History Deaths on January 12

Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (b. 1926)

#Leopoldo_Galtieri

Aelred of Rievaulx, English monk and saint (b. 1110)

#Aelred_of_Rievaulx

Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)

#Connie_Mulder

Piero Taruffi, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)

#Piero_Taruffi

Trevor Colbourn, American historian and academic (b. 1927)

#Trevor_Colbourn

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459)

#Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Alexandra Bastedo, English actress (b. 1946)

#Alexandra_Bastedo

Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)

#Lance_C._Wade

Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)

#Gervase_Elwes

Kumar Gandharva, a Hindustani classical singer (b. 1924)

#Kumar_Gandharva

Charles H. Price II, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1931)

#Charles_H._Price_II

George Dement, American soldier, businessman, and politician (b. 1922)

#George_Dement

Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)

#Paul_Kochanski

Hugh Mercer, Scottish-American general and physician (b. 1726)

#Hugh_Mercer

Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)

#Marie-Antoine_Carême

Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)

#Ralph_Hitz

Roger Clark, English race car driver (b. 1939)

#Roger_Clark

Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)

#Amrish_Puri

Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1961)

#Doug_Wickenheiser

Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (b. 1912)

#Dean_Amadon

Alan Nunn May, English physicist and spy (b. 1911)

#Alan_Nunn_May

Graham Taylor, former Grimsby Town player and former manager of the England football team. (b. 1944)

#Graham_Taylor

Richard Challoner, English bishop (b. 1691)

#Richard_Challoner

Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (b. 1946)

#Daniel_Bensaïd

Ahmad Samani, Samanid emir

#Ahmad_Samani

William Peter Blatty, American writer and filmmaker (b. 1928)

#William_Peter_Blatty

Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)

#Anne,_Princess_Royal_and_Princess_of_Orange

Connie Binsfeld, American educator and politician, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (b. 1924)

#Connie_Binsfeld

Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917)

#Cyrus_Vance

Marguerite Bourgeoys, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (b. 1620)

#Marguerite_Bourgeoys

Bjørn G. Andersen, Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1924)

#Bjørn_G._Andersen

Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1903)

#Nikolai_Podgorny

Maurice Gibb, Manx-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1949)

#Maurice_Gibb

Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (b. 1985)

#Inge_Vermeulen

Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)

#Luiz_Bonfá

Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)

#Hermann_Minkowski

Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (b. 1791)

#Václav_Hanka

Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)

#Oscar_Florianus_Bluemner

Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)

#Jan_Campert

Eleanor Maltravers, English noblewoman (b. 1345)

#Eleanor_Maltravers

Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

#Charles_Brenton_Huggins

James Killen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1925)

#James_Killen

Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)

#Princess_Patricia_of_Connaught

Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (b. 1256)

#Marie_of_Brabant,_Queen_of_France

Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)

#Austin_Chapman

Elena Obraztsova, Russian soprano and actress (b. 1939)

#Elena_Obraztsova

Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)

#Edward_Smith_(VC)

Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601)

#Pierre_de_Fermat

Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia

#Louis_I,_Landgrave_of_Thuringia

Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (b. 1918)

#Pablita_Velarde

William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)

#William_Grenville,_1st_Baron_Grenville

Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (b. 1937)

#Alice_Coltrane

Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (b. 1923)

#Eugene_Patterson

Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)

#Georgios_Theotokis

Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)

#Olga_Ladyzhenskaya

Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (b. 1696)

#Johann_Melchior_Molter

Benedict Biscop, English scholar and saint, founded the Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey (b. 628)

#Benedict_Biscop

Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)

#Henri-Georges_Clouzot

Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890)

#Agatha_Christie

Bill Janklow, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1939)

#Bill_Janklow

John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)

#John_Tovey,_1st_Baron_Tovey

?udovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (b. 1815)

#?udovít_Štúr

Carl Long, American baseball player (b. 1935)

#Carl_Long_(baseball)

Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)

#Nevil_Shute

Keith Jackson, American sports commentator and journalist (b. 1928)

Robert Gover, American journalist and author (b. 1929)

Precious Bryant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

Jim Stanley, American football player and coach (b. 1935)

Glenda Dickerson, American director, choreographer, and educator (b. 1945)

Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920)

Russ Conway, Canadian-American actor (b. 1913)

Claude Berri, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)

Max Beck, American intersex advocate (b. 1966)

Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)

William Redington Hewlett, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1913)

Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)

Marc Davis, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1913)

Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (b. 1936)

Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician and academic (b. 1926)

Gustav Naan, Estonian physicist and philosopher (b. 1919)

Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat (b. 1911)

Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American author and educator (b. 1919)

Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896)

Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)

Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)

Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)

Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)

Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)

Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)

William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)

James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820)

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)

François Bigot, French politician (b. 1703)

John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)

John Horsley, English-Scottish historian and author (b. 1685)

William Ashhurst, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1647)

Giacomo Carissimi, Italian priest and composer (b. 1605)

John Dalderby, bishop of Lincoln

Sang Weihan, Chinese chief of staff (b. 898)