15 notable people died on March 12, including Ragnar Granit, Lloyd S. Shapley, William Bragg.
21st Century
2 deaths
Lloyd S. Shapley
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2012)
Ramadan Sokoli
composermusicologist
Albanian musician (1920-2008)
20th Century
6 deaths
Ragnar Granit
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1967)
William Bragg
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1915)
Francisco Pereira Passos
architectengineer
Brazilian architect (1836-1913)
Joseph Delmont
cinematographercircus performer
Austrian film director, animal trainer, lion tamer and author (1873-1935)
Ernst Décsey
biographerjournalist
Austrian author and music critic (1870–1941)
Juan Crisóstomo Centurión
diplomateducator
Paraguayan journalist and educator (1840-1902)
19th Century
3 deaths
Charles Xavier Thomas
engineerentrepreneur
French computer pioneer (1785-1870)
Mathieu Orfila
chemistforensic scientist
Mateo Orfila y Rotger (Menorca, 1787- Paris, 1853), professor of Legal Medicine in Paris and founder of toxicology
Julius Vogel
diplomatjournalist
8th Premier of New Zealand (1835-1899)
18th Century
1 death
Giuseppe Galli da Bibbiena
architectengineer
Italian artist (1696-1757)
17th Century
2 deaths
Alexander II of Kakheti
monarchroyalty
King of Kakheti from 1574 to 1605
Margaret Theresa of Spain
empress consort
Holy Roman empress (1651-1673)
13th Century
1 death
Ata-Malik Juvayni
historiankatib
Iranian historian
Explore More for March 12
Births, events, and adjacent days.