People who died on August 12

2004

Godfrey Hounsfield, English electrical engineer and inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b: August 28, 1919 ; d: August 12, 2004)
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Peter Woodthorpe (d: August 12, 2004)
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2002

Enos Slaughter, baseball player (b: April 27, 1916 ; d: August 12, 2002)
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2000

Loretta Young, American actress (b: January 6, 1913 ; d: August 12, 2000)
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1997

Luther Allison, blues musician, guitarist (b: August 17, 1939 ; d: August 12, 1997)
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1992

John Cage, American composer (b: September 5, 1912 ; d: August 12, 1992)
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1989

William Shockley, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: February 13, 1910 ; d: August 12, 1989)
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1985

Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b: October 6, 1951 ; d: August 12, 1985)
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Kyu Sakamoto (d: August 12, 1985)
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1982

Henry Fonda, American actor (b: May 16, 1905 ; d: August 12, 1982)
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Joe Tex (d: August 12, 1982)
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Salvador Sanchez (d: August 12, 1982)
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1979

Ernst Boris Chain, German-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b: June 19, 1906 ; d: August 12, 1979)
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1973

Walter Rudolf Hess (d: August 12, 1973)
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1964

Ian Fleming, English author (b: May 28, 1908 ; d: August 12, 1964)
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1955

Thomas Mann, German novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 6, 1875 ; d: August 12, 1955)
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James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: November 19, 1887 ; d: August 12, 1955)
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1948

Harry Brearley, English inventor (b: February 18, 1871 ; d: August 12, 1948)
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1943

Bobby Peel, English cricketer (b: February 12, 1857 ; d: August 12, 1943)
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1934

Hendrik Petrus Berlage (d: August 12, 1934)
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1928

Leos Janacek, Czech composer (b: July 3, 1854 ; d: August 12, 1928)
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1922

Arthur Griffith (d: August 12, 1922)
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1918

Anna Held, Polish actress amd singer (b: March 18, 1872 ; d: August 12, 1918)
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1914

John Philip Holland, Irish inventor (b: February 29, 1840 ; d: August 12, 1914)
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1901

Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Swedish explorer (b: November 18, 1832 ; d: August 12, 1901)
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1900

Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (b: May 17, 1836 ; d: August 12, 1900)
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1891

James Russell Lowell, American poet and essayist (b: February 22, 1819 ; d: August 12, 1891)
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1865

William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (b: July 6, 1785 ; d: August 12, 1865)
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1864

Sakuma Shozan (d: August 12, 1864)
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1848

George Stephenson (d: August 12, 1848)
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1827

William Blake, English poet and artist (b: November 28, 1757 ; d: August 12, 1827)
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1689

Pope Innocent XI (b: May 16, 1611 ; d: August 12, 1689)
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1674

Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b: May 26, 1602 ; d: August 12, 1674)
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1648

Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (b: November 5, 1615 ; d: August 12, 1648)
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1633

Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (b: August 20, 1561 ; d: August 12, 1633)
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1612

Giovanni Gabrieli (d: August 12, 1612)
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1588

Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (b: January 18, 1543 ; d: August 12, 1588)
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1577

Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b: December 23, 1513 ; d: August 12, 1577)
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1512

Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (b: October 20, 1463 ; d: August 12, 1512)
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1484

Pope Sixtus IV (b: July 21, 1414 ; d: August 12, 1484)
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George of Trebizond (d: August 12, 1484)
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1424

Yongle, Emperor of China (b: May 2, 1360 ; d: August 12, 1424)
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875

Louis II Holy Roman Emperor (d: August 12, 875)
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