Died On March 12th

Discover the most famous people who died on March 12. The list includes people like Charlie Parker, Woody Hayes, Sun Yat Sen, Ragnar Granit, Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, mathematicians, jazz musicians and composers and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & Sweden and many more countries.
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 1 
Anne Frank
(Diarist)
Anne Frank
91
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 12, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: 1945
 2 
Charlie Parker
(Jazz Saxophonist & Developer of the 'Bebop' Style of Jazz)
Charlie Parker
15
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 29, 1920
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Died: 1955
 3 
John Cazale
14
Birthdate: August 12, 1935
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Revere, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1978
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 4 
Cesare Borgia
(Duke of Valentinois (1498 - 1507))
Cesare Borgia
11
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 13, 1475
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Subiaco, Italy
Died: 1507
 5 
Sun Yat-Sen
(Provisional President of the Republic of China (January - March 1912))
Sun Yat-Sen
31
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 12, 1866
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cuiheng, Zhongshan, China
Died: 1925
 6 
Terry Pratchett
(Humorist)
Terry Pratchett
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 28, 1948
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Beaconsfield, England
Died: 2015
 7 
Lynne Thigpen
(Actress)
Lynne Thigpen
7
Birthdate: December 22, 1948
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Joliet, Illinois, United States
Died: 2003
 8 
Woody Hayes
(American Football Player and Coach)
Woody Hayes
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 14, 1913
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Clifton, Ohio, United States
Died: 1987
 9 
George Westinghouse
(American Entrepreneur and Engineer Who Invented the ‘Railway Air Brake’)
George Westinghouse
3
Birthdate: October 6, 1846
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Central Bridge, New York, United States
Died: 1914
 10 
Robert Ludlum
(Author of 27 thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original The Bourne Trilogy series.)
Robert Ludlum
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 25, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Died: 2001
 11 
Yehudi Menuhin
(American Violinist and Conductor Who is Considered One of the Great Violinists of the 20th Century)
Yehudi Menuhin
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 22, 1916
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 1999
 12 
Asa Griggs Candler
(Businessman)
Asa Griggs Candler
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: December 30, 1851
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Villa Rica, Georgia, United States
Died: 1929
 13 
Robert Bosch
(Entrepreneur, Inventor, Artisan)
Robert Bosch
0
Birthdate: September 23, 1861
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Felkirchen
Died: 1942
 14 
Maurice Evans
(Actor)
Maurice Evans
0
Birthdate: June 3, 1901
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dorchester, England
Died: 1989
 15 
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
(King of the Zulus)
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
0
Birthdate: July 27, 1948
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nongoma, South Africa
Died: 2021
 16 
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin
(Serbian Physicist Who Had Numerous Patents to His Name)
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 9, 1858
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Serbia
Died: 1935
 17 
Beatrice Wood
(American Artist and Studio Potter)
Beatrice Wood
1
Birthdate: March 3, 1893
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 1998
 18 
Craig Mack
(Rapper)
Craig Mack
6
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: May 10, 1970
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: North Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Died: 2018
 19 
Joe Morello
(Jazz Drummer Best Known for Playing with Pianist ‘Dave Brubeck Quartet’)
Joe Morello
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 17, 1928
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2011
 20 
William Henry Bragg
(Physicist and Mathematician Who Invented the ‘X-Ray’ Spectrometer)
William Henry Bragg
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 2, 1862
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wigton, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1942
 21 
Howard Fast
(Novelist)
Howard Fast
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 11, 1914
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Died: 2003
 22 
Zeng Guofan
(Chinese Military General of the Late Qing Dynasty and Viceroy of Liangjiang (1870 - 1872))
Zeng Guofan
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 26, 1811
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Shuangfeng, China
Died: 1872
 23 
Gustav Vigeland
(Sculptor)
Gustav Vigeland
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 11, 1869
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mandal
Died: 1943
 24 
Fatima Meer
(Writer)
Fatima Meer
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: August 12, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Durban, South Africa
Died: 2010
 25 
Jean-Paul Riopelle
(Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker)
Jean-Paul Riopelle
1
Birthdate: October 7, 1923
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Montreal
Died: 2002
 26 
William George Barker
(Fighter pilot)
William George Barker
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 3, 1894
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dauphin, Canada
Died: 1930
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 27 
Frankie Frisch
(Baseball Player)
Frankie Frisch
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 9, 1898
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, United States
Died: 1973
 28 
Pope Gregory I
(Bishop of Rome from 590 to 604)
Pope Gregory I
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 0540 AD
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 0604
 29 
Eugene Ormandy
(American Conductor and Violinist Best Known for His Association with the 'Philadelphia Orchestra', as Its Music Director)
Eugene Ormandy
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 18, 1899
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 1985
 30 
Rosamond Lehmann
(Novelist)
Rosamond Lehmann
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 3, 1901
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bourne End, Wooburn Green,England
Died: 1990
 31 
Friedrich Fromm
(German Army officer)
Friedrich Fromm
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 8, 1888
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1945
 32 
Morton Downey Jr.
