone born in 1977
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 50
- “Born in 1977” gifts
- Wine from 1977
- Books about 1977
- A newspaper from 1977
- Coin set from 1977
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Questions about May 12, 1977
- What day of the week was May 12, 1977?
- May 12, 1977 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 12, 1977?
- Someone born on May 12, 1977 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 12, 1977?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 12, 1977 falls in the year of the Fire Snake.
- How old is someone born on May 12, 1977?
- Someone born on May 12, 1977 is 49 years old today and has lived about 18,074 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1977?
- People born in 1977 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 12, 1977?
- On May 12, 1977 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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