May 12th
238 Notable deaths
Peter Henry Emerson
British writer and photographer (1856–1936).
Born May 13th, 1856 in Sagua La Grande.
Died May 12th, 1936 at 79 years old in Falmouth.
Haleh Afshar
British baroness.
Born May 21st, 1944 in Tehran.
Died May 12th, 2022 at 77 years old in Heslington. [ref]
Camille Lepage
French photojournalist (1988–2014).
Born January 28th, 1988 in Angers.
Died May 12th, 2014 at 26 years old in Central African Republic.
Archduchess Carolina Maria of Austria
Archduchesse austria-tuscan imperial and royal (1869–1945).
Born September 5th, 1869 in Altmünster.
Died May 12th, 1945 at 75 years old in Budapest.
Edel Quinn
Roman catholic lay missionary.
Born September 14th, 1907 in Kanturk.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 36 years old in Nairobi (tuberculosis).
Yukio Ninagawa
Japanese theatre director and actor (1935–2016).
Born October 15th, 1935 in Kawaguchi.
Died May 12th, 2016 at 80 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).
Alain Colmerauer
French computer scientist (1941-2017).
Born January 24th, 1941 in Carcassonne.
Died May 12th, 2017 at 76 years old in 5th arrondissement of Marseille. [ref]
Sarah Grand
British feminist writer (1854–1943).
Born June 10th, 1854 in Donaghadee.
Died May 12th, 1943 at 88 years old in Calne.
Jack Taylor
American actor.
Born October 21st, 1926 in Oregon City.
Died May 12th, 2026 at 99 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Rudolf Kempe
German conductor (1910–1976).
Born June 14th, 1910 in Dresden.
Died May 12th, 1976 at 65 years old in Zurich.
Humphrey Searle
English composer (1915-1982).
Born August 26th, 1915 in Oxford.
Died May 12th, 1982 at 66 years old in London.
Roswell Pettibone Flower
American politician (1835-1899).
Born August 7th, 1835 in Theresa. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1899 at 63 years old in Eastport (myocardial infarction).
Vlastimil Hort
Czech-german chess player.
Born January 12th, 1944 in Kladno. [ref]
Died May 12th, 2025 at 81 years old in Eitorf. [ref]
Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten
Austrian-hungarian general and minister of war (1861-1921).
Born April 26th, 1861 in Pernegg an der Mur.
Died May 12th, 1921 at 60 years old in Graz.
Pieter Jelles Troelstra
Dutch politician (1860-1930).
Born April 20th, 1860 in Leeuwarden.
Died May 12th, 1930 at 70 years old in The Hague.
Mansoor Ahmed
Pakistani field hockey player (1968–2018).
Born January 7th, 1968 in Rawalpindi.
Died May 12th, 2018 at 50 years old in Karachi (heart failure). [ref]
Clyde R. Hoey
American politician (1877-1954).
Born December 11th, 1877 in Shelby.
Died May 12th, 1954 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C..
Louise Catherine Breslau
German-swiss painter (1856-1927).
Born December 6th, 1856 in Munich.
Died May 12th, 1927 at 70 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Ghazaleh Alizadeh
Iranian poet and writer.
Born February 15th, 1949 in Mashhad.
Died May 12th, 1996 at 47 years old in Javaher Deh (hanging to death).
Ernst Marischka
Austrian director and scriptwriter (1893-1963).
Born January 2nd, 1893 in Vienna.
Died May 12th, 1963 at 70 years old in Chur.
Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford
Pre-raphaelite watercolorist and philanthropist (1818–1891).
Born April 14th, 1818 in Paris.
Died May 12th, 1891 at 73 years old in Ford Castle. [ref]
Ignatius Bryanchaninov
Russian orthodox saint (1807-1867).
Born February 17th, 1807.
Died May 12th, 1867 at 60 years old in Babayevsky Monastery.
Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson
British neurologist (1878–1937).
Born December 6th, 1878 in Cedarville.
Died May 12th, 1937 at 58 years old in London (cancer).
Georges Petit
French art dealer (1856-1920).
Born March 11th, 1856 in Paris.
Died May 12th, 1920 at 64 years old in Paris.
José Terrón
Spanish actor (1939-2019).
Born July 5th, 1939 in Madrid.
Died May 12th, 2019 at 79 years old in Benidorm. [ref]
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Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer