Died On May 12th
Discover the most famous people who died on May 12. The list includes people like H. R. Giger, Erik Erikson, Robert Rauschenberg, Irena Sendler, John Dryden. Famous personalities featured on this list, include poets, spiritual & religious leaders, novelists and artists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Germany and many more countries.
Irena SendlerPolish
Nurse
Lenny MontanaAmerican
Actor
Erik EriksonCanadian, German, American
American-German psychologist
Prince Aly KhanItalian, Pakistani, British
Father of Aga Khan IV
H. R. GigerSwiss
Painter
John DrydenBritish
poet
Robert RauschenbergAmerican
painter
James ConnollyBritish
Socialist Leader
J. E. B. StuartAmerican
Military Leader
Elisabeth BergnerBritish
Actress
Bedrich SmetanaAustrian, Czech
Composer
Józef PiłsudskiPolish
Statesman
Robert ReedAmerican
Actor
Pope Celestine VItalian
Adam PettyAmerican
Motorcycle racer, Racecar driver
Erich von StroheimAustrian, French, American
American-Austrian director
Pope Sylvester IIFrench
astronomer, mathematician, politician, cleric,
John MasefieldBritish
Poet
Joris-Karl HuysmansFrench
Writer, Art critic, Novelist
Harold LoweBritish
Sailor
Kenneth WaltzAmerican
University teacher, Political scientist,
Jean DubuffetFrench
Painter, Sculptor, Visual artist, Writer
Bette Nesmith GrahamAmerican
Inventor, Entrepreneur
Charles BarryBritish
Architect
Eugène YsaÿeBelgian
Violinist
Amy LowellAmerican
Poet, Writer, Socialite
Władysław AndersPolish
Officer, Politician
Saul SteinbergRomanian, American
Comics artist, Painter, Illustrator
Tony CostaAmerican
Serial killer
Wanda RutkiewiczPolish
Explorer, Sportsperson, Q20683322, Mountaineer
Nelly SachsGerman, Swedish
Poet, Playwright, Writer
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Emilia Pardo BazánSpanish
Essayist, Literary critic, Novelist, Journalist,
Prince Sadruddin Aga KhanSwiss, French
Politician, Diplomat
Catharine BeecherAmerican
Educator
Peter GayGerman, American
Psychologist, Cultural historian, Historian,
Valdemar I of DenmarkDanish
King
Frances MarionAmerican
Screenwriter
Monica ZetterlundSwedish
Singer, Actor, Jazz musician
August Wilhelm SchlegelGerman
Linguist, Translator, Sanskrit scholar,
Mauno KoivistoFinnish
Politician
Nicolas Fatio de DuillierSwiss
astronomer, mathematician
Pope Sergius IVItalian
Arthur Quiller-CouchBritish
Writer
Daniel AuberFrench
French composer
Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of KentBritish
Justiciar
Jacinto ConvitVenezuelan
Physician
Catherine RadziwillPolish
Writer
Hu HanminChinese
Political leader
William HugginsBritish
Astronomer
Edme MariotteFrench
Physicist
Minna CanthFinnish
Writer
Oscar Stanton De PriestAmerican
American Politician
Louis ZukofskyAmerican
Poet
Anselme PayenFrench
Chemist
Peter Henry EmersonBritish
Photographer
Valdir PereiraBrazilian
Footballer
Richard Henry StoddardAmerican
Writer, Poet
Charles-Adolphe WurtzFrench
Chemist
Aiden Wilson TozerAmerican
Pope Silvester IIFrench
Pope
August Wilhelm von SchlegelGerman
German poet
Simon Arthur Noël RavenBritish