Died On October 12th
Discover the most famous people who died on October 12. The list includes people like Matthew Shepard, John Denver, Robert E. Lee, Wilt Chamberlain, Anatole France. Famous personalities featured on this list, include novelists, military leaders, soldiers and nurses and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Germany and many more countries.
Wilt ChamberlainAmerican
Basketball Player
John DenverAmerican
Singer-songwriter
Robert E. LeeAmerican
Confederate General in the American Civil War
Matthew ShepardAmerican
Gay Hate Murder Victim
Edith CavellBritish
Nurse
Mary Pinchot MeyerAmerican
Painter & Journalist
Maximilian II, Holy Roman EmperorHungarian
Holy Roman Emperor
Anatole FranceFrench
Writer
Alf LandonAmerican
Governor of Kansas
Gillo PontecorvoItalian
Film Director
Katharine Burr BlodgettAmerican
Scientist
Paul Hermann MüllerSwiss
Chemist
Nancy SpungenAmerican
Drug trafficker, Prostitute
Dennis RitchieAmerican
Computer scientist, Programmer, Writer
Joan KrocAmerican
Léo MajorCanadian
Soldier
Thomas Mikal FordAmerican
Actor
Gene VincentAmerican
Musician
Tom MixAmerican
Actor
Joseph StilwellAmerican
Basketball coach, Military personnel
Sonja HenieNorwegian
Actor, Figure skater
Roger B. TaneyAmerican
Former Chief Justice of the United States
Ram Manohar LohiaIndian
Politician
HiroshigeJapanese
painter
Inejiro AsanumaJapanese
Politician
Dylan RiederAmerican
Skateboarder
Dean AchesonAmerican
Former United States Secretary of State
Carel FabritiusDutch
Dutch painter
Peter AufschnaiterNepalese
Explorer, Cartographer, Geographer, Rock climber
Piero della FrancescaItalian
Mathematician
Elizabeth FryBritish
Nurse
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Johnny OlsonAmerican
Actor, Radio personality
Robert StephensonBritish
Engineer, Civil engineer, Politician
C. Delores TuckerAmerican
Politician
Charles RothschildBritish
Banker, Entomologist
Max WertheimerAmerican
Psychologist, University teacher
Frederick IV of DenmarkDanish
King
Audrey MestreFrench
Free-diver, Marine biologist
Margaret E. KnightAmerican
Inventor, Entrepreneur
ChallengerBangladeshi
Bangladeshi television actor
Pope Honorius IItalian
Bishop
Bill ShoemakerAmerican
Jockey
Philander C. KnoxAmerican
Politician
Edwin Abbott AbbottBritish
Theologian, Science fiction writer, Teacher,
Luis de MolinaSpanish
Theologian
Jean RibaultFrench
explorer
Günther BlumentrittGerman
Soldier
Adam of BremenGerman
chronicler
Gertrude KäsebierAmerican
Photographer
Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of RussiaRussian
Mildred CohnAmerican
Biochemist
Pope John IVItalian
Pope
Simon KimbanguCongolese
Religious Leader
Michael IX PalaiologosTurkish
Josephine Shaw LowellAmerican
Biographer
Oscar HijuelosAmerican
novelist, writer
Belva PlainAmerican
Author
Ian Standish Monteith HamiltonBritish
Military personnel
Kanō EitokuJapanese
Painter
Josiah Gilbert HollandAmerican
Poet, Author, Novelist, Writer, Journalist
Mustafa ZaidiPakistani
Poet
Břetislav PojarCzech
Film director, Animator, Educationist
John GarciaAmerican
psychologist
Bernarr MacFaddenAmerican
Publisher
Arkady StrugatskyRussian
Author
Fahri KoruturkTurkish
Former President of Turkey
Kurokawa KishōJapanese
Architect
James Ford CairnsAustralian
Politician
Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St. MaryleboneBritish
Barrister
Ricky Wilson (American Musician)American