Deaths on 12 December
2000s
Vicente Fernández
2021
Mexican actor and ranchera singer (1940–2021)
Bernie Fowler
2021
American politician (1924–2021)
Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi
2021
Tongan politician and noble (1955–2021)
John le Carré
2020
Irish-British novelist and former spy (1931–2020)
Ann Reinking
2020
American actress, dancer, and choreographer (1949–2020)
Danny Aiello
2019
American actor (1933–2019)
Ed Lee
2017
43rd Mayor of San Francisco
Pat DiNizio
2017
American musician (1955–2017)
Shirley Hazzard
2016
Australian-born American writer (1931–2016)
Frans Geurtsen
2015
Dutch international footballer (1942–2015)
Evelyn S. Lieberman
2015
American public affairs professional
Norman Bridwell
2014
American author and cartoonist
Ivor Grattan-Guinness
2014
British historian of mathematics and logic
Herb Plews
2014
American baseball player (1928–2014)
Tom Laughlin
2013
American actor and filmmaker (1931–2013)
Abdul Quader Mollah
2013
Executed Islamist Bangladeshi politician, writer, and war criminal (1948–2013)
Audrey Totter
2013
American actress (1917–2013)
Joe Allbritton
2012
American banker, publisher and philanthropist
David Tait
2012
Scotland international rugby union player
Tom Walkinshaw
2010
British racing driver (1946–2010)
Avery Dulles
2008
American Jesuit priest (1918–2008)
Van Johnson
2008
American actor (1916–2008)
François al-Hajj
2007
Lebanese major general
Ike Turner
2007
American musician (1931–2007)
Paul Arizin
2006
American basketball player (1928–2006)
Peter Boyle
2006
American actor (1935–2006)
Raymond P. Shafer
2006
American politician
Alan Shugart
2006
American entrepreneur and engineer (1930–2006)
Robert Newmyer
2005
American film producer
Annette Stroyberg
2005
Danish actress (1936–2005)
Gebran Tueni
2005
Lebanese journalist, politician and businessman
Heydar Aliyev
2003
President of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003
Dee Brown (writer)
2002
American writer (1908–2002)
Ardito Desio
2001
Italian geologist, mountaineer and cartographer (1897–2001)
1900s
Paul Cadmus
1999
American artist (1904–1999)
Joseph Heller
1999
American writer (1923–1999)
Lawton Chiles
1998
American politician (1930–1998)
Mo Udall
1998
American attorney and politician (1922–1998)
Evgenii Landis
1997
Soviet mathematician (1921–1997)
Vance Packard
1996
American journalist and social critic (1914–1996)
Stuart Roosa
1994
American lunar astronaut (1933–1994)
József Antall
1993
Hungarian politician (1932–1993)
Anne Baxter
1985
American actress (1923–1985)
Jean Lesage
1980
Premier of Quebec from 1960 to 1966
Richard Baggallay (cricketer)
1975
English cricketer
Doris Blackburn
1970
Australian activist and legislator (1889–1970)
Tallulah Bankhead
1968
American actress (1902–1968)
Karl Ruberl
1966
Austrian swimmer
Albert Walsh
1958
Canadian politician
Mildred Bailey
1951
Native American jazz singer (1907–1951)
Marjory Stephenson
1948
British biochemist (1885–1948)
César Basa
1941
Filipino fighter pilot (1915–1941)
Douglas Fairbanks
1939
American actor and filmmaker (1883–1939)
Thorleif Haug
1934
Norwegian skier (1894–1934)
Raymond Radiguet
1923
French novelist and poet (1903–1923)
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
1921
American astronomer (1868–1921)
Menelik II
1913
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1879 to 1913
1800s
John Sparrow David Thompson
1894
Prime Minister of Canada from 1892 to 1894
Viktor Bunyakovsky
1889
Russian mathematician
Jacques Viger (mayor)
1858
First mayor of Montreal, Québec, Canada
Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland
1803
Swedish prince (1750–1803)
Before 1800
Meshullam Feivush Heller
1794
Johann Christoph Gottsched
1766
German philosopher (1700–1766)
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
1751
British politician and philosopher (1678–1751)
Loredana Marcello
1572
Dogaress of Venice
Isabella of Mar
1296
Countess of Carrick
Maimonides
1204
Medieval Jewish philosopher (1135/1138–1204)
Carloman II
884
King of West Francia from 879 to 884