History Deaths on April 12

Hal Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)

#Hal_Smith_(catcher)

Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)

#Mahesh_Chandra_Nyayratna_Bhattacharyya

Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)

#Ed_Lafitte

Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)

#Philip_K._Wrigley

Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)

#Richard_Taylor_(general)

Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)

#Marie_Alfred_Cornu

Gordian II, Roman emperor (b. 192; killed in battle)

#Gordian_II

Ilario Bandini, Italian racing driver and businessman (b. 1911)

#Ilario_Bandini

Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (b. 1928)

#Robert_Byrne_(chess_player)

Paulo Brossard, Brazilian jurist and politician (b. 1924)

#Paulo_Brossard

Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)

#Peter_Hesketh-Fleetwood

Charles VII, king of Sweden (b. c. 1130)

#Charles_VII_of_Sweden

Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)

#Feodor_Chaliapin

Patrick Hillery, Irish physician and politician, 6th President of Ireland (b. 1923)

#Patrick_Hillery

Charles Burney, English composer and historian (b. 1726)

#Charles_Burney

Cecilia Colledge, English-American figure skater and coach (b. 1920)

#Cecilia_Colledge

Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (b. 1959)

#Charlie_Murphy

Josephine Baker, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906)

#Josephine_Baker

Claude, Duke of Guise (b. 1496)

#Claude,_Duke_of_Guise

Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1961)

#Annamária_Szalai

Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader (b. 1916)

#Michel_Chartrand

George Wald, American neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)

#George_Wald

Leonhard of Gorizia, Count of Gorz (b. 1440)

#Leonhard_of_Gorizia

Ya'akov Yosef, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1946)

#Ya'akov_Yosef

Mohammad Al Gaz, Emirati politician & diplomat (b. 1930)

#Mohammad_Al_Gaz

Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (b. 1921)

#Sugar_Ray_Robinson

William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685)

#William_Kent

Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (b. 1596)

#Nicola_Amati

Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)

#Viktor_Puskar

Joanna of Castile (b. 1479)

#Joanna_of_Castile

Karim Fakhrawi, Bahraini journalist, co-founded Al-Wasat (b. 1962)

#Karim_Fakhrawi

Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)

#Charles_Messier

Henry Chichele, English archbishop (b. 1364)

#Henry_Chichele

Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)

#Sydney_Allard

Vsevolod the Big Nest, Grand Prince of Vladimir (b. 1154)

#Vsevolod_the_Big_Nest

Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)

#Adoniram_Judson

Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)

#Clara_Barton

Alan Paton, South African historian and author (b. 1903)

#Alan_Paton

Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)

#Lionel_Logue

Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)

#Adelbert_Ames

Abbie Hoffman, American activist, co-founded Youth International Party (b. 1936)

#Abbie_Hoffman

Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre, regent of Navarre (b. c. 1217)

#Margaret_of_Bourbon,_Queen_of_Navarre

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)

#Franklin_D._Roosevelt

Edwin T. Layton, American admiral and cryptanalyst (b. 1903)

#Edwin_T._Layton

Anne Jackson, American actress (b. 1925)

#Anne_Jackson

Joe Louis, American boxer and wrestler (b. 1914)

#Joe_Louis

Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)

#Abdülhak_Hâmid_Tarhan

Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1065)

#Vladislaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (b. 1627)

#Jacques-Bénigne_Bossuet

Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)

#Nikolaos_Mantzaros

Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (b. 1945)

#Werner_Schroeter

William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)

#William_Crowther_(Australian_politician)

Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (b. 1906)

#Jørgen_Juve

Patrice Dominguez, Algerian-French tennis player and trainer (b. 1950)

#Patrice_Dominguez

Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)

#Elzéar-Alexandre_Taschereau

William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)

#William_M._Tweed

Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)

#Prince_Yasuhiko_Asaka

Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)

#Johann_Kaspar_Basselet_von_La_Rosée

Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1897)

#Valentin_Kataev

André Mba Obame, Gabonese politician (b. 1957)

Alfred Eick, German commander (b. 1916)

Billy Standridge, American race car driver (b. 1953)

Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (b. 1990)

Pierre-Henri Menthéour, French cyclist (b. 1960)

Pierre Autin-Grenier, French author and poet (b. 1947)

William Y. Thompson, American historian and author (b. 1922)

Brennan Manning, American priest and author (b. 1934)

Michael France, American screenwriter (b. 1962)

Johnny du Plooy, South African boxer (b. 1964)

Rodgers Grant, American pianist and composer (b. 1935)

Mohit Chattopadhyay, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1934)

Jerry Zucker, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1949)

Kevin Crease, Australian journalist (b. 1936)

William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (b. 1924)

Moran Campbell, Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (b. 1925)

George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (b. 1908)

Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the smiley (b. 1921)

Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)

Robert Ford, Canadian poet and diplomat (b. 1915)

Colette Deréal, French singer and actress (b. 1927)

Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)

William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)

Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)

Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)

Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)

Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (b. 1719)

Metastasio, Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698)

Ambrose Dixon, English-American soldier (b. 1619)

Richard Bennett, English politician, colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)

Joanna La Beltraneja, Princess of Castile (b. 1462)

Eudokia Baïana, Byzantine empress and wife of Leo VI

Maximianus, archbishop of Constantinople

Julius I, pope of the Catholic Church

Gnaeus Pompeius, Roman general and politician (b. 75 BC)