History Deaths on September 12

Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1891)

#Federico_Moreno_Torroba

Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (b. 1882)

#Sándor_Festetics

William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (b. 1896)

#William_Hudson_(engineer)

Walter Egan, American golfer (b. 1881)

#Walter_Egan_(golfer)

Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (b. 1927)

#Serge_Lang

David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1962)

#David_Foster_Wallace

Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1711)

#Richard_Grenville-Temple,_2nd_Earl_Temple

Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)

#Sarah_Frances_Whiting

Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)

#Leonid_Andreyev

Robert Ross, Irish general (b. 1766)

#Robert_Ross_(British_Army_officer)

Clément Marot, French poet (b. 1496)

#Clément_Marot

Peter II of Aragon (b. 1174)

#Peter_II_of_Aragon

Tom Ewell, American actor (b. 1909)

#Tom_Ewell

Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, essayist and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)

#Eugenio_Montale

Robert Lowell, American poet (b. 1917)

#Robert_Lowell

Sidi El Houari, Algerian imam (b. 1350)

#Sidi_El_Houari

Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (b. 1924)

#Warren_Giese

Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (b. 1907)

#Ernesto_Geisel

Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, French conspirator (b. 1620)

#Henri_Coiffier_de_Ruzé,_Marquis_of_Cinq-Mars

Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879)

#Lewis_Stone

Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (b. 1903)

#Vladimir_Bartol

Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)

#Norman_Borlaug

Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)

#Hajime_Sugiyama

Jack Kramer, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1921)

#Jack_Kramer

Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)

#Stanley_Turrentine

Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Russian poet and author (b. 1946)

#Arkadii_Dragomoshchenko

Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (b. 1939)

#Joe_Sample

Bob Quinn, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)

#Bob_Quinn_(Australian_footballer)

Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1637)

#Jan_van_der_Heyden

Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1917)

#Raymond_Burr

Blanche of Lancaster (b. 1345/1347)

#Blanche_of_Lancaster

François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)

#François_Guizot

Andronikos I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1118)

#Andronikos_I_Komnenos

James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (b. 1869)

#James_Hamilton,_3rd_Duke_of_Abercorn

Pope Innocent VI (b. 1295)

#Pope_Innocent_VI

Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)

#Alexander_Galimov

Shen Chun-shan, Taiwanese academic (b. 1932)

#Shen_Chun-shan

Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (b. 1933)

#Ray_Dolby

Vasili IV of Russia (b. 1552)

#Vasili_IV_of_Russia

Tanneguy Le Fèvre, French scholar and author (b. 1615)

#Tanneguy_Le_Fèvre

Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)

#Ilia_Chavchavadze

Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)

#Duncan_Gillies

Jean Bolland, Belgian priest and hagiographer (b. 1596)

#Jean_Bolland

Bill Quackenbush, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)

#Bill_Quackenbush

Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1898)

#Les_Haylen

Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)

#Valentine_Baker_(pilot)

Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (b. 1577)

#Jacob_Cats

Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)

#Christian_Dietrich_Grabbe

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)

#Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Blücher

Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1921)

#Allan_MacEachen

Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (b. 1909)

#Bruce_Matthews_(Canadian_Army_officer)

Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)

#Jules_Violle

Derek Jameson, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)

#Derek_Jameson

Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (b. 1683)

#Jean-Philippe_Rameau

Spot Poles, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1887)

#Spot_Poles

Albert III, Duke of Saxony (b. 1443)

#Albert_III,_Duke_of_Saxony

Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)

#Peter_Mark_Roget

?Akilisi P?hiva, Tongan politician and activist, Prime Minister of Tonga (b. 1941)

#?Akilisi_P?hiva

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (b. 1740)

#Sir_Francis_Baring,_1st_Baronet

Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)

#Fitz_Hugh_Ludlow

Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)

#Claude_Chabrol

Erich Loest, German author and screenwriter (b. 1926)

#Erich_Loest

Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (b. 1946)

#Giulio_Zignoli

Anthony Perkins, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1932)

#Anthony_Perkins

John Qualen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1899)

#John_Qualen

Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)

#Johnny_Cash

Boris Yegorov, Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1937)

#Boris_Yegorov

Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical pastor (Free Presbyterian Church) and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1926)

#Ian_Paisley

Afonso VI of Portugal (b. 1643)

#Afonso_VI_of_Portugal

Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (b. 1593)

#Nicolaes_Tulp

William Boyd, American actor and producer (b. 1895)

#William_Boyd_(actor)

Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and journalist (b. 1894)

#Tommy_Armour

John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1942)

#John_Gustafson_(musician)

Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (b. 1929)

#Edith_Windsor

Aronda Nyakairima, Ugandan general and politician (b. 1959)

Al Monchak, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)

Frank D. Gilroy, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1925)

Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (b. 1940)

Hugh Royer, Jr., American golfer (b. 1936)

Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1932)

Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (b. 1946)

Tom Sims, American skateboarder and snowboarder, founded Sims Snowboards (b. 1950)

Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)

Willy Ronis, French photographer and author (b. 1910)

Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1934)

Judith Merril, American-Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist (b. 1923)

Yasutomo Nagai, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1965)

Jeremy Brett, English actor (b. 1933)

Athene Seyler, English actress (b. 1889)

Charlotte Wolff, German-English psychotherapist and physician (b. 1897)

Jacques Henri Lartigue, French painter and photographer (b. 1894)

Steve Biko, South African activist (b. 1946)

Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (b. 1923)

Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (b. 1898)

Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884)

Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870)

George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)

Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)

Nefingus, bishop of Angers

Sak K'uk', Mayan queen