12 March Deaths

March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 294 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).
Deaths

417 – Pope Innocent I
604 – Pope Gregory I (b. 540)
1289 – Demetrius II of Georgia (b. 1259)
1316 – Stefan Dragutin of Serbia (b. 1253)
1374 – Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (b. 1336)
1496 – Johann Heynlin, German humanist scholar (b. c. 1425)
1507 – Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal (b. 1475)
1608 – Kōriki Kiyonaga, Japanese daimyo (b. 1530)
1628 – John Bull, English organist and composer (b. 1562)
1648 – Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
1681 – Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (b. 1635)
1699 – Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
1703 – Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford, English jurist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1627)
1731 – Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (b. 1660)
1790 – András Hadik, Hungarian field marshal (b. 1710)
1820 – Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish explorer and politician (b. 1764)
1832 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (b. 1786)
1858 – William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (b. 1816)
1872 – Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1811)
1894 – Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
1898 – Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
1909 – Joseph Petrosino, American police officer (b. 1860)
1914 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman (b. 1846)
1916 – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
1925 – Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
1929 – Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
1929 – William Turner Dannat, American painter (b. 1853)
1930 – William George Barker, Canadian colonel and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1894)
1930 – Alois Jirásek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1851)
1935 – Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
1937 – Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1858)
1937 – Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (b. 1844)
1942 – Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (b. 1861)
1942 – William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
1943 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
1945 – Friedrich Fromm, German general (b. 1888)
1946 – Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
1947 – Winston Churchill, American author and playwright (b. 1871)
1955 – Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
1957 – Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
1960 – Kshitimohan Sen, Indian historian, author, and academic (b. 1880)
1963 – Arthur Grimsdell, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1894)
1973 – Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
1974 – George D. Sax, American banker and businessman (b. 1904)
1978 – John Cazale, American actor (b. 1935)
1979 – Nader Jahanbani, Iranian general and pilot (b. 1928)
1984 – Arnold Ridley, English actor and playwright (b. 1896)
1985 – Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1899)
1987 – Woody Hayes, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
1988 – Romare Bearden, American painter (b. 1911)
1989 – Maurice Evans, English-American actor (b. 1901)
1989 – Jakob Gimpel, Polish concert pianist and educator (b. 1906)
1991 – Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
1991 – William Heinesen, Faroese author, poet, and author (b. 1900)
1992 – Hans G. Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1921)
1992 – Lucy M. Lewis, American potter (b. 1890)
1998 – Beatrice Wood, American painter and potter (b. 1893)
1999 – Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1916)
2001 – Morton Downey, Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (b. 1933)
2001 – Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
2001 – Victor Westhoff, Dutch botanist and academic (b. 1916)
2002 – Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1932)
2002 – Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2003 – Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
2003 – Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1914)
2003 – Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
2004 – Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter (b. 1917)
2005 – Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist and producer (b. 1943)
2005 – Stavros Kouyioumtzis, Greek composer (b. 1932)
2006 – Victor Sokolov, Russian-American priest and journalist (b. 1947)
2007 – Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2008 – Jorge Guinzburg, Argentinian journalist and producer (b. 1949)
2008 – Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French soldier (b. 1897)
2010 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1920)
2011 – Olive Dickason, Canadian historian and journalist (b. 1920)
2011 – Joe Morello, American drummer and educator (Dave Brubeck Quartet) (b. 1923)
2011 – Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (b. 1919)
2012 – Samuel Glazer, American businessman, co-founded Mr. Coffee (b. 1923)
2012 – Dick Harter, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2012 – Michael Hossack, American drummer (The Doobie Brothers) (b. 1946)
2012 – Friedhelm Konietzka, German-Swiss footballer and manager (b. 1938)
2013 – George Burditt, American lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
2013 – Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1957)
2013 – Michael Grigsby, English director and producer (b. 1936)
2013 – Ganesh Pyne, Indian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)
2014 – Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2014 – George Donaldson, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1968)
2014 – Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)
2014 – Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931)
2014 – José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (b. 1936)
2015 – Willie Barrow, American minister and activist (b. 1924)
2015 – Michael Graves, American architect and academic, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (b. 1934)
2015 – Ada Jafri, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1924)
2015 – Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1948)
2016 – Rafiq Azad, Bangladeshi poet and author (b. 1942)
2016 – Felix Ibru, Nigerian architect and politician, Governor of Delta State (b. 1935)
2016 – Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)

Source: Wikipedia