History Deaths on July 12

Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1879)

#Mazo_de_la_Roche

Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)

#Henrik_Wergeland

Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)

#Minnie_Riperton

Elsie de Wolfe, American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865)

#Elsie_de_Wolfe

Hamid Samandarian, Iranian director and playwright (b. 1931)

#Hamid_Samandarian

James P. Hogan, English-American author (b. 1941)

#James_P._Hogan_(writer)

Cheng Siwei, Chinese engineer, economist, and politician (b. 1935)

#Cheng_Siwei

John Hayes, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1868)

#John_Hayes_(Australian_politician)

Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (b. 1939)

#Harvey_Pekar

Pius Njawé, Cameroonian journalist (b. 1957)

#Pius_Njawé

Kenneth More, English actor (b. 1914)

#Kenneth_More

Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)

#Robert_Henri

Jean Picard, French priest and astronomer (b. 1620)

#Jean_Picard

Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist and author (b. 1870)

#Ray_Stannard_Baker

Robert Burås, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1975)

#Robert_Burås

Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, Tibetan monk and activist (b. 1950)

#Tenzin_Delek_Rinpoche

Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)

#Ole_Evinrude

Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

#Nathan_Söderblom

Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (b. 1898)

#Christfried_Burmeister

Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)

#Gertrude_Bell

Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwean journalist, author, and poet (b. 1956)

#Chenjerai_Hove

Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (b. 1955)

#Tony_Snow

Stefano della Bella, Italian illustrator and engraver (b. 1610)

#Stefano_della_Bella

Kenneth J. Gray, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)

#Kenneth_J._Gray

Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)

#Wolfram_Freiherr_von_Richthofen

Xue Juzheng, Chinese scholar-official and historian

#Xue_Juzheng

William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath (b. 1557)

#William_Bourchier,_3rd_Earl_of_Bath

Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (b. 1922)

#Olga_Guillot

Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (b. 1697)

#Johann_Joachim_Quantz

Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (b. 1626)

#Richard_Cromwell

Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)

#Pavel_Nakhimov

Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)

#Charles_Rolls

Roger Payne, English mountaineer (b. 1956)

#Roger_Payne_(mountaineer)

Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, French navy officer and politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1671)

#Charles_de_la_Boische,_Marquis_de_Beauharnois

Dara Singh, Indian wrestler, actor, and politician (b. 1928)

#Dara_Singh

Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946)

#Bobby_Murcer

John Chancellor, American journalist (b. 1927)

#John_Chancellor

Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)

#Robert_Stevenson_(civil_engineer)

D. T. Suzuki, Japanese philosopher and author (b. 1870)

#D._T._Suzuki

Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1908)

#Charles_Merritt

João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (b. 1917)

#João_Saldanha

Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1950)

#Valeriya_Novodvorskaya

Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (b. 1919)

#Alfred_de_Grazia

Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)

#Alexander_Cartwright

Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916)

#Sherwood_Schwartz

Bahlul Lodi, sultan of Delhi

#Bahlul_Lodi

Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1932)

#Paulo_Moura

John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)

#John_A._Dahlgren

Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)

#Alfred_Dreyfus

Chris Wood, English saxophonist (b. 1944)

#Chris_Wood_(rock_musician)

Alimuddin, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1930)

#Alimuddin_(cricketer)

John Komnenos, Byzantine general

#John_Komnenos_(Domestic_of_the_Schools)

Bertrada of Laon, Frankish queen (b. 720)

#Bertrada_of_Laon

Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)

#Charles_Wood_(composer)

Ky?goku Takakazu, Japanese nobleman

#Ky?goku_Takakazu_(d._1441)

Douglas Hyde, Irish scholar and politician, 1st President of Ireland (b. 1860)

#Douglas_Hyde

Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)

#Jimmie_Lunceford

Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)

#Alexander_Hamilton

Roger Wolfe Kahn, American composer and bandleader (b. 1907)

#Roger_Wolfe_Kahn

Goran Hadži?, Serbian politician (b. 1958)

#Goran_Hadži?

Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1394)

#Ashikaga_Yoshinori

Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1924)

#Nestor_Basterretxea

Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675)

#Evaristo_Felice_Dall'Abaco

Emil Bobu, Romanian politician (b. 1927)

#Emil_Bobu

Benny Carter, American trumpet player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1907)

#Benny_Carter

Dada J. P. Vaswani, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1918)

D'Army Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and actor (b. 1941)

Jamil Ahmad, Pakistani author (b. 1931)

Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (b. 1925)

Takako Takahashi, Japanese author (b. 1932)

Amar Bose, American businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (b. 1929)

George C. Stoney, American director and producer (b. 1916)

Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American author and illustrator (b. 1920)

Eddy Brown, English footballer and manager (b. 1926)

Stan Zemanek, Australian radio and television host (b. 1947)

John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, English businessman (b. 1917)

Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the National Ballet School of Canada (b. 1918)

Mark Lovell, English race car driver (b. 1960)

Fred Marcellino, American author and illustrator (b. 1939)

Rajendra Kumar, Bollywood actor, (b. 1921)

Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (b. 1941)

Arkady Ostashev, Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1925)

Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1907)

François Furet, French historian and author (b. 1927)

Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (b. 1970)

Caroline Pafford Miller, American journalist and author (b. 1903)

James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (b. 1887)

Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (b. 1906)

Yvon Robert, Canadian wrestler (b. 1914)

Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (b. 1885)

Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871)

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)

John Ashby, English admiral (b. 1640)

Marquis de St Ruth, French general

Steven Borough, English navigator and explorer (b. 1525)

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch priest and philosopher (b. 1466)

Meng Chang, emperor of Later Shu (b. 919)

Viventiolus, archbishop of Lyon (b. 460)