10 notable people died on April 12, including George Wald, Igor Y. Tamm, Asukai Masatsune.
20th Century
5 deaths
George Wald
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1967)
Igor Y. Tamm
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1958)
Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz
mathematicianpedagogue
Polish philosopher and logician (1890–1963)
Spiro Dine
playwrightpoet
Albanian writer
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Primo Mazzolari
journalistpartisan
Italian presbyter and writer (1890–1959)
19th Century
2 deaths
Thaddeus Fairbanks
businesspersoninventor
American inventor (1796–1886)
Louis Alexandre de Cessart
architectcivil engineer
French engineer
18th Century
1 death
Georg Wilhelm de Gennin
architectengineer
Russian engineer and military officer
17th Century
1 death
Abdias Trew
astrologerastronomer
German mathematician and astronomer
13th Century
1 death
Asukai Masatsune
poetwriter
Japanese poet and writer
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