November 12 - Deaths

Deaths

• 607 – Pope Boniface III
• 1035 – Cnut the Great, Danish king (b. 985)
• 1094 – Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)
• 1434 – Louis III of Naples (b. 1403)
• 1555 – Stephen Gardiner, English bishop (b. 1497)
• 1567 – Anne de Montmorency, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1493)
• 1595 – John Hawkins, English navy officer and shipbuilder (b. 1532)
• 1667 – Hans Nansen, Danish politician (b. 1598)
• 1671 – Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (b. 1612)
• 1742 – Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
• 1757 – Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)
• 1793 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (b. 1736)
• 1836 – Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
• 1865 – Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1902 – William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 – Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 – John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1933 – F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1939 – Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1941 – Abe Reles, American mobster (b. 1907)
• 1944 – Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician (b. 1876)
• 1945 – Jaro Fürth, Austrian actor (b. 1871)
• 1946 – Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer (b. 1875)
• 1946 – Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian activist and politician, founded Banaras Hindu University (b. 1861)
• 1948 – Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
• 1950 – Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)
• 1955 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878)
• 1958 – Gustaf Söderström, Swedish tug of war competitor (b. 1865)
• 1965 – Taher Saifuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 51st Dā‘ī l-Muṭlaq (b. 1888)
• 1969 – Iskander Mirza, Pakistani politician, 1st President of Pakistan (b. 1899)
• 1969 – Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
• 1972 – Rudolf Friml, Czech composer (b. 1879)
• 1976 – Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)
• 1976 – Walter Piston, American composer (b. 1894)
• 1981 – William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1984 – Chester Himes, American author (b. 1909)
• 1987 – Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, poet, and actor (b. 1937)
• 1990 – Eve Arden, American actress (b. 1908)
• 1993 – H. R. Haldeman, American diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)
• 1994 – Wilma Rudolph, American runner (b. 1940)
• 1997 – Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (b. 1915)
• 2000 – Franck Pourcel, French orchestra leader (b. 1913)
• 2000 – Leah Rabin, German-Israeli wife of Yitzhak Rabin (b. 1928)
• 2001 – Albert Hague, German-American actor and composer (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Tony Miles, English chess player (b. 1955)
• 2003 – Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
• 2003 – Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (b. 1986)
• 2003 – Kay E. Kuter, American actor (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)
• 2003 – Tony Thompson, American drummer (Chic and Power Station) (b. 1954)
• 2005 – William G. Adams, Canadian politician (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Jacob E. Smart, American general (b. 1909)
• 2007 – Khanmohammad Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Ira Levin, American author (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Catherine Baker Knoll, American politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1930)
• 2008 – Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Riot Squad, The Dirty Mac, and Ramatam) (b. 1947)
• 2010 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933)
• 2010 – Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (b. 1904)
• 2012 – Angela Cropper, Trinidadian diplomat and politician (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Bob French, American drummer and radio host (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Hans Hammarskiöld, Swedish photographer (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Michel Hrynchyshyn, Canadian-French bishop (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Sergio Oliva, Cuban-American bodybuilder (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Fred Ridgeway, Irish actor (b. 1953)
• 2012 – Daniel Stern, American psychologist (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Ronald Stretton, English cyclist (b. 1930)
• 2012 – John Winter, English architect (b. 1930)