Famous Deaths on 12 Feb

Famous Deaths on 12 Feb

1538 - Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter
1554 - Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (b. 1536)
1554 - Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the English throne (b. 1537)
1571 - Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)
1590 - François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (b. 1524)
1595 - Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)
1612 - Christopher Clavius, German astronomer (b. 1538)
1624 - George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)
1630 - Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)
1700 - Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
1724 - Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)
1728 - Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b. 1653)
1762 - Laurent Belissen, French composer (b. 1693)
1763 - Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
1771 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b. 1710)
1789 - Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738)
1799 - Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (b. 1729)
1804 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (b. 1724)
1894 - Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)
1896 - Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (b. 1811)
1903 - Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834)
1915 - Émile Waldteufel, French composer (b. 1837)
1916 - Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (b. 1831)
1929 - Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853)
1931 - Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (b. 1855)
1933 - Henri Duparc, French composer (b. 1848)
1935 - Auguste Escoffier, French chef (b. 1846)
1945 - Antonio Villa-Real, Filipino jurist (b. 1880)
1949 - Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
1951 - Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (b. 1897)
1954 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (b. 1896)
1957 - Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (b. 1872)
1958 - Douglas Hartree, English mathematical physicist (b.1897)
1971 - James C. Penney, American department store founder (b. 1875)
1976 - Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
1979 - Jean Renoir, French director (b. 1894)
1980 - Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (b. 1913)
1982 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (b. 1902)
1983 - Eubie Blake, American musician and songwriter (b. 1887)
1984 - Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b. 1914)
1984 - Anna Anderson, claimant to the throne of Russia (b. 1896)
1985 - Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (b. 1924)
1989 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (b. 1931)
1991 - Roger Patterson, American death metal bass player (b. 1968)
1992 - Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907)
1993 - James Bulger, English murder victim (b. 1990)
1994 - Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (b. 1950)
1995 - Philip Taylor Kramer, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1952)
1995 - Robert Bolt, English writer (b. 1924)
1996 - Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (b. 1931)
2000 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929)
2000 - Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)
2000 - Andy Lewis, Australian musician (b. 1967)
2000 - Charles Schulz, American comics author (b. 1922)
2000 - Oliver, American pop singer (b. 1945)
2001 - Kristina Söderbaum, German actress (b. 1912)
2003 - Vali Myers, Australian painter (b. 1930)
2005 - Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (b. 1964)
2005 - Sammi Smith, American country music singer (b. 1943)
2007 - Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
2007 - Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
2008 - Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (b. 1907)
2008 - Lawrence "Larry" King, 15-year old hate crime victim (b. 1993)