Deaths on 12 July
2000s
Tonke Dragt
2024
Dutch children's writer and illustrator (1930–2024)
Bill Viola
2024
American video and installation artist (1951–2024)
Ruth Westheimer
2024
German-American sex therapist (1928–2024)
Evan Wright
2024
American writer (1964–2024)
Noriko Ohara
2024
Japanese voice actress (1935–2024)
Kelly Preston
2020
American actress (1962–2020)
Wim Suurbier
2020
Dutch footballer (1945–2020)
Emily Hartridge
2019
English YouTuber and television presenter (1984–2019)
Annabelle Neilson
2018
British socialite, fashion model, author, and television personality (1969–2018)
Goran Hadžić
2016
Croatian Serb politician (1958–2016)
D'Army Bailey
2015
American judge and actor
Chenjerai Hove
2015
Zimbabwean poet (1956–2015)
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
2015
Cheng Siwei
2015
Chinese economist (1935–2015)
Jamil Ahmad
2014
Pakistani civil servant (1931–2014)
Nestor Basterretxea
2014
Basque artist
Emil Bobu
2014
Romanian Communist activist and politician
Alfred de Grazia
2014
American political scientist
Kenneth J. Gray
2014
American businessman and politician (1924–2014)
Valeriya Novodvorskaya
2014
Soviet dissident (1950–2014)
Amar Bose
2013
American engineer (1929–2013)
Takako Takahashi
2013
Japanese author
Elaine Morgan
2013
Welsh writer and evolutionist (1920–2013)
Alan Whicker
2013
British journalist and broadcaster (1921–2013)
Alimuddin (cricketer)
2012
Pakistani cricketer (1930–2012)
Dara Singh
2012
Indian professional wrestler and actor (1928–2012)
Eddy Brown
2012
English footballer (1926–2012)
Else Holmelund Minarik
2012
American author of children's books
Roger Payne (mountaineer)
2012
British mountaineer (1956–2012)
Hamid Samandarian
2012
Iranian film director
George C. Stoney
2012
American documentary filmmaker, educator, and "father of public-access television
Sherwood Schwartz
2011
American TV writer, producer (1916–2011)
Olga Guillot
2010
Cuban singer (1922–2010)
James P. Hogan (writer)
2010
British science fiction author (1941–2010)
Paulo Moura
2010
Musical artist
Pius Njawé
2010
Harvey Pekar
2010
American comic book writer, music critic and media personality
Bobby Murcer
2008
American baseball player and broadcaster (1946–2008)
Tony Snow
2008
American journalist
Robert Burås
2007
Musical artist
Stan Zemanek
2007
Australian radio broadcaster & TV presenter (1947-2007)
John King, Baron King of Wartnaby
2005
British economist (1917–2005)
Betty Oliphant
2004
Canadian dance educator (1918-2004)
Benny Carter
2003
American jazz musician, composer, and bandleader (1907–2003)
Mark Lovell (rally driver)
2003
British rally driver (1960–2003)
Fred Marcellino
2001
American writer
Charles Merritt
2000
Canadian politician
1900s
Rajendra Kumar
1999
Indian actor (1927–1999)
Jimmy Driftwood
1998
American singer-songwriter (1907–1998)
Arkady Ostashev
1998
Russian engineer in Soviet space program
Serge Lemoyne
1998
Canadian artist (1941–1998)
François Furet
1997
French historian
John Chancellor
1996
American TV journalist (1927–1996)
Eila Campbell
1994
University teacher and historian of cartography (1915–1994)
Dan Eldon
1993
British-born Kenyan photojournalist, artist and activist (1970–1993)
Caroline Pafford Miller
1992
American writer
João Saldanha
1990
Brazilian journalist and football manager (1917–1990)
Chris Wood (rock musician)
1983
British musician (1944–1983)
Kenneth More
1982
British actor (1914–1982)
John Warren Davis (college president)
1980
American college president and civil rights activist
Olive Morris
1979
Jamaican-born British community leader and activist (1952–1979)
Minnie Riperton
1979
American soul singer (1947–1979)
James Ormsbee Chapin
1975
American painter (1887–1975)
Lon Chaney Jr.
1973
American actor (1906–1974)
Yvon Robert
1971
Canadian professional wrestler (1914 – 1971)
Henry George Lamond
1969
Australian writer (1885–1969)
D. T. Suzuki
1966
Japanese Zen scholar (1870–1966)
Christfried Burmeister
1965
Estonian speed skater (1898–1965)
Roger Wolfe Kahn
1962
American composer, bandleader, test pilot (1907–1962)
Mazo de la Roche
1961
Canadian writer (1879–1961)
John Hayes (Tasmanian politician)
1956
Australian politician
Elsie de Wolfe
1950
American interior decorator, author, and actress
Douglas Hyde
1949
President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945
Jimmie Lunceford
1947
American jazz musician (1902–1947)
Ray Stannard Baker
1946
American journalist and writer (1870–1946)
Boris Galerkin
1945
Russian mathematician
Wolfram von Richthofen
1945
German military officer and aviator (1895–1945)
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
1944
American general and politician (1887–1944)
Alfred Dreyfus
1935
French Army officer (1859–1935)
Ole Evinrude
1934
American inventor
Nathan Söderblom
1931
Swedish bishop
Robert Henri
1929
American painter and teacher (1865–1929)
Gertrude Bell
1926
English writer, traveller, political officer, and archaeologist
Charles Wood (composer)
1926
Irish composer (1866–1926)
Charles Rolls
1910
British motoring and aviation pioneer (1877–1910)
William D. Coleman (politician)
1908
Former President of Liberia
1800s
Alexander Cartwright
1892
Baseball club founding member (1820–1892)
John A. Dahlgren
1870
American admiral (1809–1870)
Pavel Nakhimov
1855
Russian fleet commander (1802–1855)
Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)
1850
Civil engineer and lighthouse designer (1772–1850)
Henrik Wergeland
1845
Norwegian writer (1808–1845)
Alexander Hamilton
1804
American Founding Father (1755–1804)
Before 1800
Johann Joachim Quantz
1773
German flautist, composer and flute maker (1697–1773)
Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
1749
French Naval officer
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco
1742
Italian composer (1675–1742)
Richard Cromwell
1712
English statesman (1626–1712)
John Ashby (Royal Navy officer)
1693
Charles Chalmot de Saint-Ruhe
1691
French cavalry officer (c.1650–1691)
Jean Picard
1682
French astronomer and priest (1620–1682)
Stefano della Bella
1664
Italian draughtsman and printmaker
William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath
1623
English noble (1557–1623)
Stephen Borough
1584
English navigator and Arctic explorer (1525–1584)
Erasmus
1536
Dutch humanist (c. 1466–1536)
Bahlul Khan Lodi
1489
Founder of the Lodi Dynasty (reigned 1451–1489)
Ashikaga Yoshinori
1441
Military ruler of Japan from 1429 to 1441
Kyōgoku Takakazu (d. 1441)
1441
John Komnenos (Domestic of the Schools)
1067
Byzantine military leader (c. 1015–1067)
Xue Juzheng
981
Scholar-official
Meng Chang
965
Emperor of Later Shu from 934 to 965
Bertrada of Laon
783
Queen consort of the Franks (died 783)
Viventiolus
524
Catholic saint and Archbishop of Lyon (d. 524)