(Actor)
Morton Downey Jr.
5
Birthdate: December 9, 1933
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2001
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 33 
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
(Author)
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 13, 1830
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zdislavice (Troubky-Zdislavice), Troubky-Zdislavice, Czechia
Died: 1916
 34 
E. W. Scripps
(Publisher)
E. W. Scripps
0
Birthdate: June 18, 1854
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rushville, Illinois, United States
Died: 1926
 35 
Symeon the New Theologian
(Byzantine Monk Who Belonged to the Eastern Orthodox Church)
Symeon the New Theologian
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 0949 AD
Birthplace: Ankara, Turkey
Died: 1022
 36 
John Archibald Campbell
(Associate Justice of the Supreme Court)
John Archibald Campbell
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: June 24, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Washington, Georgia, United States
Died: 1889
 37 
John Middleton Murry
(British Writer Best Known as the Editor of 'The Athenaeum (1919-21)' And 'The Adelphi (1923-48)')
John Middleton Murry
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 6, 1889
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Peckham, London, England
Died: 1957
 38 
Ragnar Granit
(Finnish-Swedish Scientist Who Shared the 1967 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
Ragnar Granit
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 30, 1900
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Riihimäki, Finland
Died: 1991
 39 
Alfred Hugenberg
(German Politician and Businessman)
Alfred Hugenberg
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 19, 1865
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hanover
Died: 1951
 40 
Fatima Aziz
(Afghan Physician and Politician)
Fatima Aziz
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: 1973 AD
Birthplace: Kunduz, Kingdom of Afghanistan Afghanistan
Died: 2021
 41 
Wang Zhen
(Chinese Political Figure and 4th Vice President of the People’s Republic of China)
Wang Zhen
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 11, 1908
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Liuyang, Changsha, China
Died: 1993
 42 
Habib Jalib
(Poet)
Habib Jalib
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 24, 1928
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hoshiarpur
Died: 1993
 43 
Lloyd Shapley
(Economist, Mathematician, University teacher)
Lloyd Shapley
1
Birthdate: June 2, 1923
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cambridge
Died: 2016
 44 
Alun Hoddinott
(Composer)
Alun Hoddinott
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 11, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Glamorgan
Died: 2008
 45 
Samantha Lewes
6
Birthdate: November 29, 1952
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States
Died: 2002
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 46 
John Peter Altgeld
(Governor)
John Peter Altgeld
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 30, 1847
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Selters (Westerwald), Germany
Died: 1902
 47 
Zachris Topelius
(Finnish Writer, Poet and Historian Best Known for Writing Finnish Historical Novels in Swedish)
Zachris Topelius
0
Birthdate: January 14, 1818
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nykarleby, Finland
Died: 1898
 48 
Marianne Weber
(Sociologist)
Marianne Weber
0
Birthdate: August 2, 1870
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Oerlinghausen, Germany
Died: 1954
 49 
Julius Vogel
(Prime minister of New Zealand)
Julius Vogel
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 24, 1835
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1899
 50 
Michel Roux
(Chef)
Michel Roux
2
Listed In: Food Experts
Birthdate: April 19, 1941
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Charolles, France
Died: 2020