32 notable people died on May 12, including Nelly Sachs, Mehmed II, Haakon the Young.
21st Century
3 deaths
Eddy Paape
cartoonistcomics artist
Artist (1920–2012)
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Frank Bethwaite
marine architectmarine engineer
Sailboat designer (1920–2012)
Irena Sendler
clinical nurse specialistresistance fighter
Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer (1910-2008)
20th Century
14 deaths
Nelly Sachs
playwrightpoet
Jewish German poet and playwright (1891-1970)
Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești
literary criticpainter
Poet, essayist, and art and literary critic (1870-1922)
Eugenio Larrabure y Unanue
diplomatjournalist
Peruvian journalist, diplomat and politician (1844-1916)
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John Alexander Hammerton
authoreditor
British journalist and writer (1871-1949)
Alessandro De Stefani
film directorlibrettist
Screenwriter (1891–1970)
Z. K. Matthews
anthropologistdiplomat
Bamangwato academic in South Africa (1901-1968)
Karl Vennberg
criticjournalist
Swedish poet (1910-1995)
Ulf Palme
directorfilm actor
Swedish actor (1920-1993)
Anna Langfus
playwrightprose writer
Polish/French author (1920–1966)
Bertel Jung
architectexlibrist
Finnish architect, urban planner, and professor (1872–1946)
Arthur Napoleão dos Santos
chess playercomposer
Brazilian musician (1843–1925)
Shaw Neilson
poet
Australian poet (1872–1942)
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Damian Stanisław Wandycz
chemistengineer
POlish chemist
Ștefan Kovács
association football coachassociation football player
Romanian association football player (1920-1995)
19th Century
4 deaths
Anselme Payen
biochemistbotanist
French chemist
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet
astronomermathematician
French mathematician (1786-1856)
Evaristo da Veiga
journalistpoet
Brazilian journalist and politician (1799-1837)
John Richardson
military officernovelist
British Army officer and Canadian novelist (1796-1852)
18th Century
5 deaths
Joseph Privat de Molières
mathematicianphysicist
French physicist and mathematician
First Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
John Jackson
authortheologian
English clergyman, born 1686
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Wenzel Trnka
composerphysician
Physician, professor, and amateur composer of the 18th century (1739-1791)
Jacques de Noyon
explorer
Canadian explorer
17th Century
1 death
Edme Mariotte
botanistCatholic priest
French physicist, chemist, botanist and priest
15th Century
3 deaths
Mehmed II
monarchpoet
Seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
Stanisław Kazimierczyk
philosopherpresbyter
Polish canon regular and saint
Albrecht von Eyb
juristpoet lawyer
German humanist
13th Century
2 deaths
Haakon the Young
king
Co-king of Norway
Fujiwara no Ietaka
poetwriter
Poet
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