Famous Deaths on August 12, Who Died on August 12
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 0030 | Cleopatra, Egyptian queen (b. 69 BC) |
| 1222 | Vladislaus III, duke of Bohemia |
| 1295 | Charles Martel, king of Hungary (b. 1271) |
| 1315 | Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman |
| 1319 | Rudolf I, duke of Bavaria (b. 1274) |
| 1335 | Prince Moriyoshi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1308) |
| 1399 | Demetrius I Starshy, Prince of Trubczewsk (in battle) (b. 1327) |
| 1424 | Yongle, emperor of the Ming Empire (b. 1360) |
| 1484 | Sixtus IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1414) |
| 1546 | Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian (b. 1492) |
| 1577 | Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513) |
| 1588 | Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian-English composer (b. 1543) |
| 1612 | Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1557) |
| 1638 | Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557) |
| 1674 | Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1602) |
| 1689 | Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611) |
| 1778 | Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (b. 1714) |
| 1809 | Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738) |
| 1810 | Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725) |
| 1822 | Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1769) |
| 1827 | William Blake, English poet and painter (b. 1757) |
| 1829 | Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (b. 1760) |
| 1848 | George Stephenson, English engineer and academic (b. 1781) |
| 1849 | Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761) |
| 1861 | Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (b. 1793) |
| 1864 | Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1811) |
| 1865 | William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (b. 1785) |
| 1891 | James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1819) |
| 1896 | Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841) |
| 1900 | Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836) |
| 1901 | Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832) |
| 1904 | William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861) |
| 1914 | John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed HMS Holland 1 (b. 1840) |
| 1918 | William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848) |
| 1921 | Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836) |
| 1922 | Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871) |
| 1924 | Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863) |
| 1928 | Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (b. 1854) |
| 1934 | Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856) |
| 1935 | Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (b. 1851) |
| 1940 | Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884) |
| 1941 | Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866) |
| 1943 | Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859) |
| 1944 | Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915) |
| 1952 | David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884) |
| 1955 | Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875) |
| 1964 | Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908) |
| 1966 | Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (b. 1923) |
| 1967 | Esther Forbes, American historian and author (b. 1891) |
| 1973 | Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) |
| 1976 | Tom Driberg, British politician/journalist (b. 1905) |
| 1978 | John Williams, English motorcycle racer (b. 1946) |
| 1979 | Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) |
| 1982 | Henry Fonda, American actor (b. 1905) |
| 1983 | Theodor Burchardi, German admiral (b. 1892) |
| 1984 | Ladi Kwali, Nigerian potter (b. 1925) |
| 1985 | Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1941) |
| 1986 | Evaline Ness, American author and illustrator (b. 1911) |
| 1988 | Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (b. 1960) |
| 1989 | Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (b. 1917) |
| 1990 | Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (b. 1903) |
| 1992 | John Cage, American composer and theorist (b. 1912) |
| 1996 | Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist and academic (b. 1908) |
| 1997 | Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (b. 1914) |
| 1999 | Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1916) |
| 2000 | Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (b. 1955) |
| 2002 | Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916) |
| 2004 | Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919) |
| 2005 | John Loder, English sound engineer and producer, founded Southern Studios (b. 1946) |
| 2006 | Victoria Gray Adams, American civil rights activist (b. 1926) |
| 2007 | Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (b. 1925) |
| 2008 | Christie Allen, English-Australian singer (b. 1954) |
| 2009 | Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1915) |
| 2010 | Isaac Bonewits, American Druid, author, and activist; founded Ár nDraíocht Féin (b. 1949) |
| 2011 | Robert Robinson, English journalist and author (b. 1927) |
| 2012 | Jimmy Carr, American football player and coach (b. 1933) |
| 2013 | Tereza de Arriaga, Portuguese painter (b. 1915) |
| 2014 | Lauren Bacall, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1924) |
| 2015 | Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and academic (b. 1929) |
| 2016 | Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (b. 1958) |
| 2017 | Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1942) |
| 2019 | DJ Arafat, Ivorian DJ and singer (b. 1986) |
| 2020 | Bill Yeoman, American college football player and coach (b. 1927) |
| 2021 | Una Stubbs, English actress, TV personality, and dancer (b. 1937) |
| 792 | Jænberht, archbishop of Canterbury |
| 875 | Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 825) |
| 960 | Li Gu, chancellor of Later Zhou (b. 903) |
| 961 | Yuan Zong, emperor of Southern Tang (b. 916) |
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