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 Chamberlain21 August 1936, American
Basketball Player
John Denver31 December 1943, American
Singer-songwriter
Robert E. Lee19 January 1807, American
Confederate General in the American Civil War
Matthew Shepard01 December 1976, American
Gay Hate Murder Victim
Mary Pinchot Meyer14 October 1920, American
Painter & Journalist
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor31 July 1527, Hungarian
Holy Roman Emperor
Anatole France16 April 1844, French
Writer
Alf Landon09 September 1887, American
Governor of Kansas
Gillo Pontecorvo19 November 1919, Italian
Film Director
Paul Hermann Müller12 January 1899, Swiss
Chemist
Katharine Burr Blodgett10 January 1898, American
Scientist
Nancy Spungen27 February 1958, American
Drug trafficker, Prostitute
Joan Kroc27 August 1928, American
Dennis Ritchie09 September 1941, American
Computer scientist, Programmer, Writer
Edith Cavell04 December 1865, British
Nurse
Roger B. Taney17 March 1777, American
Former Chief Justice of the United States
Joseph Stilwell19 March 1883, American
Basketball coach, Military personnel
Sonja Henie08 April 1912, Norwegian
Actor, Figure skater
Inejiro Asanuma27 December 1898, Japanese
Politician
Hiroshige1797 AD, Japanese
painter
Dean Acheson11 April 1893, American
Former United States Secretary of State
Johnny Olson22 May 1910, American
Actor, Radio personality
Piero della Francesca1415 AD, Italian
Mathematician
Audrey Mestre11 August 1974, French
Free-diver, Marine biologist
Elizabeth Fry21 May 1780, British
Nurse
Robert Stephenson16 October 1803, British
Engineer, Civil engineer, Politician
Peter Aufschnaiter02 November 1899, Nepalese
Explorer, Cartographer, Geographer, Rock climber
Charles Rothschild09 May 1877, British
Banker, Entomologist
Frederick IV of Denmark11 October 1671, Danish
King
Max Wertheimer15 April 1880, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Günther Blumentritt10 February 1892, German
Soldier
Margaret E. Knight14 February 1838, American
Inventor, Entrepreneur
Challenger1959 AD, Bangladeshi
Bangladeshi television actor
Pope Honorius IItalian
Edwin Abbott Abbott20 December 1838, British
Theologian, Science fiction writer, Teacher,
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Adam of Bremen1074 AD, German
chronicler
Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia12 October 1876, Russian
Pope John IVItalian
Pope
Gertrude Käsebier18 May 1852, American
Photographer
Jean Ribault1520 AD, French
explorer
Michael IX Palaiologos17 April 1277, Turkish
Josiah Gilbert Holland24 July 1819, American
Poet, Author, Novelist, Writer, Journalist
Oscar Hijuelos24 August 1951, American
novelist, writer
Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton16 January 1853, British
Military personnel
Mustafa Zaidi16 October 1930, Pakistani
Poet
Utagawa Hiroshige1797 AD, Japanese
artist
John Garcia12 June 1917, American
psychologist
Arkady Strugatsky28 August 1925, Russian
Author
Fahri Koruturk03 August 1903, Turkish
Former President of Turkey
Břetislav Pojar07 October 1923, Czech
Film director, Animator, Educationist
Ricky Wilson (American Musician)19 March 1953, American