History Deaths on May 12

Joanna, Portuguese princess and regent (b. 1452)

#Joanna,_Princess_of_Portugal

Sylvester II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 946)

#Pope_Sylvester_II

Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)

#Jacques_Philippe_Marie_Binet

Murad Mirza, Mughal prince (b. 1570)

#Murad_Mirza_(son_of_Akbar)

Gerd Langguth, German political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1946)

#Gerd_Langguth

Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)

#Lucas_Achtschellinck

Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American illustrator (b. 1914)

#Saul_Steinberg

Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and humanitarian (b. 1910)

#Irena_Sendler

Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)

#Antonio_Vega_(singer)

Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)

#Felix_Steiner

Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)

#Marco_Cé

Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)

#Amy_Lowell

Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)

#Joris-Karl_Huysmans

John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)

#John_Masefield

Hussein Maziq, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1918)

#Hussein_Maziq

Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901)

#Jean_Dubuffet

Thomas Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1409)

#Thomas_Palaiologos

Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)

#Erich_von_Stroheim

Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)

#Max_Brand

Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)

#Robert_Kerr_(athlete)

Elisabeth Bergner, German actress (b. 1897)

#Elisabeth_Bergner

Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)

#Louis_Calhern

Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)

#Charles_Barry

Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)

#Sarat_Pujari

Bed?ich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)

#Bed?ich_Smetana

János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)

#János_Batsányi

Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)

#Abraham_Trembley

Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (b. 1925)

#Cornell_Borchers

Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)

#Johann_Uz

Joanna I, queen of Naples (b. 1328)

#Joanna_I_of_Naples

Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1925)

#Robert_Rauschenberg

Adolphus Frederick II, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)

#Adolphus_Frederick_II,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Robert Reed, American actor (b. 1932)

#Robert_Reed

Fergus of Galloway, Scottish nobleman

#Fergus_of_Galloway

Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)

#Sergey_Aksakov

Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)

#Heinie_Manush

James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)

#James_Connolly

Lillian Roth, American actress 9b. 1910)

#Lillian_Roth

Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)

#Georgi_Benkovski

Perry Como, American singer and television host (b. 1912)

#Perry_Como

Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)

#Frances_Marion

Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)

#Friedrich_Wilhelm_Eduard_Gerhard

?tefan Kovács, Romanian football player and coach (b. 1920)

#?tefan_Kovács

Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1902)

#Erik_Erikson

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1593)

#Thomas_Wentworth,_1st_Earl_of_Strafford

Zeno Colò, Italian Olympic alpine skier (b.1920)

#Zeno_Colò

Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

#Nelly_Sachs

Józef Pi?sudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)

#Józef_Pi?sudski

Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)

#Eugène_Ysaÿe

H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (b. 1940)

#H._R._Giger

Æthelhard, archbishop of Canterbury

#Æthelhard

Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)

#Lambert-Sigisbert_Adam

Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)

#Arthur_Quiller-Couch

John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1631)

#John_Dryden

Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)

#Charles_Simon_Favart

Martin Lings, English author and scholar (b. 1909)

#Martin_Lings

Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest (b. 1620)

#Edme_Mariotte

Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, 9th President of Finland (b. 1923)

#Mauno_Koivisto

Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944)

#Lorenzo_Zambrano

Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (b. 1935)

#Mike_Agostini

J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)

#J._E._B._Stuart

Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)

#Alfonso_de_Portago

Walenty Wa?kowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)

#Walenty_Wa?kowicz

Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress (b. 1937)

#Monica_Zetterlund

Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)

#Anselme_Payen

Valdemar I, king of Denmark (b. 1131)

#Valdemar_I_of_Denmark

George Chapman, English poet and playwright (b. 1559)

#George_Chapman

Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer (b. 1945)

William Zinsser American journalist and critic (b. 1922)

Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)

Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (b. 1920)

Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1921)

Ömer Kavur, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-American diplomat (b. 1933)

Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (b. 1925)

Adam Petty, American race car driver (b. 1980)

John Smith, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1938)

Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (b. 1911)

Wayne Maki, Canadian National Hockey League player (b. 1944)

Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)

Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)

Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)

Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)

Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington, English noblewoman (b. 1460)

Engelbert of Admont, Benedictine abbot and scholar

Liutold of Eppenstein, duke of Carinthia

Sergius IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 970)

Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (b. 877)