History Deaths on December 12

Paul Arizin, American basketball player (b. 1928)

#Paul_Arizin

Fay Compton, English actress (b. 1894)

#Fay_Compton

Frederick I, Elector Palatine (b. 1425)

#Frederick_I,_Elector_Palatine

George Montgomery, American actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)

#George_Montgomery_(actor)

Joan of Portugal, Queen of Castile (b. 1439)

#Joan_of_Portugal

Kenny Davern, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1935)

#Kenny_Davern

Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)

#Raymond_Radiguet

Mo Udall, American captain and politician (b. 1922)

#Mo_Udall

Annette Stroyberg, Danish actress (b. 1936)

#Annette_Stroyberg

Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)

#Mildred_Bailey

Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)

#Meshullam_Feivush_Heller

Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)

#Selim_II

Bed?ich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)

#Bed?ich_Hrozný

Audrey Totter, American actress (b. 1917)

#Audrey_Totter

Ivor Grattan-Guinness, English mathematician, historian, and academic (b. 1941)

#Ivor_Grattan-Guinness

Gebran Tueni, Lebanese journalist and politician (b. 1957)

#Gebran_Tueni

József Antall, Hungarian historian and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1932)

#József_Antall

Avery Dulles, American cardinal and theologian (b. 1918)

#Avery_Dulles

Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (b. 1926)

#Enrique_Jorrín

Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboard player and manager (b. 1938)

#Ian_Stewart_(musician)

Suzanne Lilar, Belgian author and playwright (b. 1901)

#Suzanne_Lilar

Kogyo-Daishi, restorer of Shingon Buddhism in Japan (b. 1095)

#Kakuban

Ramanand Sagar, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)

#Ramanand_Sagar

John Pell, English mathematician and linguist (b. 1610)

#John_Pell

Raymond P. Shafer, American lawyer and politician, 38th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1917)

#Raymond_P._Shafer

Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)

#Menelik_II

Paul Verner, German politician (b. 1911)

#Paul_Verner

Anne Baxter, American actress (b. 1923)

#Anne_Baxter

Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931)

#Tom_Laughlin

Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)

#Thorleif_Haug

Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 5th President of Cyprus (b. 1934)

#Tassos_Papadopoulos

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678)

#Henry_St_John,_1st_Viscount_Bolingbroke

John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)

#John_Ponsonby_(politician)

Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)

#Paul_Cadmus

Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923)

#Heydar_Aliyev

William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)

#William_I_of_the_Netherlands

Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Premier of Quebec (b. 1912)

#Jean_Lesage

Tekle Giyorgis I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1751)

#Tekle_Giyorgis_I

Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1507)

#Philip_II,_Metropolitan_of_Moscow

Pat DiNizio, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955)

#Pat_DiNizio

Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)

#Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt

Herb Plews, American baseball player (b. 1928)

#Herb_Plews

Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902)

#Tallulah_Bankhead

Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, created Clifford the Big Red Dog (b. 1928)

#Norman_Bridwell

Van Johnson, American actor (b. 1916)

#Van_Johnson

Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)

#Johann_Christoph_Gottsched

Frans Geurtsen, Dutch footballer (b. 1942)

#Frans_Geurtsen

Marco Denevi, Argentinian author and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#Marco_Denevi

Gangodawila Soma Thero, Sri Lankan monk and educator (b. 1948)

#Gangodawila_Soma_Thero

Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)

#Doris_Blackburn

David Sarnoff, Belarusian-American businessman (b. 1891)

#David_Sarnoff

John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)

#John_Sparrow_David_Thompson

Carloman II, Frankish king (b. 866)

#Carloman_II

Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)

#Alexander_Parvus

Jack Cassidy, American actor (b. 1927)

#Jack_Cassidy

Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)

#Robert_Browning

Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)

#Evgenii_Landis

Guy III, king of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor

#Guy_III_of_Spoleto

Maimonides, Egyptian religious scholar, philosopher and physician (b. 1135)

#Maimonides

Yasujir? Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1903)

#Yasujir?_Ozu

Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)

#Mikhail_Shcherbatov

Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and explorer (b. 1897)

#Ardito_Desio

Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright(b. 1923)

#Joseph_Heller

Leo Sachs, German-Israeli biologist and academic (b. 1924)

#Leo_Sachs

George Terwilliger, American director and screenwriter (b. 1882)

#George_Terwilliger

Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1931)

#Shirley_Hazzard

Lawton Chiles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida (b. 1930)

#Lawton_Chiles

Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866)

#Maithili_Sharan_Gupt

Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1931)

#Ike_Turner

Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)

#Viktor_Bunyakovsky

Stephen Báthory, Polish king (b. 1533)

#Stephen_Báthory

Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933)

#Stuart_Roosa

Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695)

#Françoise_de_Graffigny

Jean Richepin, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1849)

#Jean_Richepin

Peter Boyle, American actor (b. 1935)

#Peter_Boyle

Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1952)

Evelyn S. Lieberman, American politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (b. 1944)

Sharad Anantrao Joshi, Indian farmer and politician (b. 1935)

Luis Bermejo, Spanish illustrator (b. 1931)

Yury Shutov, Russian politician (b. 1946)

Jang Sung-taek, North Korean general and politician (b. 1946)

Abdul Quader Molla, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (b. 1948)

David Tait, English rugby player (b. 1987)

Nityanand Swami, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (b. 1927)

Joe Allbritton, American banker, publisher, and philanthropist, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (b. 1924)

Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver, founded Tom Walkinshaw Racing (b. 1946)

François al-Hajj, Lebanese general (b. 1953)

Alan Shugart, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Seagate Technology (b. 1930)

Robert Newmyer, American actor and producer (b. 1956)

Dee Brown, American historian and author (b. 1908)

Ndabaningi Sithole, Zimbabwean militant leader, founded Zimbabwe African National Union (b. 1920)

Vance Packard, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1914)

Donna J. Stone, American poet and philanthropist (b. 1933)

Richard Baggallay, English colonel and cricketer (b. 1884)

Yechezkel Kutscher, Israeli philologist and linguist (b. 1909)

Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (b. 1880)

William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (b. 1894)

Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900)

César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)

Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

Jacques Viger, Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)

Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)

Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)

Geoffrey, English archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1152)

Li Song, Chinese official and chancellor