July 12 - Deaths

Deaths

• 783 – Bertrada of Laon, Frankish wife of Pepin the Short (b. 720)
• 1441 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)
• 1536 – Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch writer and philosopher (b. 1466)
• 1584 – Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525)
• 1664 – Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (b. 1610)
• 1682 – Jean Picard, French astronomer (b. 1620)
• 1693 – John Ashby, English admiral (b. c. 1640)
• 1712 – Richard Cromwell, son of Oliver Cromwell (b. 1626)
• 1742 – Evaristo Abaco, Italian composer (b. 1675)
• 1749 – Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France (b. c. 1671)
• 1773 – Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist and composer (b. 1697)
• 1804 – Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (b. 1808)
• 1849 – Dolley Madison, 4th First Lady Of The United States (b. 1768)
• 1870 – John A. Dahlgren, American Navy admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 – Alexander Cartwright, American fireman and inventor of baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 – Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (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-born American inventor and industrialist (b. 1877)
• 1935 – Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (b. 1859)
• 1944 – Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general, son of Theodore Roosevelt (b. 1887)
• 1945 – Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)
• 1945 – Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (b. 1871)
• 1947 – Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1949 – Douglas Hyde, Irish politician (b. 1860)
• 1950 – Elsie de Wolfe, American socialite and interior decorator (b. 1865)
• 1961 – Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (b. 1879)
• 1962 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, American band leader (b. 1907)
• 1966 – D. T. Suzuki, Japanese author, translator and teacher/lecturer (b. October 18, 1870)
• 1969 – Henry George Lamond, Australian novelist (b. 1885)
• 1971 – Yvon Robert, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1973 – Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (b. 1906)
• 1979 – Minnie Riperton, American soul singer (b. 1947)
• 1982 – Kenneth More, English actor (b. 1914)
• 1983 – Chris Wood, British saxophonist (Traffic) (b. 1944)
• 1990 – João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (b. 1917)
• 1993 – Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (b. 1970)
• 1996 – John Chancellor, American television journalist (b. 1927)
• 1996 – Jonathan Melvoin, American keyboardist (The Smashing Pumpkins) (b. 1961)
• 1998 – Serge Lemoyne, French Canadian artist (b. 1941)
• 1998 – Jimmy Driftwood, American folk songwriter and musician (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1929)
• 1999 – Bill Owen, British actor (b. 1914)
• 2000 – Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1908)
• 2003 – Benny Carter, American musician (b. 1907)
• 2004 – Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918)
• 2005 – John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, British noble and aviation executive (b. 1917)
• 2006 – Adamantios Lemos, Greek actor (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (b. 1947)
• 2007 – Mr. Butch, American homeless person (b. 1951)
• 2007 – Robert Burås, Norwegian guitar player (b. 1975)
• 2008 – Tony Snow, American press secretary for George W. Bush (b. 1955)
• 2008 – Bobby Murcer, American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 2010 – Harvey Pekar, American comic book writer (b. 1939)
• 2010 – Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1932)