Died On April 12th
Discover the most famous people who died on April 12. The list includes people like Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Josephine Baker, William M. Tweed, Clara Barton. Famous personalities featured on this list, include boxers, historians, presidents and mathematicians and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France and many more countries.
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Birthdate: January 30, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hyde Park, New York, United States
Died: 1945
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Josephine Baker(First Black Woman to Star in a Major Motion Picture, the 1927 Silent Film 'Siren of the Tropics')
Birthdate: June 3, 1906
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: 1975
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Joe Louis(One of the Greatest and Most Influential Boxers of All Time.)
Birthdate: May 13, 1914
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chambers County, Alabama, United States
Died: 1981
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Gilbert Gottfried
(Stand-up comedian, Actor)
Birthdate: February 28, 1955
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 2022
Birthdate: May 3, 1921
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ailey, Georgia, United States
Died: 1989
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Charlie Murphy(Best Known as a Writer & Cast Member of the Sketch-Comedy Series 'Chappelle's Show')
Birthdate: July 12, 1959
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2017
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Georgia Engel(Best Known for Her Role as ‘Georgette Franklin Baxter’ in the TV Sitcom ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’)
Birthdate: July 28, 1948
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: 2019
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Clara Barton(American Nurse Who Founded the American Red Cross)
Birthdate: December 25, 1821
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: North Oxford, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1912
Birthdate: November 6, 1479
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Toledo, Spain
Died: 1555
Birthdate: April 24, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Gajanur, India
Died: 2006
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: April 21, 1983
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Died: 2020
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: September 3, 1925
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Millvale, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2016
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Tim Brooke-Taylor
(Comedian)
Birthdate: July 17, 1940
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Buxton, England
Died: 2020
Birthdate: September 1, 1931
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ellis County, Texas, U.S.
Died: 1999
Birthdate: August 9, 1788
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Malden
Died: 1850
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Forrest Gregg
(American Football Player)
Birthdate: October 18, 1933
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Birthright, Texas, United States
Died: 2019
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
Birthdate: June 26, 1730
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Badonviller
Died: 1817
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Alan Paton
(Writer, Autobiographer, Screenwriter)
Birthdate: January 11, 1903
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Pietermaritzburg
Died: 1988
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Otto Wagner
(Architect, University teacher)
Birthdate: July 13, 1841
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: 1918
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Marilyn Chambers
(Actress)
Birthdate: April 22, 1952
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 2009
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Edward Drinker Cope
(American paleontologist)
Birthdate: July 28, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: 1897
Birthdate: May 23, 1882
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 1959
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Ludvig Nobel
(Entrepreneur, Engineer, Philanthropist)
Birthdate: July 27, 1831
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Stockholm
Died: 1888
Birthdate: April 3, 1823
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 1878
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Claude, Duke of Guise
(Nobleman)
Birthdate: October 20, 1496
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Castle of Condé, France
Died: 1550
Birthdate: June 18, 1928
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, United States
Died: 2005
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Igor Tamm(Soviet Physicist Who Won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics)
Birthdate: July 8, 1895
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vladivostok, Russia
Died: 1971
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Epiphanius of Salamis
(Bishop of Salamis)
Birthdate: 0310 AD
Birthplace: Eleutheropolis, Palestine
Died: 0403
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Doug Sanders
(American Professional Golfer)
Birthdate: July 24, 1933
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cedartown, Georgia, United States
Died: 2020
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Margaret of Castello
(Nun)
Birthdate: 1287 AD
Birthplace: Castello della Metola, Italy
Died: 1320
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William R. Tolbert
(Former President of Liberia)
Birthdate: May 13, 1913
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bensonville, Liberia
Died: 1980
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Abbie Hoffman(Political Activist, Co-Founder of the 'Youth International Party' and Member of the 'Chicago Seven')
Birthdate: November 30, 1936
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1989
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Stirling Moss(One of the Greatest Race Car Drivers Who Never Won a Formula One World Championship)
Birthdate: September 17, 1929
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: West Kensington, London, England
Died: 2020
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Robert Byrne
(American Chess Player and Chess Author Who Held the Fide Title of Grandmaster (GM))
Birthdate: April 20, 1928
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 2013
Birthdate: January 3, 1919
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Died: 1963
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David Gest
(Reality TV Stars & Former Husband of Singer Liza Minnelli)
Birthdate: May 11, 1953
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 2016
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: November 27, 1925
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Penllergaer, Wales
Died: 2009
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Buddy Werner
(American Alpine Ski Racer)
Birthdate: February 26, 1936
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States
Died: 1964
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon
(Novelist)
Birthdate: February 13, 1707
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1777
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Mikayel Nalbandian
(Writer)
Birthdate: November 14, 1829
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nakhichevan-on-Don, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire (now Rostov-on-Don, Russia)
Died: 1866
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Pierre Leroux
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: April 7, 1797
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bercy, Paris, France
Died: 1871
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Arthur B. Krock
(Journalist)
Birthdate: November 16, 1886
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Glasgow, Kentucky, United States
Died: 1974
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Louis Auguste Sabatier
(Historian)
Birthdate: October 22, 1839
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Vallon, France
Died: 1901
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Antoine Pevsner
(Belarusian Sculptor)
Birthdate: January 18, 1886
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Klimavichy, Belarus
Died: 1962
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Daphne Sheldrick
(Writer, Conservationist)
Birthdate: June 4, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kenya
Died: 2018
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Harvey Ball
(Artist, Entrepreneur, United States Armed Forces)
Birthdate: July 10, 1921
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Worcester
Died: 2001
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William Graham Sumner
(American Clergyman, Social Scientist, and Neoclassical Liberal)
Birthdate: October 30, 1840
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1910
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Shirley Williams(Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords (2001-04))
Birthdate: July 27, 1930
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chelsea, London, England
Died: 2021
Birthdate: 0159 AD
Birthplace: Phrygia
Died: 0238
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John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos
(Courtier)
Birthdate: March 9, 1492
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: England
Died: 1557