Famous Deaths on March 12, Who Died on March 12
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1022 | Symeon the New Theologian, Byzantine monk (b. 949) |
| 1289 | Demetrius II, king of Georgia (b. 1259) |
| 1316 | Stefan Dragutin, king of Serbia (b. 1253) |
| 1374 | Go-Kōgon, Japanese emperor (b. 1338) |
| 1496 | Johann Heynlin, German humanist scholar (b. c. 1425) |
| 1507 | Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal (b. 1475) |
| 1539 | Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat and politician (b.1477) |
| 1608 | Kōriki Kiyonaga, Japanese daimyō (b. 1530) |
| 1628 | John Bull, English organist and composer (b. 1562) |
| 1648 | Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571) |
| 1681 | Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (b. 1635) |
| 1699 | Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635) |
| 1703 | Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford, English jurist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1627) |
| 1731 | Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (b. 1660) |
| 1790 | András Hadik, Hungarian field marshal (b. 1710) |
| 1820 | Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish explorer and politician (b. 1764) |
| 1832 | Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (b. 1786) |
| 1858 | William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (b. 1816) |
| 1872 | Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1811) |
| 1894 | Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840) |
| 1898 | Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818) |
| 1909 | Joseph Petrosino, American police officer (b. 1860) |
| 1914 | George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman (b. 1846) |
| 1916 | Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830) |
| 1925 | Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866) |
| 1929 | Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851) |
| 1929 | William Turner Dannat, American painter (b. 1853) |
| 1930 | William George Barker, Canadian colonel and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1894) |
| 1930 | Alois Jirásek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1851) |
| 1935 | Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858) |
| 1937 | Jenſ Hubay, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1858) |
| 1937 | Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (b. 1844) |
| 1942 | Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (b. 1861) |
| 1942 | William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) |
| 1943 | Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869) |
| 1945 | Friedrich Fromm, German general (b. 1888) |
| 1946 | Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897) |
| 1947 | Winston Churchill, American author and playwright (b. 1871) |
| 1949 | Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879) |
| 1954 | Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870) |
| 1955 | Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920) |
| 1955 | Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892) |
| 1956 | Bolesſaw Bierut, Polish Communist leader (b. 1892) |
| 1957 | Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877) |
| 1960 | Kshitimohan Sen, Indian historian, author, and academic (b. 1880) |
| 1963 | Arthur Grimsdell, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1894) |
| 1964 | Abbās al-Aqqād, Egyptian journalist, poet and literary critic (b. 1889) |
| 1971 | Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (b. 1873) |
| 1973 | Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898) |
| 1974 | George D. Sax, American banker and businessman (b. 1904) |
| 1979 | Nader Jahanbani, Iranian general and pilot (b. 1928) |
| 1984 | Arnold Ridley, English actor and playwright (b. 1896) |
| 1985 | Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1899) |
| 1987 | Woody Hayes, American football player and coach (b. 1913) |
| 1989 | Maurice Evans, English-American actor (b. 1901) |
| 1989 | Jakob Gimpel, Polish concert pianist and educator (b. 1906) |
| 1991 | Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900) |
| 1991 | William Heinesen, Faroese author, poet, and author (b. 1900) |
| 1992 | Hans G. Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1921) |
| 1992 | Lucy M. Lewis, American potter (b. 1890) |
| 1998 | Beatrice Wood, American painter and potter (b. 1893) |
| 1999 | Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1916) |
| 2000 | Aleksandar NikoliĿ, Yugoslav basketball coach (b. 1924) |
| 2001 | Morton Downey Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (b. 1933) |
| 2001 | Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927) |
| 2001 | Victor Westhoff, Dutch botanist and academic (b. 1916) |
| 2002 | Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1932) |
| 2002 | Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923) |
| 2003 | Zoran ĐinĿiĿ, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952) |
| 2003 | Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1914) |
| 2003 | Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (b. 1948) |
| 2004 | Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter (b. 1917) |
| 2005 | Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist and producer (b. 1943) |
| 2005 | Stavros Kouyioumtzis, Greek composer (b. 1932) |
| 2006 | Victor Sokolov, Russian-American priest and journalist (b. 1947) |
| 2007 | Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1924) |
| 2008 | Jorge Guinzburg, Argentinian journalist and producer (b. 1949) |
| 2008 | Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French soldier and supercentenarian (b. 1897) |
| 2010 | Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1920) |
| 2011 | Olive Dickason, Canadian historian and journalist (b. 1920) |
| 2011 | Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (b. 1919) |
| 2012 | Samuel Glazer, American businessman, co-founded Mr. Coffee (b. 1923) |
| 2012 | Dick Harter, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930) |
| 2012 | Michael Hossack, American drummer (b. 1946) |
| 2012 | Friedhelm Konietzka, German-Swiss footballer and manager (b. 1938) |
| 2013 | George Burditt, American lawyer and politician (b. 1921) |
| 2013 | Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1957) |
| 2013 | Michael Grigsby, English director and producer (b. 1936) |
| 2013 | Ganesh Pyne, Indian painter and illustrator (b. 1937) |
| 2014 | VĿra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
| 2014 | George Donaldson, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1968) |
| 2014 | Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (b. 1923) |
| 2014 | Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931) |
| 2014 | José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (b. 1936) |
| 2015 | Willie Barrow, American minister and activist (b. 1924) |
| 2015 | Michael Graves, American architect and academic, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (b. 1934) |
| 2015 | Ada Jafri, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1924) |
| 2015 | Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1948) |
| 2016 | Rafiq Azad, Bangladeshi poet and author (b. 1942) |
| 2016 | Felix Ibru, Nigerian architect and politician, Governor of Delta State (b. 1935) |
| 2016 | Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923) |
| 417 | Innocent I, pope of the Catholic Church |
| 604 | Gregory I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 540) |
| 951 | ÿlfheah the Bald, bishop of Winchester |
| 969 | Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 931) |
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