August 12 - Deaths

Deaths

• 30 BC – Cleopatra VII, Egyptian queen (b. 69 BC)
• 875 – Louis II of Italy (b. 825)
• 1424 – Yongle Emperor of China (b. 1360)
• 1484 – George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1395)
• 1484 – Pope Sixtus IV (b. 1414)
• 1512 – Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (b. 1463)
• 1577 – Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)
• 1588 – Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian composer (b. 1543)
• 1612 – Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (b. 1557)
• 1633 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (b. 1561)
• 1638 – Johannes Althusius, German writer (b. 1557)
• 1648 – Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1615)
• 1674 – Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b. 1602)
• 1689 – Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
• 1778 – Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general (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 (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 (b. 1781)
• 1849 – Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1851 – John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, English lawyer and activist (b. 1801)
• 1861 – Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (b. 1793)
• 1864 – Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese politician and scholar (b. 1811)
• 1865 – William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (b. 1785)
• 1891 – James Russell Lowell, American poet and essayist (b. 1819)
• 1896 – Thomas Chamberlain, American military officer (b. 1841)
• 1900 – Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (b. 1836)
• 1901 – Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832)
• 1904 – William Renshaw, British tennis player (b. 1861)
• 1914 – John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed the HMS Holland 1 (b. 1840)
• 1918 – Anna Held, Polish-American actress and singer (b. 1872)
• 1918 – William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848)
• 1922 – Arthur Griffith, Irish politician (b. 1871)
• 1924 – Sándor Bródy, Hungarian author and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1928 – Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (b. 1854)
• 1934 – Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856)
• 1935 – Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)
• 1941 – Bobby Peel, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1941 – Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1943 – Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer (b. 1859)
• 1944 – Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., American navy officer and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1948 – Harry Brearley, English inventor, developed stainless steel (b. 1871)
• 1952 – David Bergelson, Ukrainian-Soviet writer (b. 1884)
• 1955 – Thomas Mann, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1955 – James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1959 – Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (b. 1877)
• 1964 – Ian Fleming, English intelligence officer, journalist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1967 – Esther Forbes, American novelist (b. 1891)
• 1973 – Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1973 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1979 – Ernst Boris Chain, English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1982 – Henry Fonda, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1982 – Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
• 1982 – Varlam Shalamov, Russian writer (b. 1907)
• 1984 – Lenny Breau, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1985 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1941)
• 1985 – Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. 1951)
• 1988 – Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (b. 1960)
• 1989 – Samuel Okwaraji, Nigerian footballer (b. 1964)
• 1989 – William Shockley, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1990 – B. Kliban, American cartoonist (b. 1935)
• 1990 – Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (b. 1903)
• 1992 – John Cage, American composer (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Robert Gravel, Canadian actor and director (b. 1945)
• 1996 – Mark Gruenwald, American writer, illustrator, and editor (b. 1953)
• 1996 – Viktor Hambardzumyan, Soviet-Armenian scientist (b. 1908)
• 1997 – Luther Allison, American guitarist (b. 1939)
• 1999 – Jean Drapeau, Canadian politician (b. 1916)
• 2000 – Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (b. 1955)
• 2000 – Loretta Young, American actress (b. 1913)
• 2002 – Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Godfrey Hounsfield, English engineer and inventor, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Peter Woodthorpe, English actor (b. 1931)
• 2005 – John Loder, English sound engineer and producer (Crass) (b. 1946)
• 2007 – Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Mike Wieringo, American writer and illustrator (b. 1963)
• 2008 – Christie Allen, English-Australian singer (b. 1954)
• 2010 – Isaac Bonewits, American writer and activist, founded Ár nDraíocht Féin (b. 1949)
• 2010 – Richie Hayward, American drummer and songwriter (Little Feat and Fraternity of Man) (b. 1946)
• 2010 – André Kim, South Korean fashion designer (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Guido de Marco, Maltese politician, 6th President of Malta (b. 1931)
• 2011 – Robert Robinson, English journalist and author (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Eileen Beasley, Welsh educator and activist (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Jimmy Carr, American football player (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Prabuddha Dasgupta, Indian photographer (b. 1956)
• 2012 – Alex Falconer, Scottish politician (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Jerry Grant, American race car driver (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Dominic Hibberd, English biographer (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Joe Kubert, American illustrator, founded The Kubert School (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Frank Martin, American attorney and politician (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican politician
• 2012 – Alf Morris, English politician (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Jackie Watters, Scottish footballer (b. 1920)