Deaths on 12 November
2000s
Roy Haynes
2024
American jazz drummer and group leader (1925–2024)
John Horgan
2024
Premier of British Columbia from 2017 to 2022
Song Jae-rim
2024
South Korean actor and model (1985–2024)
Thomas E. Kurtz
2024
American computer scientist and educator (1928–2024)
Timothy West
2024
English actor (1934–2024)
Don Walsh
2023
American oceanographer (1931–2023)
Chung-Yun Hse
2021
Taiwanese American wood scientist (1935–2021)
Stan Lee
2018
American comic book writer (1922–2018)
Lupita Tovar
2016
Mexican-American actress (1910–2016)
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
2016
Egyptian actor (1946–2016)
Márton Fülöp
2015
Hungarian footballer (1983–2015)
Jihadi John
2015
Kuwaiti-British terrorist and ISIS executioner (1988–2015)
Ravi Chopra
2014
Indian filmmaker (1946–2014)
Warren Clarke
2014
British actor (1947–2014)
Marge Roukema
2014
American politician (1929–2014)
Valery Senderov
2014
Steve Rexe
2013
Canadian ice hockey player (1947–2013)
Konrad Rudnicki
2013
Polish astronomer
Aleksandr Serebrov
2013
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1944–2013)
John Tavener
2013
English composer (1944–2013)
Kurt Trampedach
2013
Danish painter and sculptor (1943–2013)
Hans Hammarskiöld
2012
Swedish photographer (1925–2012)
Sergio Oliva
2012
Cuban bodybuilder (1941–2012)
Daniel Stern (psychologist)
2012
American infant psychoanalyst (1934-2012)
Henryk Górecki
2010
Polish composer (1933–2010)
Catherine Baker Knoll
2008
American politician (1930–2008)
Mitch Mitchell
2008
English drummer (1946–2008)
K. C. Ibrahim
2007
Indian cricketer (1919–2007)
Ira Levin
2007
American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (1929–2007)
Jonathan Brandis
2003
American actor (1976–2003)
Cameron Duncan
2003
New Zealand filmmaker (1986–2003)
Penny Singleton
2003
American actress (1908–2003)
Tony Thompson (drummer)
2003
American drummer (1954–2003)
Albert Hague
2001
American songwriter (1920–2001)
Tony Miles
2001
English chess grandmaster (1955–2001)
Franck Pourcel
2000
Musical artist
1900s
Roy Hollis
1998
English footballer
Sally Shlaer
1998
American computer scientist
Carlos Surinach
1997
American classical composer
Wilma Rudolph
1994
American athlete (1940–1994)
H. R. Haldeman
1993
American political aide and Watergate Scandal figure (1926–1993)
Gabriele Tinti (actor)
1991
Italian actor (1932–1991)
Eve Arden
1990
American actress (1908–1990)
Minoru Yasui
1986
American lawyer and activist (1916–1986)
William Holden
1981
American actor (1918–1981)
Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer)
1976
Soviet aircraft designer (1893–1976)
Walter Piston
1976
American composer (1894–1976)
Rudolf Friml
1972
Czech composer (1879–1972)
Tommy Wisdom
1972
British motoring correspondent for the Daily Herald and racing driver
Hanna Neumann
1971
German-born mathematician (1914–1971)
Liu Shaoqi
1969
President of China from 1959 to 1968
Many Benner
1965
French painter
Taher Saifuddin
1965
Da'i al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohra from 1915 to 1965
Roque González Garza
1962
President of Mexico in 1915
Gustaf Söderström
1958
Swedish athlete (1865–1958)
Alfréd Hajós
1955
Hungarian swimmer and architect
Tin Ujević
1955
Croatian poet
Sarah Wambaugh
1955
American political scientist
Lesley Ashburner
1950
American hurdler
Julia Marlowe
1950
American actress (1865–1950)
Umberto Giordano
1948
Italian opera composer
Albert Bond Lambert
1946
American golfer and aviator (1875–1946)
Madan Mohan Malaviya
1946
Indian independence activist, scholar, educator, politician (1861–1946)
Maurice O'Neill (Irish republican)
1942
Irish activist (executed 1942)
Norman Bethune
1939
Canadian physician (1890–1939)
John Cady (golfer)
1933
American golfer (1866–1933)
F. Holland Day
1933
American photographer and publisher (1864–1933)
Percival Lowell
1916
American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer (1855–1916)
William Henry Barlow
1902
British civil engineer
1800s
Joseph James Cheeseman
1896
President of Liberia (1843-1896)
Elizabeth Gaskell
1865
English novelist, biographer, and short story writer (1810–1865)
William Christopher Zeise
1847
Danish organic chemist (1789–1847)
Juan Ramón Balcarce
1836
Argentine military leader and politician
Before 1800
Jean Sylvain Bailly
1793
French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader (1736–1793)
Lord George Gordon
1793
British nobleman and politician (1751–1793)
Friedrich Hoffmann
1742
German physician and chemist (1660–1742)
Thomas Fairfax
1671
English army officer and politician (1612–1671)
Hans Nansen
1667
Danish statesman
Josaphat Kuntsevych
1623
Ukrainian Greek Catholic archbishop and martyr
John Hawkins (naval commander)
1595
English slave trader (1532–1595)
Henry of Stolberg
1572
Anne de Montmorency, 1st Duke of Montmorency
1567
French soldier, statesman and diplomat (1493–1567)
Peter Martyr Vermigli
1562
Italian Reformed theologian (1499 – 1562)
Stephen Gardiner
1555
English bishop and politician (1483–1555)
Yang Jisheng (Ming dynasty)
1555
Chinese statesman
Zhang Jing (Ming dynasty)
1555
Ming dynasty politician (died 1555)
Louis III of Anjou
1434
Duke of Anjou (1403-1434)
John Henry, Margrave of Moravia
1375
Count of Tyrol from 1335 to 1341
John of Viktring
1347
Henry de Abergavenny
1218
Bishop of Llandaff, Wales (died 1218)
Philippe du Plessis
1209
13th Grand Master of the Knights Templar
Canute VI of Denmark
1202
King of Denmark from 1182 to 1202
Duncan II of Scotland
1094
King of Alba in 1094
William I, Count of Burgundy
1087
Count of Burgundy (1020–1087)
Cnut
1035
11th-century King of Denmark, Norway, and England
Notker Physicus
975
Monk, physician, painter, composer and poet (died 975)
Burchard III, Duke of Swabia
973
Duke of Swabia from 954 to 973
Livinus
657
Irish saint, apostle of Flanders and Brabant
Pope Boniface III
607
Head of the Catholic Church in 607