A Thursday
Born on May 12, 1983?
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
Water Pig
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
43 years
Famous people born on May 12, 1983
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 12, 1983 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 12, 1983 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 12, 1983 is 43 years old today and has lived about 15,883 days. People born in 1983 belong to the Millennials.
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 1983
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 44
- “Born in 1983” gifts
- Wine from 1983
- Books about 1983
- A newspaper from 1983
- Coin set from 1983
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Questions about May 12, 1983
- What day of the week was May 12, 1983?
- May 12, 1983 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 12, 1983?
- Someone born on May 12, 1983 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 12, 1983?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 12, 1983 falls in the year of the Water Pig.
- How old is someone born on May 12, 1983?
- Someone born on May 12, 1983 is 43 years old today and has lived about 15,883 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1983?
- People born in 1983 belong to the Millennials.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 12, 1983?
- On May 12, 1983 the moon was a New Moon.
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