Deaths on 12 June
2000s
William H. Donaldson
2024
American businessman (1931–2024)
Neil Goldschmidt
2024
American politician (1940–2024)
Jerry West
2024
American basketball player and executive (1938–2024)
Silvio Berlusconi
2023
Italian media tycoon and politician (1936–2023)
Francesco Nuti
2023
Italian actor (1955–2023)
John Romita Sr.
2023
American comic book artist (1930–2023)
Treat Williams
2023
American actor (1951–2023)
Philip Baker Hall
2022
American actor (1931–2022)
Phil Bennett
2022
British Lions & Wales international rugby union player (1948–2022)
Sylvia Miles
2019
American actress (1924–2019)
Jon Hiseman
2018
English drummer and sound engineer (1944–2018)
Fernando Brant
2015
Teresita Barajuen
2013
Spanish Roman Catholic nun
Jason Leffler
2013
American racing driver (1975-2013)
Hector Bianciotti
2012
Argentine-born French author
Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen
2012
German psychoanalyst
Medin Zhega
2012
Albanian footballer and manager
Elinor Ostrom
2012
American political economist (1933–2012)
Pahiño
2012
Spanish footballer (1923–2012)
Frank Walker (Australian politician)
2012
Australian politician
René Audet
2011
Al Williamson
2010
American cartoonist (1931–2010)
Miroslav Dvořák (ice hockey)
2008
Czechoslovak ice hockey player
Derek Tapscott
2008
Welsh footballer
Nicky Barr
2006
Royal Australian Air Force officer
György Ligeti
2006
Hungarian composer (1923–2006)
Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet
2006
Canadian businessman (1923–2006)
Scott Young (writer)
2005
Canadian journalist, sportswriter, and novelist (1918–2005)
Gregory Peck
2003
American actor (1916–2003)
Bill Blass
2002
American fashion designer
Zena Sutherland
2002
American journalist
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
2000
Indian writer and humorist (1919–2000)
1900s
Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani
1999
Iranian archaeologist and historian (1910–1999)
J. F. Powers
1999
American writer (1917–1999)
Leo Buscaglia
1998
American professor of special education, motivational speaker, author (1924–1998)
Theresa Merritt
1998
American actress (1922–1998)
Bulat Okudzhava
1997
Soviet-Russian singer (1924–1997)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
1995
Italian pianist
Pierre Russell
1995
American basketball player
Nicole Brown Simpson
1994
American murder victim (1959–1994)
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
1994
Seventh Chabad Rebbe (1902–1994)
Philip Vera Cruz
1994
American labor leader (1904–1994)
Terence O'Neill
1990
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1963 to 1969
Bruce Hamilton (public servant)
1989
Australian public servant (1911–1989)
Norma Shearer
1983
Canadian-American actress (1902–1983)
Ian McKay
1982
British soldier (1953–1982)
Karl von Frisch
1982
German-Austrian ethologist (1886–1982)
Billy Butlin
1980
Holiday camp entrepreneur
Masayoshi Ōhira
1980
Prime Minister of Japan from 1978 to 1980
Milburn Stone
1980
American actor (1904–1980)
Guo Moruo
1978
Chinese politician, poet, and historian (1892–1978)
Georg Siimenson
1978
Estonian footballer (1912–1984)
Gopinath Kaviraj
1976
Hindu philosopher
Edmund Wilson
1972
American writer and literary critic (1895–1972)
Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar
1972
Indian writer and filmmaker (1909–1972)
Aleksandr Deyneka
1969
Russian and Soviet painter
Herbert Read
1968
English anarchist and writer (1893–1968)
Hermann Scherchen
1966
German conductor (1891-1966)
Medgar Evers
1963
American civil rights activist (1925–1963)
John Ireland (composer)
1962
British composer and music teacher (1879–1962)
Jimmy Dorsey
1957
American jazz musician and band leader (1904–1957)
Harry Lawson (politician)
1952
Australian politician (1875–1952)
Médéric Martin
1946
Canadian politician (1869–1946)
Erich Marcks
1944
German World War II general (1891–1944)
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
1937
Russian and Soviet military leader (1893-1937)
Theo Heemskerk
1932
Dutch politician (1852–1932)
Teresa Carreño
1917
Venezuelan pianist, soprano, composer, and conductor (1853–1917)
Frédéric Passy
1912
French economist and pacifist (1822–1912)
Camille of Renesse-Breidbach
1904
Belgian nobleman and author
Lucretia Peabody Hale
1900
American author and novelist
1800s
Konstantinos Nikolopoulos (composer)
1841
Greek composer and philologist
Egwale Seyon
1818
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1801 to 1818
Charles-Pierre Augereau
1816
French military officer (1757–1816)
Before 1800
Philip Livingston
1778
American Founding Father, merchant, and politician (1716–1778)
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne
1772
French explorer and cartographer (1724–1772)
Prince Augustus William of Prussia
1758
Son of King Frederick William I of Prussia (1722–1758)
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
1734
French-English army officer (1670–1734)
Charles Emmanuel II
1675
Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675
Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge
1668
English politician (1599–1668)
Thomas Farnaby
1647
English schoolmaster and scholar (c. 1575 – 1647)
Renée of France
1574
Duchess of Ferrara, Modena & Reggio (1510–1574)
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich
1567
English politician (1496–1567)
Adrianus Turnebus
1565
French classical scholar
Ii Naomori
1560
Imagawa Yoshimoto
1560
Japanese samurai and daimyo (1519–1560)
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
1524
Spanish conquistador; 1st colonial governor of Cuba (1511–24)
Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua
1478
Marquis of Mantua from 1444 to 1478
John Fitzalan, 7th Earl of Arundel
1435
English noble
Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen
1420
German count (1362–1420)
Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac
1418
French noble (1360–1418)
John I of Brienne, Count of Eu
1294
Nobleman (1246-1294)
Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben
1266
German prince
Henry of Scotland
1152
Heir apparent to David I (1114–1152)
Al-Zamakhshari
1144
Scholar
Tedald (bishop of Arezzo)
1036
Lyfing (archbishop of Canterbury)
1020
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1013 to 1020
Æthelflæd
918
Ruler of Mercia in England from 911 to 918
Pope Leo III
816
Head of the Catholic Church from 795 to 816
Hisham I of Córdoba
796
Emir of Córdoba from 788 to 796