Famous People Who Died In 2012
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 2012. This list includes people like Whitney Houston, Michael Clarke Duncan, Neil Armstrong, Griselda Blanco, Henry Hill and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, artists, composers and journalists who died in 2012. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, India & Germany and many more countries.
Neil Armstrong05 August 1930, American
Astronaut
Whitney Houston09 August 1963, American
Singer
Michael Clarke Duncan10 December 1957, American
Actor
Andy Griffith01 June 1926, American
Actor
Rodney King02 April 1965, American
Victim of Police Abuse
Sage Stallone05 May 1976, American
Actor, Director
Griselda Blanco15 February 1943, Colombian
Drug Trafficker
Henry Hill11 June 1943, American
Criminal
Ernest Borgnine24 January 1917, American
Actor
Robin Gibb22 December 1949, British
Singer
Ravi Shankar07 April 1920, Indian
Musician, composer
Gore Vidal03 October 1925, American
Sally Ride26 May 1951, American
Physicist, Astronaut
Larry Hagman21 September 1931, American
Actor
Etta James25 January 1938, American
Singer
Ray Bradbury22 August 1920, American
Writer
Martin Kenzie29 April 1956, British
Cinematographer
Trayvon Martin02 February 1995, American
Shooting Victim
Marie Colvin12 January 1956, American
Journalist
Jack Klugman27 April 1922, American
Actor
Jenni Rivera02 July 1969, American
Singer
Nora Ephron19 May 1941, American
Screenwriter, Producer, Director
Natina Reed28 October 1980, American
Singer
I. K. Gujral04 December 1919, Indian
Former Prime Minister of India
Norodom Sihanouk31 October 1922, Cambodian
Former Ruler of Cambodia
Alex Karras15 July 1935, American
American Football Player
Joe Paterno21 December 1926, American
American Football Player
Chad Everett11 June 1937, American
Actor
Stephen Covey24 October 1932, American
Writer of "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective
Mona Shourie Kapoor03 February 1964, Indian
Wife of Boney Kapoor
Mitch Lucker20 October 1984, American
Musician
Sun Myung Moon25 February 1920, South Korean
Religious Leader
Verghese Kurien26 November 1921, Indian
Social Entrepreneur
Elyse Knox14 December 1917, American
Actress
Adrienne Rich16 May 1929, American
American poet
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Lupe Ontiveros17 September 1942, American
Actress
William Heirens15 November 1928, American
Serial Killer
John Demjanjuk03 April 1920, Ukrainian, American
War Criminal
Mehdi Hassan18 July 1927, Pakistani
Ghazal Singer
Humayun Ahmed13 November 1948, Bangladeshi
Writer, Filmmaker
Ahmed Ben Bella25 December 1916, Algerian
First President of Algeria
Carlos Fuentes11 November 1928, Mexican
Mexican novelist
Rita Levi-Montalcini22 April 1909, Italian
Neurologist
Bryce Courtenay14 August 1933, South African
Novelist
Elliott Carter11 December 1908, American
Composer
Jim Stynes23 April 1966, Irish
Australian Rules Footballer
Amanda Todd1996 AD, Canadian
Committed Suicide Due to Bullying
Andrew Huxley22 November 1917, British
Physiologist & Biophysicist
Renato Dulbecco22 February 1914, Italian, American
Virologist
Enrique Bolaños13 May 1928, Nicaraguan
Former President of Nicaragua
Abune Paulos03 November 1935, Ethiopian
Patriarch
Lil JoJo06 April 1994, American
Hip-Hop Artist
E. Donnall Thomas15 March 1920, American
Physician
Frank Sherwood Rowland28 June 1927, American
Atmospheric Chemist
Robert Hughes28 July 1938, Australian
Art Critic, Writer
Cyril Domb09 December 1920, Israeli, British
Theoretical Physicist
Joseph E. Murray01 April 1919, American
Plastic Surgeon
Wisława Szymborska02 July 1923, Polish
Nobel Laureate in Literature
Bal Thackeray23 January 1926, Indian
Politician, Journalist, Painter
Donna Summer31 December 1948, American
Singer-songwriter
Israel Keyes07 January 1978, American
American serial killer
Carroll Shelby11 January 1923, American
Formula One driver, Automotive designer, Racecar
Richard Dawson20 November 1932, American
Television actor, Film actor, Actor, Television
Rajesh Khanna29 December 1942, Indian
Actor, Politician, Film producer, Singer
Sherman Hemsley01 February 1938, American
American actor
Adam Yauch05 August 1964, American
Musician, Singer
Ajmal Kasab13 July 1987, Pakistani
Criminal
Tony Scott21 June 1944, British
Film director, Film producer
Sahara Davenport17 December 1984, American
William Rees-Mogg14 July 1928, British
Journalist, Writer, Economist
Levon Helm26 May 1940, American
Singer, Musician, Autobiographer, Composer, Actor,
Andy Williams03 December 1927, American
Singer, Art collector, Musician, Putita
Ben Gazzara28 August 1930, American
American film actor
Phyllis Diller17 July 1917, American
Actor, Comedian, Voice actor, Stage actor,
Yash Chopra27 September 1932, Indian, Pakistani
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Artist
Charles Durning28 February 1923, American
Actor
Dave Brubeck1920 AD, American
Pianist, Songwriter
Dick Clark30 November 1929, American
Television presenter, Entrepreneur, Radio
Don Cornelius27 September 1936, American
Television show host
Mike Wallace09 May 1918, American
journalist, film producer, television presenter,
George McGovern19 July 1922, American
Politician, Soldier, Historian
Thomas Kinkade19 January 1958, American
Painter, Artist
Sylvia Kristel28 September 1952, Dutch
Singer, Film actor, Film director, Actor, Model,
Jocky Wilson22 March 1950, British
Darts player
Lynn Compton31 December 1921, American
Lawyer, Police officer, Judge
Arlen Specter12 February 1930, American
Former United States Senator
Ron Palillo02 April 1949, American
Actor, Stage actor, Television actor
Celeste Holm29 April 1917, American
Actress
J. Christopher Stevens01 April 1960, American
politician, lawyer, diplomat
Jon Lord09 June 1941, British
Composer, pianist
Marvin Hamlisch02 June 1944, American
Composer, Conductor, Songwriter, Film score
Jean Giraud08 May 1938, French
Caricaturist, Comics writer, Screenwriter, Science
Vidal Sassoon17 January 1928, British
Businessperson, Autobiographer
Maurice Sendak10 June 1928, American
Artist, illustrator, writer
Corrie Sanders07 January 1966, South African
Boxer
Herbert Lom11 September 1917, Czech, British
Television actor, Film actor, Actor, Novelist,