History Deaths on November 12

Tommy Wisdom, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1906)

#Tommy_Wisdom

Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)

#Elizabeth_Gaskell

Taher Saifuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1888)

#Taher_Saifuddin

Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1937)

#Cornelis_Vreeswijk

Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (b. 1947)

#Mitch_Mitchell

Burchard III, Frankish nobleman (b. c.915)

#Burchard_III,_Duke_of_Swabia

Eve Arden, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)

#Eve_Arden

Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)

#Liu_Shaoqi

Hans Nansen, Danish politician (b. 1598)

#Hans_Nansen

Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)

#Friedrich_Hoffmann

Phillipe de Plessis, Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. 1165)

#Phillipe_de_Plessis

William I, Count of Burgundy (b. 1020)

#William_I,_Count_of_Burgundy

Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)

#Penny_Singleton

H. R. Haldeman, American diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)

#H._R._Haldeman

Gabriele Tinti, Italian actor (b. 1932)

#Gabriele_Tinti_(actor)

Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)

#Joseph_James_Cheeseman

Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (b. 1929)

#Marge_Roukema

Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)

#Umberto_Giordano

Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933)

#Henryk_Górecki

Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (b. 1983)

#Márton_Fülöp

Lord George Gordon, English politician (b. 1751)

#Lord_George_Gordon

John Tavener, English composer and educator (b. 1944)

#John_Tavener

Daniel Stern, American psychologist and theorist (b. 1934)

#Daniel_Stern_(psychologist)

Livinus, Irish apostle (b. c.580)

#Livinus

Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)

#Juan_Ramón_Balcarce

Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (b. 1865)

#Julia_Marlowe

Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1879)

#Rudolf_Friml

Johanna von Caemmerer, German mathematician (d. 1971)

#Hanna_Neumann

Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)

#Norman_Bethune

Cnut the Great, Danish-English king (b. c.995)

#Cnut_the_Great

Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, and publisher (b. 1922)

#Stan_Lee

Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Egyptian Actor (b. 1946)

#Mahmoud_Abdel_Aziz

Ravi Chopra, Indian director and producer (b. 1946)

#Ravi_Chopra

Stephen Gardiner, English bishop and politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1497)

#Stephen_Gardiner

Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president (1915) (b. 1885)

#Roque_González_Garza

Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (b. 1938)

#Sally_Shlaer

Sarah Wambaugh, American political scientist, world authority on plebiscites (b. 1882)

#Sarah_Wambaugh

Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (b. 1910)

#Lupita_Tovar

Catherine Baker Knoll, American educator and politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1930)

#Catherine_Baker_Knoll

Wilma Rudolph, American sprinter and educator (b. 1940)

#Wilma_Rudolph

Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)

#Jonathan_Brandis

Franck Pourcel, French conductor and composer (b. 1913)

#Franck_Pourcel

John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)

#John_Cady_(golfer)

Konrad Rudnicki, Polish astronomer and academic (b. 1926)

#Konrad_Rudnicki

Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (b. 1736)

#Jean_Sylvain_Bailly

Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)

#Albert_Bond_Lambert

William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)

#William_Henry_Barlow

Hans Hammarskiöld, Swedish photographer (b. 1925)

#Hans_Hammarskiöld

John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (b. 1322)

#John_Henry,_Margrave_of_Moravia

Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)

#Percival_Lowell

Anne de Montmorency, French general and diplomat (b. 1493)

#Anne_de_Montmorency

Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)

#Madan_Mohan_Malaviya

Warren Clarke, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)

#Warren_Clarke

Tin Ujevi?, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1891)

#Tin_Ujevi?

Canute VI of Denmark (b. 1163)

#Canute_VI_of_Denmark

John Hawkins, English admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1532)

#John_Hawkins_(naval_commander)

William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)

#William_Holden

Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)

#Lesley_Ashburner

F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)

#F._Holland_Day

Minoru Yasui, American lawyer and activist (b. 1916)

#Minoru_Yasui

William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)

#William_Christopher_Zeise

Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (b. 1878)

#Alfréd_Hajós

Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (b. 1612)

#Thomas_Fairfax

Jihadi John, terrorist (b. 1988)

Valery Senderov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1945)

Kurt Trampedach, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1943)

Aleksandr Serebrov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1944)

Steve Rexe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1947)

Sergio Oliva, Cuban-American bodybuilder (b. 1941)

Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1929)

K. C. Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)

Tony Thompson, American drummer (b. 1954)

Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1986)

Tony Miles, English chess player and theoretician (b. 1955)

Albert Hague, German-American actor and composer (b. 1920)

Roy Hollis, English footballer (b. 1925)

Carlos Surinach, Spanish-American composer and conductor (b. 1915)

Walter Piston, American composer and academic (b. 1894)

Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)

Gustaf Söderström, Swedish shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor (b. 1865)

Josaphat Kuncevyc, Lithuanian archbishop (b. c. 1582)

Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman (b. 1509)

Pietro Martire Vermigli, Italian theologian (b. 1500)

Zhang Jing, Ming Chinese general

Louis III of Anjou (b. 1403)

John of Viktring, Austrian chronicler and political advisor (b. c.1270)

Henry de Abergavenny, Prior of Abergavenny and Bishop of Llandaff

Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)

Notker Physicus, Swiss painter

Pope Boniface III