History Deaths on March 12

Winston Churchill, American author and playwright (b. 1871)

#Winston_Churchill_(novelist)

Friedhelm Konietzka, German-Swiss footballer and manager (b. 1938)

#Friedhelm_Konietzka

Joseph Petrosino, American police officer (b. 1860)

#Joseph_Petrosino

Morton Downey Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (b. 1933)

#Morton_Downey_Jr.

Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (b. 1786)

#Friedrich_Kuhlau

Arthur Grimsdell, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1894)

#Arthur_Grimsdell

Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1932)

#Spyros_Kyprianou

Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (b. 1660)

#Ernest_August,_Duke_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Ada Jafri, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1924)

#Ada_Jafri

Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931)

#Ola_L._Mize

Lucy M. Lewis, American potter (b. 1890)

#Lucy_M._Lewis

Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1916)

#Yehudi_Menuhin

John Bull, English organist and composer (b. 1562)

#John_Bull_(composer)

Johann Heynlin, German humanist scholar (b. c. 1425)

#Johann_Heynlin

Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)

#Marianne_Weber

Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1948)

#Terry_Pratchett

Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)

#Asa_Griggs_Candler

Symeon the New Theologian, Byzantine monk (b. 949)

#Symeon_the_New_Theologian

Michael Graves, American architect and academic, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (b. 1934)

#Michael_Graves

Demetrius II, king of Georgia (b. 1259)

#Demetrius_II_of_Georgia

Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)

#Ragnar_Granit

Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)

#Charlie_Parker

Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)

#Peder_Griffenfeld

Friedrich Fromm, German general (b. 1888)

#Friedrich_Fromm

Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish explorer and politician (b. 1764)

#Alexander_Mackenzie_(explorer)

Go-K?gon, Japanese emperor (b. 1338)

#Emperor_Go-K?gon

Stefan Dragutin, king of Serbia (b. 1253)

#Stefan_Dragutin

Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)

#Josephine_Hull

Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French soldier and supercentenarian (b. 1897)

#Lazare_Ponticelli

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)

#Marie_von_Ebner-Eschenbach

Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)

#Ferenc_Szálasi

Michael Grigsby, English director and producer (b. 1936)

#Michael_Grigsby

Maurice Evans, English-American actor (b. 1901)

#Maurice_Evans_(actor)

Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)

#Theodor_Plievier

Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)

#Illarion_Pryanishnikov

Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (b. 1919)

#Nilla_Pizzi

Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal (b. 1475)

#Cesare_Borgia

Victor Westhoff, Dutch botanist and academic (b. 1916)

#Victor_Westhoff

Jorge Guinzburg, Argentinian journalist and producer (b. 1949)

#Jorge_Guinzburg

Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)

#Paul_C._Donnelly

Alois Jirásek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1851)

#Alois_Jirásek

Willie Barrow, American minister and activist (b. 1924)

#Willie_Barrow

George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman (b. 1846)

#George_Westinghouse

Nader Jahanbani, Iranian general and pilot (b. 1928)

#Nader_Jahanbani

Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)

#Sun_Yat-sen

Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)

#Zachris_Topelius

William Turner Dannat, American painter (b. 1853)

#William_Turner_Dannat

William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (b. 1816)

#William_James_Blacklock

José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (b. 1936)

#José_Policarpo

Boles?aw Bierut, Polish Communist leader (b. 1892)

#Boles?aw_Bierut

Gregory I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 540)

#Pope_Gregory_I

András Hadik, Hungarian field marshal (b. 1710)

#András_Hadik

Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)

#Tirso_de_Molina

Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)

#Gustav_Vigeland

Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1811)

#Zeng_Guofan

Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)

#Frankie_Frisch

William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

#William_Henry_Bragg

Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (b. 1635)

#Frans_van_Mieris_the_Elder

Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (b. 1844)

#Charles-Marie_Widor

William Heinesen, Faroese author, poet, and author (b. 1900)

#William_Heinesen

William George Barker, Canadian colonel and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1894)

#William_George_Barker

Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)

#Lloyd_Shapley

Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)

#Mihajlo_Pupin

Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford, English jurist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1627)

#Aubrey_de_Vere,_20th_Earl_of_Oxford

Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (b. 1873)

#Eugene_Lindsay_Opie

Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (b. 1861)

#Robert_Bosch

Jen? Hubay, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1858)

#Jen?_Hubay

Beatrice Wood, American painter and potter (b. 1893)

#Beatrice_Wood

Dick Harter, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)

#Dick_Harter

Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1920)

#Miguel_Delibes

Zoran ?in?i?, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)

#Zoran_?in?i?

V?ra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

#V?ra_Chytilová

Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat and politician (b.1477)

#Thomas_Boleyn,_1st_Earl_of_Wiltshire

Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1899)

#Eugene_Ormandy

Felix Ibru, Nigerian architect and politician, Governor of Delta State (b. 1935)

Rafiq Azad, Bangladeshi poet and author (b. 1942)

George Donaldson, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1968)

Ganesh Pyne, Indian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)

Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1957)

George Burditt, American lawyer and politician (b. 1921)

Michael Hossack, American drummer (b. 1946)

Samuel Glazer, American businessman, co-founded Mr. Coffee (b. 1923)

Olive Dickason, Canadian historian and journalist (b. 1920)

Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1924)

Victor Sokolov, Russian-American priest and journalist (b. 1947)

Stavros Kouyioumtzis, Greek composer (b. 1932)

Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist and producer (b. 1943)

Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter (b. 1917)

Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (b. 1948)

Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1914)

Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923)

Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)

Aleksandar Nikoli?, Yugoslav basketball coach (b. 1924)

Hans G. Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1921)

Jakob Gimpel, Polish concert pianist and educator (b. 1906)

Woody Hayes, American football player and coach (b. 1913)

Arnold Ridley, English actor and playwright (b. 1896)

George D. Sax, American banker and businessman (b. 1904)

Abb?s al-Aqq?d, Egyptian journalist, poet and literary critic (b. 1889)

Kshitimohan Sen, Indian historian, author, and academic (b. 1880)

Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)

K?riki Kiyonaga, Japanese daimy? (b. 1530)

Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 931)

Ælfheah the Bald, bishop of Winchester

Innocent I, pope of the Catholic Church