August 12th
213 Notable deaths
Berl Katznelson
Israeli labor zionist intellectual (1887-1944).
Born January 25th, 1887 in Babruysk.
Died August 12th, 1944 at 57 years old in Jerusalem.
Gianpiero Combi
Italian association football player (1902-1956).
Born December 20th, 1902 in Turin. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1956 at 53 years old in Turin. [ref]
Guido de Marco
Maltese politician (1931-2010).
Born July 22nd, 1931 in Valletta.
Died August 12th, 2010 at 79 years old in Msida (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Tetsuzan Nagata
Japanese general (1884–1935).
Born January 14th, 1884 in Suwa.
Died August 12th, 1935 at 51 years old in Tokyo (attempted murder).
Michael Baxandall
British art historian (1933-2008).
Born August 18th, 1933 in Cardiff. [ref]
Died August 12th, 2008 at 74 years old in London (Parkinson's disease, pneumonia). [ref]
Victor Ambartsumian
Soviet armenian astrophysicist (1908–1996).
Born September 18th, 1908 in Tbilisi.
Died August 12th, 1996 at 87 years old in Byurakan. [ref]
Arso Jovanović
Yugoslav paritsan (1907–1948).
Born March 24th, 1907 in Podgorica.
Died August 12th, 1948 at 41 years old in Vršac.
Itzik Feffer
Soviet yiddish poet (1900-1952).
Born November 23rd, 1900 in Shpola.
Died August 12th, 1952 at 51 years old in Moscow.
Kenji Nakagami
Japanese writer (1946–1992).
Born August 2nd, 1946 in Shingu.
Died August 12th, 1992 at 46 years old in Nachikatsuura (kidney cancer).
Kawamura Sumiyoshi
Japanese admiral (1836-1904).
Born December 18th, 1836 in Uearata-chō.
Died August 12th, 1904 at 67 years old in Japan.
Aimé Morot
French painter (1850-1913).
Born June 16th, 1850 in Nancy. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1913 at 63 years old in Dinard.
Eulalio Gutiérrez
President of mexico (1881-1939).
Born February 2nd, 1881 in Ramos Arizpe.
Died August 12th, 1939 at 58 years old in Saltillo.
Mónica Miguel
Mexican actress (1939-2020).
Born March 13th, 1939 in Tepic.
Died August 12th, 2020 at 81 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Kurt Biedenkopf
German politician (1930–2021).
Born January 28th, 1930 in Ludwigshafen. [ref]
Died August 12th, 2021 at 91 years old in Dresden. [ref]
Can Yücel
Turkish poet (1926–1999).
Born August 21st, 1926 in Istanbul.
Died August 12th, 1999 at 72 years old in İzmir (cancer).
Lin Fengmian
Chinese painter (1900-1991).
Born November 22nd, 1900 in Jiaying Zhou.
Died August 12th, 1991 at 90 years old in Hong Kong.
Ruth Ford
American actress (1911-2009).
Born July 7th, 1911 in Brookhaven. [ref]
Died August 12th, 2009 at 98 years old in New York City. [ref]
Ralph Asher Alpher
American cosmologist (1921–2007).
Born February 3rd, 1921 in Washington, D.C..
Died August 12th, 2007 at 86 years old in Austin. [ref]
Solomon Lozovsky
Soviet revolutionary (1878-1952).
Born March 16th, 1878 in Alexandrovsky Uyezd.
Died August 12th, 1952 at 74 years old in Lubyanka Building, Bolshevo.
Kurt Eggers
War correspondent and writer (1905-1943).
Born November 10th, 1905 in Berlin.
Died August 12th, 1943 at 37 years old in Kharkiv Oblast.
Karl Leisner
German roman catholic priest and martyr (1915–1945).
Born February 28th, 1915 in Rees.
Died August 12th, 1945 at 30 years old in Waldsanatorium bei Planegg (tuberculosis). [ref]
Stephen Wiesner
Israeli research physicist (1942–2021).
Born August 30th, 1942 in United States.
Died August 12th, 2021 at 78 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Suzanne Spaak
Belgian anti-nazi resistance worker and counterintelligence agent.
Born July 6th, 1905 in Brussels.
Died August 12th, 1944 at 39 years old in Fresnes Prison (gunshot wound, shot to the head).
Zhu Ziqing
Chinese poet (1898–1948).
Born November 22nd, 1898 in Haizhou Zhilizhou.
Died August 12th, 1948 at 49 years old in Beijing.
Irena Adamowicz
Resistance member during world war ii (1910–1973).
Born May 11th, 1910 in Warsaw.
Died August 12th, 1973 at 63 years old in Warsaw.
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan