February 12 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1538 – Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter
• 1554 – Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (b. 1536)
• 1554 – Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the English throne (b. 1537)
• 1571 – Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)
• 1590 – François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (b. 1524)
• 1612 – Christopher Clavius, German astronomer (b. 1538)
• 1624 – George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)
• 1630 – Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)
• 1692 – Hendrick Hamel, Dutch sailor and writer (b. 1630)
• 1700 – Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
• 1724 – Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)
• 1728 – Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b. 1653)
• 1762 – Laurent Belissen, French composer (b. 1693)
• 1763 – Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
• 1771 – King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b. 1710)
• 1789 – Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738)
• 1799 – Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (b. 1729)
• 1804 – Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (b. 1724)
• 1834 – Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher (b. 1768)
• 1894 – Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1896 – Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (b. 1811)
• 1915 – Émile Waldteufel, French composer (b. 1837)
• 1916 – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1920 – Aurore Gagnon, Victim of child abuse (b. 1909)
• 1929 – Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 – Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (b. 1855)
• 1933 – Henri Duparc, French composer (b. 1848)
• 1935 – Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef (b. 1846)
• 1942 – Eugene Esmonde, British pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1909)
• 1942 – Grant Wood, American painter (b.1891)
• 1943 – Claude Jameson, American soccer player (b. 1886)
• 1945 – Walraven van Hall, a Dutch banker and resistance leader during the occupation of the Netherlands in World War II (b. 1906)
• 1945 – Antonio Villa-Real, Filipino jurist (b. 1880)
• 1947 – Moses Gomberg, Russian-born American chemist (b. 1866)
• 1949 – Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
• 1954 – Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (b. 1896)
• 1957 – Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (b. 1872)
• 1958 – Douglas Hartree, English mathematical physicist (b. 1897)
• 1960 – Jean-Michel Atlan, French painter (b. 1913)
• 1961 – Branko Miljković, Serbian poet (b. 1934)
• 1969 – Paltiel Daykan, Russian-born Israeli jurist (b. 1885)
• 1970 – Ishman Bracey, American blues musician (b. 1901)
• 1971 – James C. Penney, American department store founder (b. 1875)
• 1976 – Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
• 1977 – Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher (b. 1894)
• 1979 – Jean Renoir, French director (b. 1894)
• 1980 – Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (b. 1913)
• 1982 – Victor Jory, Canadian actor (b. 1902)
• 1983 – Eubie Blake, American musician and songwriter (b. 1887)
• 1983 – Jan Klaassens, Dutch footballer (b. 1931)
• 1984 – Anna Anderson, claimant to the throne of Russia (b. 1896)
• 1984 – Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b. 1914)
• 1985 – Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1989 – Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (b. 1931)
• 1991 – Roger Patterson, American death metal bass player (Atheist) (b. 1968)
• 1992 – Roy Slemon, Canadian military officer (b. 1904)
• 1992 – Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907)
• 1993 – James Bulger, English murder victim (b. 1990)
• 1994 – Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (b. 1950)
• 1995 – Philip Taylor Kramer, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1952)
• 1996 – Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (b. 1931)
• 1998 – Hugh Gardner Ackley, American economist (b.1915)
• 1999 – Toni Fisher, American pop singer (b. 1931)
• 2000 – Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929)
• 2000 – Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Andy Lewis, Australian musician (b. 1967)
• 2000 – Charles M. Schulz, American comics author (b. 1922)
• 2000 – Oliver, American pop singer (b. 1945)
• 2001 – Tiberio Mitri, Italian boxer (b. 1926)
• 2001 – Kristina Söderbaum, German actress (b. 1912)
• 2002 – John Eriksen, Danish footballer (b. 1957)
• 2003 – Vali Myers, Australian painter (b. 1930)
• 2005 – Sammi Smith, American country music singer (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Dorothy Stang, Brazilian nun (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (b. 1964)
• 2007 – Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 2007 – Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
• 2007 – Eldee Young, American jazz player (Ramsey Lewis Trio) (b. 1936)
• 2008 – Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 2009 – notable victims of Colgan Air Flight 3407:
  • Alison Des Forges, American investigator of the Rwanda genocide (b. 1942)
  • Beverly Eckert, American co-chair of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee (b. 1951)
  • Mat Mathews, Dutch jazz accordionist (b. 1924)
  • Coleman Mellett, American musician (b. 1974)
  • Gerry Niewood, American musician (b. 1943)
  • Claude Nollier, French actress (b. 1919)
• 2010 – Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (b. 1988)
• 2011 – Peter Alexander, Austrian singer, actor, entertainer (b. 1926)
• 2011 – Mato Damjanović, Croatian chess grandmaster (b. 1927)
• 2011 – Betty Garrett, American actress and dancer (b. 1919)
• 2011 – Fedor den Hertog, Dutch racing cyclist (b. 1946)
• 2012 – David Kelly, Irish actor (b. 1929)