24 notable people died on April 12, including Igor Y. Tamm, George Wald, Asukai Masatsune.
21st Century
2 deathsSachin Bhowmick
film directorscreenwriter
Film screenwriter and director (1930-2011)
Robert MacNeil
journalisttelevision presenter
American writer and journalist (1931–2024)
20th Century
11 deathsIgor Y. Tamm
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1958)
George Wald
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1967)
Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz
mathematicianpedagogue
Polish philosopher and logician (1890–1963)
Primo Mazzolari
journalistpartisan
Italian presbyter and writer (1890–1959)
Spiro Dine
playwrightpoet
Albanian writer
Flora Annie Steel
historiannovelist
British historian and writer (1847–1929)
Bertram Steele
scientist
Australian scientist
Nils-Eric Fougstedt
choir directorcomposer
Finnish composer and conductor (1910-1961)
Karl Lindahl
architect
Swedish-Finnish architect
AM
Adelaide Penha de Magalhães
politicianwriter
Portuguese writer (1874-1945)
FL
Fateh Lohani
film directorjournalist
Bangladeshi actor, film director, writer and journalist
19th Century
7 deathsThaddeus Fairbanks
businesspersoninventor
American inventor (1796–1886)
Louis Alexandre de Cessart
architectcivil engineer
French engineer
Adoniram Judson
Bible translatorChristian minister
American missionary (1788-1850)
Isaac Hays
editorjournalist
American ophthalmologist, medical ethicist, and naturalist
Ludvig Nobel
engineerentrepreneur
Swedish businessman, humanitarian (1831–1888)
Barbara Schulthess
writer
Swiss author
Nikolaos Mantzaros
composer
Greek composer (1795-1872)
18th Century
1 deathGeorg Wilhelm de Gennin
architectengineer
Russian engineer and military officer
17th Century
2 deathsAbdias Trew
astrologerastronomer
German mathematician and astronomer
Joan Perez de Lazarraga
poetwriter
Basque writer
13th Century
1 deathAsukai Masatsune
poetwriter
Japanese poet and writer
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