Famous Deaths on April 12, Who Died on April 12
Here is a list who died on April 12. Famous deaths for the 12th of April. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on April 12. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 0045 | Gnaeus Pompeius, Roman general and politician (b. 75 BC) |
| 1125 | Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1065) |
| 1167 | Charles VII, king of Sweden (b. c. 1130) |
| 1256 | Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre, regent of Navarre (b. c. 1217) |
| 1443 | Henry Chichele, English archbishop (b. 1364) |
| 1500 | Leonhard of Gorizia, Count of Gorz (b. 1440) |
| 1530 | Joanna La Beltraneja, Princess of Castile (b. 1462) |
| 1550 | Claude, Duke of Guise (b. 1496) |
| 1555 | Joanna of Castile, nominal Queen of Castile, Aragon and so on (b. 1479) |
| 1675 | Richard Bennett, English politician, colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609) |
| 1684 | Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (b. 1596) |
| 1687 | Ambrose Dixon, English-American soldier (b. 1619) |
| 1704 | Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (b. 1627) |
| 1748 | William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685) |
| 1782 | Metastasio, Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698) |
| 1788 | Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (b. 1719) |
| 1795 | Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710) |
| 1814 | Charles Burney, English composer and historian (b. 1726) |
| 1817 | Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (b. 1730) |
| 1850 | Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788) |
| 1866 | Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801) |
| 1872 | Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795) |
| 1878 | William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823) |
| 1879 | Richard Taylor, Confederate general (b. 1826) |
| 1885 | William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817) |
| 1898 | Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820) |
| 1902 | Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842) |
| 1906 | Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836) |
| 1912 | Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821) |
| 1933 | Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835) |
| 1937 | Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852) |
| 1938 | Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873) |
| 1943 | Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889) |
| 1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882) |
| 1953 | Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880) |
| 1962 | Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923) |
| 1966 | Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910) |
| 1968 | Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899) |
| 1971 | Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886) |
| 1973 | Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894) |
| 1975 | Josephine Baker, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906) |
| 1976 | Christos Kakkalos, Greek mountain guide (b. 1882) |
| 1977 | Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894) |
| 1980 | William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913) |
| 1981 | Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887) |
| 1983 | Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (b. 1906) |
| 1984 | Edwin T. Layton, American admiral and cryptanalyst (b. 1903) |
| 1986 | Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1897) |
| 1988 | Colette Deréal, French singer and actress (b. 1927) |
| 1989 | Abbie Hoffman, American activist, co-founded Youth International Party (b. 1936) |
| 1992 | Ilario Bandini, Italian racing driver and businessman (b. 1911) |
| 1997 | George Wald, American neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) |
| 1998 | Robert Ford, Canadian poet and diplomat (b. 1915) |
| 1999 | Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931) |
| 2001 | Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the smiley (b. 1921) |
| 2002 | George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (b. 1908) |
| 2004 | Moran Campbell, Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (b. 1925) |
| 2006 | William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (b. 1924) |
| 2007 | Kevin Crease, Australian journalist (b. 1936) |
| 2008 | Cecilia Colledge, English-American figure skater and coach (b. 1920) |
| 2010 | Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader (b. 1916) |
| 2011 | Karim Fakhrawi, Bahraini journalist, co-founded Al-Wasat (b. 1962) |
| 2012 | Mohit Chattopadhyay, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1934) |
| 2013 | Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (b. 1928) |
| 2014 | Pierre Autin-Grenier, French author and poet (b. 1947) |
| 2015 | Paulo Brossard, Brazilian jurist and politician (b. 1924) |
| 2016 | Anne Jackson, American actress (b. 1925) |
| 2017 | Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (b. 1959) |
| 2020 | Tarvaris Jackson, American football player (b. 1983) |
| 2021 | Joseph Siravo, American actor and producer (b. 1955) |
| 2022 | Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1955) |
| 352 | Julius I, pope of the Catholic Church |
| 434 | Maximianus, archbishop of Constantinople |
| 901 | Eudokia Baïana, Byzantine empress and wife of Leo VI |
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