Deaths on 12 January
2000s
Rick Garcia (activist)
2026
American LGBTQ activist (1956–2026)
Leslie Charleson
2025
American actress (1945–2025)
Claude Jarman Jr.
2025
American actor (1934–2025)
Lisa Marie Presley
2023
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
Sharad Yadav
2023
Indian politician (1947–2023)
Ronnie Spector
2022
American singer (1943–2022)
Roger Scruton
2020
English philosopher (1944–2020)
Keith Jackson
2018
American sports announcer (1928–2018)
William Peter Blatty
2017
American writer and filmmaker (1928–2017)
Graham Taylor
2017
English football player, manager and chairman
Trevor Colbourn
2015
Australian professor & academic (1927-2015)
Robert Gover
2015
American novelist
Carl Long (baseball)
2015
American baseball player
Elena Obraztsova
2015
Soviet and Russian opera singer
Inge Vermeulen
2015
Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player
Alexandra Bastedo
2014
British actress (1946–2014)
Connie Binsfeld
2014
American politician (1924–2014)
George Dement
2014
American businessman and politician (1922–2014)
Precious Bryant
2013
American singer-songwriter
Flor María Chalbaud
2013
First Lady of Venezuela
Eugene Patterson
2013
American journalist and civil rights activist
Bjørn G. Andersen
2012
Norwegian professor (1924 – 2012)
Glenda Dickerson
2012
Bill Janklow
2012
American politician (1939–2012)
Charles H. Price II
2012
American diplomat
Jim Stanley (American football)
2012
American football player and coach (1935–2012)
Daniel Bensaïd
2010
French philosopher (1946–2010)
Hasib Sabbagh
2010
Palestinian businessman (1920 – 2010)
Claude Berri
2009
French filmmaker (1934–2009)
Max Beck
2008
American intersex advocate
Alice Coltrane
2007
American jazz musician (1937–2007)
James Killen
2007
Australian politician
Pablita Velarde
2006
American painter
Amrish Puri
2005
Indian actor (1932–2005)
Olga Ladyzhenskaya
2004
Russian mathematician (1922–2004)
Dean Amadon
2003
American ornithologist (1912–2003)
Kinji Fukasaku
2003
Japanese filmmaker (1930–2003)
Leopoldo Galtieri
2003
Argentine general and military ruler (1926–2003)
Maurice Gibb
2003
British musician (1949–2003)
Alan Nunn May
2003
British physicist and Soviet spy (1911–2003)
Cyrus Vance
2002
American lawyer and government official (1917–2002)
Luiz Bonfá
2001
Brazilian guitarist and composer (1922–2001)
Bill Hewlett
2001
American engineer (1913–2001)
Marc Davis (animator)
2000
American artist and animator (1913–2000)
Bobby Phills
2000
American basketball player (1969–2000)
1900s
Doug Wickenheiser
1999
Canadian ice hockey player (1961–1999)
Roger Clark (rally driver)
1998
British rally driver (1939–1998)
Jean-Edern Hallier
1997
French writer, critic and editor
Charles Brenton Huggins
1997
American physician (1901–1997)
Joachim Nitsche
1996
German mathematician
Gustav Naan
1994
Estonian philosopher and physicist
Kumar Gandharva
1992
Indian classical singer (1924–1992)
Robert Jackson (UN administrator)
1991
Australian naval officer (1911–1991)
Laurence J. Peter
1990
Canadian educator (1919–1990)
Connie Mulder
1988
South African politician (1925–1988)
Piero Taruffi
1988
Italian racing driver and motorcycle road racer (1906–1988)
Nikolai Podgorny
1983
Soviet Ukrainian politician (1903–1983)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
1977
French film director, screenwriter and producer
Agatha Christie
1976
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
Princess Patricia of Connaught
1974
British princess (1886–1974)
Roy Franklin Nichols
1973
American historian (1896–1973)
John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey
1971
Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1885–1971)
Burhan Belge
1967
Turkish politician (1899–1967)
Lorraine Hansberry
1965
Black American playwright and author (1930–1965)
Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams
1962
Russian feminist revolutionary (1869–1962)
Nevil Shute
1960
English novelist (1899–1960)
Charles Hatfield
1958
American cloud seeder (1875–1958)
Lance C. Wade
1944
British World War II flying ace
Jan Campert
1943
Dutch journalist, theater critic and writer
Ralph Hitz
1940
Edward Smith (VC)
1940
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Oscar Florianus Bluemner
1938
American painter
Paul Kochanski
1934
Polish violinist, composer and arranger (1887–1934)
Austin Chapman
1926
Australian politician (1864–1926)
Gervase Elwes
1921
English tenor (1866–1921)
Georgios Theotokis
1916
Greek politician
Andreas Papagiannakopoulos
1911
Greek judge and politician
Hermann Minkowski
1909
German mathematician and physicist (1864–1909)
1800s
Hiram Walker
1899
American entrepreneur (1816-1899)
James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont
1892
British politician (1820-92)
William Reeves (bishop)
1892
Irish antiquarian and bishop
Václav Hanka
1861
Czech philologist
Ľudovít Štúr
1856
Slovak revolutionary, philosopher, politician, and writer (1815–1856)
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
1834
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807
Marie-Antoine Carême
1833
French chef (1783/1784–1833)
Friedrich Schlegel
1829
German poet, critic, philosopher, and Indologist (1772–1829)
Before 1800
Richard Challoner
1781
Roman Catholic priest and writer (1691–1781)
François Bigot
1778
French government official
Hugh Mercer
1777
General in the American Revolutionary War (1726–1777)
Johann Melchior Molter
1765
German composer and violinist (1696–1765)
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
1759
Princess of Orange from 1734 to 1751
John Eccles (composer)
1735
English composer (1668–1735)
John Horsley (antiquarian)
1732
British antiquarian (1685–1732)
William Ashhurst
1720
British banker, merchant and politician
Marguerite Bourgeoys
1700
French religious sister and saint
Giacomo Carissimi
1674
Italian composer (1605–1674)
Pierre de Fermat
1665
French mathematician and lawyer (1601–1665)
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
1519
Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 to 1519
Eleanor Maltravers
1405
English noblewoman
Marie of Brabant, Queen of France
1322
Queen of France from 1274 to 1285
John Dalderby
1320
14th-century Bishop of Lincoln
Aelred of Rievaulx
1167
English saint (1110–1167)
Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia
1140
Landgrave of Thuringia from 1123 to 1140
Sang Weihan
947
Chinese general (898–947)
Ahmad Samani
914
Amir of the Samanids from 907 to 914
Benedict Biscop
690
7th-century Anglo-Saxon abbot