Famous Deaths on March 12

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2012)

Canadian writer (1920-2020)

Albanian musician (1920-2008)

Serbian writer (1930–2023)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1915)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1967)

Brazilian architect (1836-1913)

Paraguayan journalist and educator (1840-1902)

Austrian author and music critic (1870–1941)

Austrian film director, animal trainer, lion tamer and author (1873-1935)

Norwegian journalist (1892-1964)

Mateo Orfila y Rotger (Menorca, 1787- Paris, 1853), professor of Legal Medicine in Paris and founder of toxicology

French computer pioneer (1785-1870)

8th Premier of New Zealand (1835-1899)

Italian artist (1696-1757)

King of Kakheti from 1574 to 1605

Holy Roman empress (1651-1673)

Spanish writer (c. 1583-c.1648)

Iranian historian

Japanese noble