July 12 - Deaths

Deaths

• 783 – Bertrada of Laon (b. 720)
• 1441 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)
• 1536 – Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch writer and philosopher (b. 1466)
• 1584 – Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525)
• 1645 – Michael I of Russia (b. 1596)
• 1664 – Stefano della Bella, Italian print-maker (b. 1610)
• 1682 – Jean Picard, French astronomer (b. 1620)
• 1693 – John Ashby, English admiral (b. 1640)
• 1712 – Richard Cromwell, English son of Oliver Cromwell (b. 1626)
• 1742 – Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian composer (b. 1675)
• 1749 – Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, French navy officer (b. 1671)
• 1773 – Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist and composer (b. 1697)
• 1804 – Alexander Hamilton, American soldier, economist, philosopher, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (b. 1808)
• 1849 – Dolley Madison, American wife of James Madison, 4th First Lady of the United States (b. 1768)
• 1870 – John A. Dahlgren, American navy admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 – Alexander Cartwright, American fireman, inventor of baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 – Charles Rolls, English engineer and aviator, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1918 – Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (b. 1864)
• 1926 – Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1931 – Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1866)
• 1934 – Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and industrialist, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)
• 1935 – Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (b. 1859)
• 1944 – Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general (b. 1887)
• 1945 – Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (b. 1871)
• 1945 – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)
• 1947 – Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1949 – Douglas Hyde, Irish politician (b. 1860)
• 1950 – Elsie de Wolfe, American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865)
• 1961 – Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (b. 1879)
• 1962 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, American musician, composer, and bandleader (b. 1907)
• 1965 – Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (b. 1898)
• 1966 – D. T. Suzuki, Japanese author (b. 1870)
• 1969 – Henry George Lamond, Australian novelist (b. 1885)
• 1971 – Yvon Robert, Canadian wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1973 – Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (b. 1906)
• 1975 – James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (b. 1887)
• 1979 – Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
• 1982 – Kenneth More, English actor (b. 1914)
• 1983 – Chris Wood, English saxophonist (Traffic and Ginger Baker's Air Force) (b. 1944)
• 1990 – João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (b. 1917)
• 1993 – Dan Eldon,English photographer and journalist (b. 1970)
• 1994 – Elder Paisios of Mount Athos, Greek monk (b. 1924)
• 1996 – John Chancellor, American journalist (b. 1927)
• 1996 – Jonathan Melvoin, American keyboardist (The Smashing Pumpkins) (b. 1961)
• 1998 – Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1907)
• 1998 – Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (b. 1941)
• 1999 – Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1929)
• 1999 – Bill Owen, English actor (b. 1914)
• 2000 – Charles Merritt, Canadian army officer, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1908)
• 2001 – Fred Marcellino, American illustrator (b. 1939)
• 2003 – Benny Carter, American musician, bandleader, and composer (b. 1907)
• 2004 – Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina, co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada (b. 1918)
• 2005 – John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, English businessman (b. 1917)
• 2006 – Adamantios Lemos, Greek actor (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Robert Burås, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (My Midnight Creeps and Madrugada) (b. 1975)
• 2007 – Mr. Butch, American guitar player (b. 1951)
• 2007 – Stan Zemanek, Australian radio host (b. 1947)
• 2008 – Bobby Murcer, American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 2008 – Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (b. 1955)
• 2010 – Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1932)
• 2010 – Pius Njawé, Cameroonian journalist (b. 1957)
• 2010 – Harvey Pekar, American writer and critic (b. 1939)
• 2011 – Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Alimuddin, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Eddy Brown, English footballer (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Maita Gomez, Filipino model and activist (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American author (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Roger Payne, English mountaineer (b. 1956)
• 2012 – Hamid Samandarian, Iranian director (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Dara Singh, Indian wrestler and actor (b. 1928)
• 2012 – George C. Stoney, American director and producer (b. 1916)