Died On August 12th
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Discover the most famous people who died on August 12. The list includes people like Cleopatra, Ian Fleming, William Blake, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Michel Basquiat. Famous personalities featured on this list, include artists, actors, actresses and short story writers and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Germany and many more countries.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat(American Artist Who Became Popular During the 1980s as Part of the Neo-Expressionism Movement)
Birthdate: December 22, 1960
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1988
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Henry Fonda(American Actor Who Cultivated an Everyman Screen Image in Several Films Considered to be Classics)
Birthdate: May 16, 1905
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
Died: 1982
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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William Blake(English Poet Who is Considered a Seminal Figure in the History of the Poetry of the Romantic Age)
Birthdate: November 28, 1757
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1827
Birthdate: May 28, 1908
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mayfair, London
Died: 1964
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Lauren Bacall(One of the Greatest Female Star of Classic Hollywood Cinema)
Birthdate: September 16, 1924
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
Died: 2014
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: January 6, 1913
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Died: 2000
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Merv Griffin(Host of 'The Merv Griffin Show' and Creator of the Games Shows 'Jeopardy!' and 'Wheel of Fortune')
Birthdate: July 6, 1925
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: San Mateo, California, United States
Died: 2007
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: September 5, 1912
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 1992
Birthdate: May 25, 1969
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Aurora, Ohio, United States
Died: 2022
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.(United States Naval Aviator and Eldest Son of Joseph P. Kennedy SR and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy)
Birthdate: July 25, 1915
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hull, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1944
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Les Paul(Jazz Guitarist: One of the Pioneers of the Solid-body Electric Guitar)
Birthdate: June 9, 1915
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 2009
Birthdate: May 1, 1937
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
Died: 2021
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
Birthdate: June 9, 1781
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wylam
Died: 1848
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Thomas Mann(German Novelist Who Won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Birthdate: June 6, 1875
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lübeck, Germany
Died: 1955
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William Shockley(American Physicist, Inventor and Winner of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics)
Birthdate: February 13, 1910
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1989
Birthdate: December 10, 1941
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Died: 1985
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Wilhelm Steinitz
(American Chess Player and the First World Chess Champion)
Birthdate: May 14, 1836
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: 1900
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Leos Janacek(One of the Most Important Czech Composers of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: July 3, 1854
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hukvaldy, Czechia
Died: 1928
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Joe Tex
(Singer-songwriter)
Birthdate: August 8, 1935
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rogers, Texas, U.S.
Died: 1982
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Enos Slaughter
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: April 27, 1916
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Roxboro, North Carolina, United States
Died: 2002
Birthdate: May 1, 1360
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nanjing, China
Died: 1424
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Anna Held(French-Polish Actress and Singer Best Known for Her Revues 'The Ziegfeld Follies')
Birthdate: March 19, 1872
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: 1918
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
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James Russell Lowell
(Was an American Romantic Poet, Critic, Editor, and Diplomat)
Birthdate: February 22, 1819
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1891
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Salvador Sánchez
(Mexican Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: January 26, 1959
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico
Died: 1982
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Godfrey Hounsfield(English Electrical engineer Who Was a Joint Winner 1979 Nobel Prize for Medicine)
Birthdate: August 28, 1919
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Newark-on-Trent, England
Died: 2004
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Jules Brunet
(French Military Officer)
Birthdate: January 2, 1838
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Belfort
Died: 1911
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Luther Allison
(Guitarist)
Birthdate: August 17, 1939
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Widener, Arkansas, United States
Died: 1997
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Albert Gallatin
(Politician, Diplomat)
Birthdate: January 29, 1761
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Geneva
Died: 1849
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Francesco Crispi
(Prime Minister, Statesman,Lawyer Journalist)
Birthdate: October 4, 1818
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ribera, Agrigento, Italy
Died: 1901
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José Luis Brown
(Football manager, Football player)
Birthdate: November 10, 1956
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ranchos, Argentina
Died: 2019
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Philippe de Champaigne
(Painter)
Birthdate: May 26, 1602
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brussels
Died: 1674
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Lenny Breau
(Guitarist, Songwriter, Jazz musician, Musician, Music teacher, Jazz guitarist, Classical guitarist)
Birthdate: August 5, 1941
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Auburn, Maine
Died: 1984
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Arthur Griffith
(Former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom (1918-1922))
Birthdate: March 31, 1871
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1922
Birthdate: 1638 AD
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1676
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Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
(Princess)
Birthdate: July 23, 1781
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Coburg, Germany
Died: 1860
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Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
(Nobleman)
Birthdate: 1405 AD
Birthplace: Maidstone, Kent, England
Died: 1469
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Francisco de Vitoria
(Spanish Philosopher, Theologian, and Jurist of Renaissance Spain)
Birthdate: 1483 AD
Birthplace: Burgos, Spain
Died: 1546
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Elizabeth Murray
(Painter)
Birthdate: September 6, 1940
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2007
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Horace Smith-Dorrien
(Autobiographer, Military personnel)
Birthdate: May 26, 1858
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berkhamsted
Died: 1930
Birthdate: November 26, 1898
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: November 26, 1898, Helsa, Germany
Died: 1973
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Ernst Boris Chain(British Biochemist and Co-Recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for His Work on Penicillin)
Birthdate: June 19, 1906
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1979
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Eliphalet Remington
(Engineer Who founded the "Remington Arms")
Birthdate: October 28, 1793
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Suffield, Connecticut, United States
Died: 1861
Birthdate: February 6, 1946
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Died: 2010
Birthdate: March 8, 1965
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
Died: 2020
Birthdate: October 15, 1830
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1885
Birthdate: March 17, 1881
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Frauenfeld
Died: 1973
Birthdate: August 20, 1561
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 1633
Birthdate: July 21, 1414
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Celle Ligure, Italy
Died: 1484
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Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau
(Younger brother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands)
Birthdate: September 25, 1968
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Utrecht, Netherlands
Died: 2013
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Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
(First to Break Through the Great Sea Ice Barrier of the Southeast Greenland Coast)
Birthdate: November 18, 1832
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Died: 1901
