Deaths on 12 September
2000s
Sitaram Yechury
2024
Indian politician (1952–2024)
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
2019
Tongan politician (1941–2019)
Shen Chun-shan
2018
Taiwanese physicist (1932–2018)
Allan MacEachen
2017
Canadian politician
Edith Windsor
2017
American LGBTQ rights activist and technology manager (1929–2017)
Claudia Card
2015
American philosopher
Atef Ebeid
2014
Prime Minister of Egypt from 1999 to 2004
John Gustafson (musician)
2014
English musical artist (1942–2014)
Ian Paisley
2014
Northern Irish politician and religious leader (1926–2014)
Joe Sample
2014
American jazz musician and composer (1939–2014)
Ray Dolby
2013
American electrical engineer and inventor (1933–2013)
Warren Giese
2013
American football player and politician
Erich Loest
2013
German writer
Candace Pert
2013
American neuroscientist (1946–2013)
Arkadii Dragomoshchenko
2012
Russian writer (1946–2012)
Jon Finlayson
2012
Australian actor (1938–2012)
Tom Sims
2012
American snowboarder
Alexander Galimov
2011
Russian ice hockey player
Claude Chabrol
2010
French film director (1930–2010)
Giulio Zignoli
2010
Italian footballer
Norman Borlaug
2009
American agronomist and Nobel Laureate (1914–2009)
Jack Kramer
2009
American tennis player (1921–2009)
Willy Ronis
2009
French photographer
Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)
2008
Australian rules footballer and coach
David Foster Wallace
2008
American writer (1962–2008)
Bobby Byrd
2007
American singer, songwriter, and producer (1934–2007)
Serge Lang
2005
French-American mathematician
Johnny Cash
2003
American country singer (1932–2003)
Arthur Johnson (canoeist)
2003
Canadian canoeist
Stanley Turrentine
2000
American jazz saxophonist and record producer (1934–2000)
1900s
Judith Merril
1997
American novelist
Ernesto Geisel
1996
President of Brazil from 1974 to 1979
Jeremy Brett
1995
English actor (1933–1995)
Yasutomo Nagai
1995
Japanese motorcycle racer (1965–1995)
Tom Ewell
1994
American actor (1909–1994)
Boris Yegorov
1994
Soviet physician and cosmonaut (1937–1994)
Raymond Burr
1993
Canadian actor (1917–1993)
Ruth Nelson (actress)
1992
American actress
Anthony Perkins
1992
American actor (1932–1992)
Bruce Matthews (Canadian Army officer)
1991
Canadian Army officer and businessman
Athene Seyler
1990
English actress (1889–1990)
John Qualen
1987
Canadian-American actor of Norwegian origin (1899–1987)
Jacques Henri Lartigue
1986
French photographer (1894–1986)
Charlotte Wolff
1986
German physician
Federico Moreno Torroba
1982
Spanish composer and conductor (1891–1982)
Eugenio Montale
1981
Italian writer (1896–1981)
William Hudson (engineer)
1978
New Zealand–Australian engineer (1896–1978)
Steve Biko
1977
South African anti-apartheid activist (1946–1977)
Robert Lowell
1977
American poet (1917–1977)
William Boyd (actor)
1972
American actor (1895–1972)
Walter Egan (golfer)
1971
American golfer
Tommy Armour
1968
Scottish-American professional golfer (1896–1968)
Vladimir Bartol
1967
Slovenian writer
Raja Aziz Bhatti
1965
Pakistani military officer and war hero (1928–1965)
Spot Poles
1962
Baseball player
Rangeya Raghav
1962
Carl H. Hermann
1961
German physicist (1898–1961)
Sándor Festetics
1956
Hungarian nobleman and cabinet minister
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn
1953
British peer (1869–1953)
Hugo Schmeisser
1953
German firearm designer (1884–1953)
Lewis Stone
1953
American actor (1879–1953)
Erik Adolf von Willebrand
1949
Finnish physician (1870–1949)
Hajime Sugiyama
1945
Imperial Japanese field marshal (1880–1945)
Valentine Baker (pilot)
1942
British Armed Forces pilot
Sarah Frances Whiting
1927
American physicist and astronomer
Jules Violle
1923
French physicist (1841–1923)
Leonid Andreyev
1919
Russian playwright and writer (1871–1919)
George Reid
1918
Prime Minister of Australia from 1904 to 1905
Pierre-Hector Coullié
1912
French Catholic prelate (1829-1912)
Ilia Chavchavadze
1907
Georgian poet and politician; Georgian Orthodox Church saint (1837-1907)
Duncan Gillies
1903
Australian politician (1834–1903)
1800s
François Guizot
1874
French historian, orator and statesman (1787–1874)
Eleanora Atherton
1870
English philanthropist
Fitz Hugh Ludlow
1870
Author of "The Hasheesh Eater", journalist, addiction researcher
Peter Mark Roget
1869
British physician, philologist (1779–1869)
Christian Dietrich Grabbe
1836
German playwright (1801–1836)
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
1819
Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)
Robert Ross (British Army officer)
1814
Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army (1766-1814)
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet
1810
English merchant banker (1740–1810)
Before 1800
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
1779
British politician and peer
Jean-Philippe Rameau
1764
French composer and music theorist (1683–1764)
Jan van der Heyden
1712
Dutch painter (1637–1712)
Afonso VI of Portugal
1683
King of Portugal from 1656 to 1683
Nicolaes Tulp
1674
Dutch surgeon (1593–1674)
Tanneguy Le Fèvre
1672
French humanist and scholar (1615–1672)
Jean Bolland
1665
Flemish priest and hagiographer (1596–1665)
Jacob Cats
1660
Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician (1577–1660)
Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars
1642
Louis XIII's favourite (1620–1642)
Vasili IV of Russia
1612
Tsar of Russia from 1606 to 1610
Clément Marot
1544
French poet (1496–1544)
Albert III, Duke of Saxony
1500
Duke of Saxony and
Sidi El Houari
1439
Algerian Imam
Blanche of Lancaster
1368
English noblewoman (1342–1368)
Pope Innocent VI
1362
Head of the Catholic Church from 1352 to 1362
Peter II of Aragon
1213
King of Aragon from 1196 to 1213
Andronikos I Komnenos
1185
Byzantine emperor from 1183 to 1185
Nefingus
973
Sak Kʼukʼ
640
Ajaw