Famous Deaths on 12 Mar

Famous Deaths on 12 Mar

1289 - King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259)
1374 - Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)
1447 - Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)
1507 - Cesare Borgia, Italian general and statesman (b. 1475)
1608 - Koriki Kiyonaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1530)
1628 - John Bull, English composer
1648 - Tirso de Molina, Spanish writer (b. 1571)
1681 - Frans van Mieris, Sr., Dutch painter (b. 1635)
1699 - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (b. 1635)
1757 - Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (b. 1696)
1790 - Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (b. 1710)
1832 - Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (b. 1786)
1872 - Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)
1894 - Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
1898 - Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818)
1908 - Edmondo De Amicis, Italian children's writer (b. 1846)
1909 - Joe Petrosino, NYPD lieutenant (b. 1860)
1914 - George Westinghouse, American entrepreneur and engineer (b. 1846)
1916 - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (b. 1830)
1925 - Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and politician (b. 1866)
1929 - Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman (b. 1851)
1930 - William George Barker, Canadian fighter ace (b. 1894)
1930 - Alois Jirásek, Czech writer (b. 1851)
1937 - Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (b. 1844)
1937 - JenÅ' Hubay, Hungarian violinist (b. 1858)
1942 - Robert Bosch, German industrialist (b. 1861)
1943 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
1944 - Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (b. 1861)
1946 - Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian politician (executed) (b. 1897)
1947 - "Winston Churchill the American", American novelist (b. 1871)
1955 - Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1920)
1973 - Frankie Frisch, American baseball player (b. 1898)
1974 - George D. Sax, Drive-in bank and instant loan innovator. Owner of the Saxony Hotel. (b. 1904)
1978 - John Cazale, American actor (b. 1935)
1978 - Gene Moore, American baseball player (b. 1909)
1980 - Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1914)
1984 - Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor (b. 1896)
1985 - Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian conductor (b. 1899)
1987 - Woody Hayes, American football coach (b. 1913)
1989 - Maurice Evans, English-born actor (b. 1901)
1990 - Wallace Breem, British author (b. 1926)
1991 - Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
1995 - Juanin Clay, American actress (b. 1949)
1998 - Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramist (b. 1893)
1998 - Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (b. 1924)
1998 - Judge Dread, English musician (b. 1945)
1999 - Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (b. 1916)
2001 - Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (b. 1933)
2001 - Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
2002 - Jean-Paul Riopelle, Quebec painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2002 - Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (b. 1932)
2003 - Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948)
2003 - Andrei Kivilev, Kazakh cyclist (b. 1973)
2003 - Howard Fast, American author (b. 1914)
2003 - Zoran ĐinÄ'ić, Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
2005 - Stavros Koujioumtzis, Greek songwriter (b. 1932)
2005 - Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1943)
2006 - Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (b. 1947)
2008 - Lazare Ponticelli, the last "poilu", French foot soldier of World War One, dies at 110 (b. 1897)
2008 - Jorge Guinzburg, Argentine journalist, producer, humorist, and TV, theater and radio host (b. 1949)
604 - Pope Gregory I