12 notable people died on June 12, including Frédéric Passy, Karl von Frisch, Elinor Ostrom.
21st Century
1 death
Elinor Ostrom
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2009)
20th Century
11 deaths
Frédéric Passy
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1901)
Karl von Frisch
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1973)
Abdul Aziz Atta
civil servantminister
Nigerian administrator (1920-1972)
Thomas Peterkin
engineerlocal politician
New Zealand engineer and politician
Claymoor
film criticjournalist
Romanian journalist (c. 1842–1903)
Alf Collett
genealogisthistorian
Norwegian genealogist and historian (1844–1919)
Karl Kraus
essayistjournalist
Austrian playwright and publicist (1874–1936)
Katinka Andrássy
memoiristwriter
Hungarian noblewoman, First Lady of Hungary (1892-1985)
Fernando María Guerrero Ramírez
journalistlawyer
Filipino writer and politician (1873-1929)
Joose Olavi Hannula
historianmilitary officer
Finnish colonel and historian (1900-1944)
JH
John Hardcastle
amateur scientistclimatologist
New Zealand amateur scientist (1847-1927)
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