Famous Deaths on 12 Apr

Famous Deaths on 12 Apr

1125 - Vladislaus I of Bohemia
1443 - Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
1550 - Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (b. 1496)
1555 - Juana of Castile, wife of Philip I of Castile (b. 1479)
1675 - Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
1687 - Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer
1704 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer (b. 1627)
1748 - William Kent, English architect
1782 - Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)
1788 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-born composer (b. 1719)
1795 - Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
1814 - Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)
1850 - Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788)
1872 - Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)
1878 - William Marcy Tweed, aka Boss Tweed, American politician (b. 1823)
1898 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)
1902 - Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842)
1912 - Clara Barton, American nurse and Red Cross advocate (b. 1821)
1938 - Feodor Chaliapin, Russian bass (b. 1873)
1945 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
1962 - Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
1962 - Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Indian politician and engineer (b. 1861)
1968 - Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer and Volkswagen director (b. 1899)
1971 - Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (b. 1931)
1971 - Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (b. 1871)
1971 - Igor Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
1975 - Josephine Baker, American dancer (b. 1906)
1977 - Phil Wrigley, American manufacturer and baseball executive (b. 1894)
1980 - William R. Tolbert, Jr., President of Liberia (b. 1913)
1980 - Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards and snooker player (b. 1895)
1981 - Joe Louis, American boxer (b. 1914)
1983 - Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
1986 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897)
1987 - Mike Von Erich, American wrestler
1988 - Alan Paton, South African writer (b. 1903)
1989 - Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (b. 1921)
1989 - Abbie Hoffman, American political leader (b. 1936)
1989 - Gerald Flood, British actor (b. 1927)
1999 - Boxcar Willie, American singer (b. 1931)
2001 - Harvey Ball, American inventor (b. 1921)
2003 - Cecil H. Green, American manufacturer (b. 1900)
2006 - Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)
2006 - Dr. Rajkumar, Kannada language film actor/singer (India)(b. 1929)
2007 - Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936)
2008 - Cecilia Colledge, British ice skater and Olympian (b. 1920)
2008 - Paddy Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923)
2008 - Jerry Zucker, Israeli-born American businessman (b. 1949)
238 - Gordian I, Roman Emperor (suicide)
238 - Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle)
352 - St. Julius I, 35th Pope
434 - Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople
45 BC - Gnaeus Pompeius, the Younger, Roman general
65 - Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist