People who died on October 12

2003

Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (b: August 19, 1931 ; d: October 12, 2003)
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Jim Cairns, Australian politician (b: October 4, 1914 ; d: October 12, 2003)
► Biography of Jim Cairns

Joan Kroc (d: October 12, 2003)
► Biography of Joan Kroc

2002

Audrey Mestre, French diver (b: August 11, 1974 ; d: October 12, 2002)
► Biography of Audrey Mestre

Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (b: November 6, 1916 ; d: October 12, 2002)
► Biography of Ray Conniff

2001

Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (d: October 12, 2001)
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1999

Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (b: August 21, 1936 ; d: October 12, 1999)
► Biography of Wilt Chamberlain

1997

John Denver, American musician (b: December 31, 1943 ; d: October 12, 1997)
► Biography of John Denver

1993

Leon Ames (d: October 12, 1993)
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Tofik Bakhramov (d: October 12, 1993)
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1987

Alf Landon, American politician (b: September 9, 1887 ; d: October 12, 1987)
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1985

Johnny Olson, American game show announcer (b: May 22, 1910 ; d: October 12, 1985)
► Biography of Johnny Olson

1984

Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (b: February 12, 1925 ; d: October 12, 1984)
► Biography of Anthony Berry

1971

Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State (b: April 11, 1893 ; d: October 12, 1971)
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Gene Vincent (d: October 12, 1971)
► Biography of Gene Vincent

1969

Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater (b: April 8, 1912 ; d: October 12, 1969)
► Biography of Sonja Henie

1965

Paul Hermann Müller (d: October 12, 1965)
► Biography of Paul Hermann Müller

1954

George Welch, American pilot and war hero (b: May 18, 1918 ; d: October 12, 1954)
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1946

Joseph Stilwell, U.S. general (b: March 19, 1883 ; d: October 12, 1946)
► Biography of Joseph Stilwell

1940

Tom Mix, American actor (b: January 6, 1880 ; d: October 12, 1940)
► Biography of Tom Mix

1924

Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: April 16, 1844 ; d: October 12, 1924)
► Biography of Anatole France

1915

Edith Cavell (d: October 12, 1915)
► Biography of Edith Cavell

1898

Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b: November 3, 1816 ; d: October 12, 1898)
► Biography of Calvin Fairbank

1870

Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (b: January 19, 1807 ; d: October 12, 1870)
► Biography of Robert E. Lee

1845

Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b: May 21, 1780 ; d: October 12, 1845)
► Biography of Elizabeth Fry

1758

Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth (d: October 12, 1758)
► Biography of Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth

1730

King Frederick IV of Denmark (b: October 11, 1671 ; d: October 12, 1730)
► Biography of Frederick IV of Denmark

1685

Christoph Ignaz Abele (d: October 12, 1685)
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1679

William Gurnall (d: October 12, 1679)
► Biography of William Gurnall

1678

Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b: December 23, 1621 ; d: October 12, 1678)
► Biography of Edmund Berry Godfrey

1646

François de Bassompierre (d: October 12, 1646)
► Biography of François de Bassompierre

1632

Kutsuki Mototsuna (d: October 12, 1632)
► Biography of Kutsuki Mototsuna

1600

Luis Molina (d: October 12, 1600)
► Biography of Luis Molina

1590

Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b: February 16, 1543 ; d: October 12, 1590)
► Biography of Kano Eitoku

1576

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, (b: July 31, 1527 ; d: October 12, 1576)
► Biography of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

1565

Jean Ribault (d: October 12, 1565)
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1492

Piero della Francesca (d: October 12, 1492)
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1491

Fritz Herlen (d: October 12, 1491)
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1095

Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) (b: October 12, 1095 ; d: October 12, 1095)
► Biography of Leopold II of Austria

642

Pope John IV (d: October 12, 642)
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638

Pope Honorius I (d: October 12, 638)
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632

Edwin of Deira (d: October 12, 632)
► Biography of Edwin of Deira

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