Famous Deaths on May 12, Who Died on May 12
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1003 | Sylvester II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 946) |
| 1012 | Sergius IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 970) |
| 1090 | Liutold of Eppenstein, duke of Carinthia |
| 1161 | Fergus of Galloway, Scottish nobleman |
| 1182 | Valdemar I, king of Denmark (b. 1131) |
| 1331 | Engelbert of Admont, Benedictine abbot and scholar |
| 1465 | Thomas Palaiologos, Despot of Morea (b. 1409) |
| 1490 | Joanna, Portuguese princess and regent (b. 1452) |
| 1529 | Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington, English noblewoman (b. 1460) |
| 1599 | Murad Mirza, Mughal prince (b. 1570) |
| 1634 | George Chapman, English poet and playwright (b. 1559) |
| 1641 | Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1593) |
| 1684 | Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest (b. 1620) |
| 1699 | Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626) |
| 1700 | John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1631) |
| 1708 | Adolphus Frederick II, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658) |
| 1748 | Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692) |
| 1759 | Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700) |
| 1784 | Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710) |
| 1792 | Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710) |
| 1796 | Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720) |
| 1801 | Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734) |
| 1842 | Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799) |
| 1845 | János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763) |
| 1856 | Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786) |
| 1859 | Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791) |
| 1860 | Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795) |
| 1864 | J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833) |
| 1867 | Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795) |
| 1876 | Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843) |
| 1878 | Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795) |
| 1884 | Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824) |
| 1897 | Minna Canth, Finnish journalist, playwright, and activist (b. 1844) |
| 1900 | Göran Fredrik Göransson, Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (b. 1819) |
| 1907 | Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848) |
| 1916 | James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868) |
| 1925 | Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874) |
| 1931 | Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858) |
| 1935 | Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867) |
| 1944 | Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892) |
| 1956 | Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895) |
| 1957 | Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and racing driver (b. 1928) |
| 1963 | Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878) |
| 1964 | Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875) |
| 1966 | Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896) |
| 1967 | John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878) |
| 1970 | Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891) |
| 1971 | Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901) |
| 1973 | Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888) |
| 1974 | Wayne Maki, Canadian National Hockey League player (b. 1944) |
| 1980 | Lillian Roth, American actress (b. 1910) |
| 1981 | Francis Hughes, Provisional IRA hunger striker (b. 1956) |
| 1985 | Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901) |
| 1986 | Elisabeth Bergner, German actress (b. 1897) |
| 1992 | Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (b. 1911) |
| 1993 | Zeno Colò, Italian Olympic alpine skier (b.1920) |
| 1994 | Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1902) |
| 1995 | Ștefan Kovács, Romanian football player and coach (b. 1920) |
| 1999 | Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American illustrator (b. 1914) |
| 2000 | Adam Petty, American race car driver (b. 1980) |
| 2001 | Perry Como, American singer and television host (b. 1912) |
| 2003 | Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-American diplomat (b. 1933) |
| 2005 | Ömer Kavur, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944) |
| 2006 | Hussein Maziq, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1918) |
| 2008 | Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1925) |
| 2009 | Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957) |
| 2012 | Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1921) |
| 2013 | Gerd Langguth, German political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1946) |
| 2014 | Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (b. 1925)[68] |
| 2015 | Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923) |
| 2016 | Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (b. 1935) |
| 2017 | Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, ninth President of Finland (b. 1923) |
| 2018 | Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer (b. 1945) |
| 805 | Æthelhard, archbishop of Canterbury |
| 940 | Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (b. 877) |
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