12 March Deaths

March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

417 – Innocent I, pope of the Catholic Church
604 – Gregory I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 540)
951 – Ælfheah the Bald, bishop of Winchester
969 – Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 931)
1022 – Symeon the New Theologian, Byzantine monk (b. 949)
1289 – Demetrius II, king of Georgia (b. 1259)
1316 – Stefan Dragutin, king of Serbia (b. 1253)
1374 – Go-Kōgon, Japanese emperor (b. 1338)
1496 – Johann Heynlin, German humanist scholar (b. c. 1425)
1507 – Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal (b. 1475)
1539 – Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat and politician (b.1477)
1608 – Kōriki Kiyonaga, Japanese daimyō (b. 1530)
1628 – John Bull, English organist and composer (b. 1562)
1648 – Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
1681 – Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (b. 1635)
1699 – Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
1703 – Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford, English jurist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1627)
1731 – Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (b. 1660)
1790 – András Hadik, Hungarian field marshal (b. 1710)
1820 – Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish explorer and politician (b. 1764)
1832 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (b. 1786)
1858 – William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (b. 1816)
1872 – Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1811)
1894 – Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
1898 – Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
1909 – Joseph Petrosino, American police officer (b. 1860)
1914 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman (b. 1846)
1916 – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
1925 – Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
1929 – Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
1929 – William Turner Dannat, American painter (b. 1853)
1930 – William George Barker, Canadian colonel and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1894)
1930 – Alois Jirásek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1851)
1935 – Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
1937 – Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1858)
1937 – Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (b. 1844)
1942 – Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (b. 1861)
1942 – William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
1943 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
1945 – Friedrich Fromm, German general (b. 1888)
1946 – Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
1947 – Winston Churchill, American author and playwright (b. 1871)
1949 – Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
1954 – Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
1955 – Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
1955 – Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
1956 – Bolesław Bierut, Polish Communist leader (b. 1892)
1957 – Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
1960 – Kshitimohan Sen, Indian historian, author, and academic (b. 1880)
1963 – Arthur Grimsdell, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1894)
1964 – Abbās al-Aqqād, Egyptian journalist, poet and literary critic (b. 1889)
1971 – Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (b. 1873)
1973 – Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
1974 – George D. Sax, American banker and businessman (b. 1904)
1979 – Nader Jahanbani, Iranian general and pilot (b. 1928)
1984 – Arnold Ridley, English actor and playwright (b. 1896)
1985 – Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1899)
1987 – Woody Hayes, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
1989 – Maurice Evans, English-American actor (b. 1901)
1989 – Jakob Gimpel, Polish concert pianist and educator (b. 1906)
1991 – Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
1991 – William Heinesen, Faroese author, poet, and author (b. 1900)
1992 – Hans G. Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1921)
1992 – Lucy M. Lewis, American potter (b. 1890)
1998 – Beatrice Wood, American painter and potter (b. 1893)
1999 – Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1916)
2000 – Aleksandar Nikolić, Yugoslav basketball coach (b. 1924)
2001 – Morton Downey Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (b. 1933)
2001 – Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
2001 – Victor Westhoff, Dutch botanist and academic (b. 1916)
2002 – Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1932)
2002 – Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2003 – Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
2003 – Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1914)
2003 – Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
2004 – Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter (b. 1917)
2005 – Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist and producer (b. 1943)
2005 – Stavros Kouyioumtzis, Greek composer (b. 1932)
2006 – Victor Sokolov, Russian-American priest and journalist (b. 1947)
2007 – Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2008 – Jorge Guinzburg, Argentinian journalist and producer (b. 1949)
2008 – Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French soldier and supercentenarian (b. 1897)
2010 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1920)
2011 – Olive Dickason, Canadian historian and journalist (b. 1920)
2011 – Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (b. 1919)
2012 – Samuel Glazer, American businessman, co-founded Mr. Coffee (b. 1923)
2012 – Dick Harter, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2012 – Michael Hossack, American drummer (b. 1946)
2012 – Friedhelm Konietzka, German-Swiss footballer and manager (b. 1938)
2013 – George Burditt, American lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
2013 – Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1957)
2013 – Michael Grigsby, English director and producer (b. 1936)
2013 – Ganesh Pyne, Indian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)
2014 – Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2014 – George Donaldson, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1968)
2014 – Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)
2014 – Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931)
2014 – José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (b. 1936)
2015 – Willie Barrow, American minister and activist (b. 1924)
2015 – Michael Graves, American architect and academic, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (b. 1934)
2015 – Ada Jafri, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1924)
2015 – Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1948)
2016 – Rafiq Azad, Bangladeshi poet and author (b. 1942)
2016 – Felix Ibru, Nigerian architect and politician, Governor of Delta State (b. 1935)
2016 – Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
2018 – Craig Mack American rapper (b. 1970)

Source: wikipedia