Famous Deaths on October 12, Who Died on October 12
Here is a list who died on October 12. Famous deaths for the 12th of October. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on October 12. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1095 | Leopold II, margrave of Austria (b. 1050) |
| 1152 | Adolf III of Berg, German nobleman (b. 1080) |
| 1320 | Michael IX Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1277) |
| 1328 | Clementia of Hungary, queen consort of France and Navarre (b. 1293) |
| 1448 | Zhu Quan, Chinese prince, historian and playwright (b. 1378) |
| 1491 | Fritz Herlen, German painter (b. 1449) |
| 1492 | Piero della Francesca, Italian mathematician and painter (b. 1415) |
| 1565 | Jean Ribault, French-American lieutenant and navigator (b. 1520) |
| 1576 | Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1527) |
| 1590 | Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1543) |
| 1600 | Luis de Molina, Spanish priest and philosopher (b. 1535) |
| 1601 | Nicholas Brend, English landowner (b. 1560) |
| 1632 | Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese commander (b. 1549) |
| 1646 | François de Bassompierre, French general and courtier (b. 1579) |
| 1654 | Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (b. 1622) |
| 1678 | Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1621) |
| 1679 | William Gurnall, English minister, theologian, and author (b. 1617) |
| 1685 | Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628) |
| 1730 | Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1671) |
| 1758 | Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680) |
| 1812 | Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764) |
| 1845 | Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780) |
| 1858 | Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797) |
| 1870 | Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807) |
| 1875 | Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827) |
| 1896 | Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817) |
| 1898 | Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816) |
| 1914 | Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838) |
| 1915 | Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865) |
| 1923 | Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857) |
| 1924 | Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844) |
| 1926 | Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838) |
| 1933 | John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847) |
| 1940 | Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880) |
| 1946 | Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883) |
| 1948 | Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885) |
| 1954 | George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918) |
| 1956 | Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (b. 1872) |
| 1957 | Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865) |
| 1958 | Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907) |
| 1960 | Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898) |
| 1965 | Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899) |
| 1967 | Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian activist and politician (b. 1910) |
| 1969 | Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (b. 1912) |
| 1970 | Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian-American illustrator and painter (b. 1891) |
| 1971 | Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893) |
| 1972 | Robert Le Vigan, French-Argentinian actor and politician (b. 1900) |
| 1973 | Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (b. 1899) |
| 1978 | Nancy Spungen, American figure of the 1970s punk rock scene (b. 1958) |
| 1984 | Anthony Berry, English politician (b. 1925) |
| 1985 | Johnny Olson, American radio host and game show announcer (b. 1910) |
| 1987 | Alf Landon, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (b. 1887) |
| 1988 | Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English poet and author (b. 1886) |
| 1989 | Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (b. 1920) |
| 1990 | Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (b. 1926) |
| 1991 | Sheila Florance, Australian actress (b. 1916) |
| 1993 | Leon Ames, American actor (b. 1902) |
| 1994 | Gérald Godin, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1938) |
| 1996 | René Lacoste, French tennis player and fashion designer, co-founded Lacoste (b. 1904) |
| 1997 | John Denver, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1943) |
| 1998 | Mario Beaulieu, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) |
| 1999 | Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (b. 1936) |
| 2001 | Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1907) |
| 2002 | Ray Conniff, American bandleader and composer (b. 1916) |
| 2003 | Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1914) |
| 2005 | C. Delores Tucker, American activist and politician (b. 1927) |
| 2006 | Angelika Machinek, German glider pilot (b. 1956) |
| 2007 | Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect, designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower (b. 1934) |
| 2008 | Karl Chircop, Maltese physician and politician (b. 1965) |
| 2009 | Dickie Peterson American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1948) |
| 2010 | Austin Ardill, Northern Irish soldier and politician (b. 1917) |
| 2011 | Patricia Breslin, American actress (b. 1931) |
| 2012 | James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1910) |
| 2013 | George Herbig, American astronomer and academic (b. 1920) |
| 2014 | Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1933) |
| 2015 | Abdallah Kigoda, Tanzanian politician, 8th Tanzanian Minister of Industry and Trade (b. 1953) |
| 2020 | Conchata Ferrell, American actress (b. 1943) |
| 322 | Demosthenes, Athenian statesman, (b. 384 BC) |
| 638 | Honorius I, pope of the Catholic Church |
| 642 | John IV, pope of the Catholic Church |
| 884 | Tsunesada, Japanese prince (b. 825) |
| 974 | Al-Muti, Abbasid caliph (b. 913/14) |
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