On This Day — June 12
4104 noted people were born and 1881 died on June 12 in our archive, including Oliver Lodge, Abhik Ghosh and Ahmadu Bello.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on June 12
Oliver Lodge
1851 – 1940
Abhik Ghosh
b. 1964
Ahmadu Bello
1910 – 1966
Alexander Trees, Baron Trees
b. 1946
Alexander Wendt
b. 1958
Andrey Nelidov
b. 1957
Angela Ahrendts
b. 1960
Anne Barbara Underhill
1920 – 2003
Arai Ikunosuke
1836 – 1909
Catherine Bréchignac
b. 1946
Courtenay Ilbert
1841 – 1924
David Onley
1950 – 2023
David R. Liu
b. 1973
David R. Williams
b. 1954
David Rumelhart
1942 – 2011
Dina Powell
b. 1973
Edmond Hébert
1812 – 1890
Erkki Kourula
b. 1948
Francis Oswald Lindley
1872 – 1950
Fritz Albert Lipmann
1899 – 1986
George H. W. Bush
1924 – 2018
Gerhart Holzinger
b. 1947
Jan Klimek
b. 1952
Jan Ostrowski
b. 1947
Joep Leerssen
b. 1955
Johan Witteveen
1921 – 2019
John T. Cacioppo
1951 – 2018
José Antonio Maravall
1911 – 1986
Loriene Roy
b. 1954
Martin Schanz
1842 – 1914
Matti Maasikas
b. 1967
Michael N. Hall
b. 1953
Mitchel Resnick
b. 1956
Nicolas Vilant
1737 – 1807
Olivier Weber
b. 1958
Patricia Russo
b. 1952
Robert de Saint-Jean
1901 – 1987
Spencer Abraham
b. 1952
Susan Pinker
b. 1957
Vladimir Arnold
1937 – 2010
Vladimir Kravchenko
b. 1964
Yevda Abramov
1948 – 2019
Yossi Beilin
b. 1948
Abdurrahman Fatalibeyli
1908 – 1954
Adolf Lindenbaum
1904 – 1941
Afua Hirsch
b. 1981
Ahmed Aboul Gheit
b. 1942
Albert Makashov
b. 1938
Albin Małysiak
1917 – 2011
Alexander Polovtsov
1832 – 1909
Andranik Margaryan
1951 – 2007
Anna Babinets
b. 1984
Anni Albers
1899 – 1994
Anthony Eden
1897 – 1977
Aron Gurevich
1924 – 2006
Arthur Sherwood Flemming
1905 – 1996
Barbara Harris
1930 – 2020
Bedford Pim
1826 – 1886
Bert Sakmann
b. 1942
Betty J. Turock
b. 1936
Birgir Ármannsson
b. 1968
Blake Ross
b. 1985
Bruce Alger
1918 – 2015
Carin Goldberg
1953 – 2023
Carlos Luis Morales
1965 – 2020
Catherine Black
1878 – 1949
Cecilia Ogwal
1946 – 2024
Charles Edward Herbert
1860 – 1929
Charles Kingsley
1819 – 1875
Ches Crosbie
b. 1953
Christian Drosten
b. 1972
Claude-Carloman de Rulhière
1735 – 1791
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen
b. 1963
Dale Schultz
b. 1953
David Gill
1843 – 1914
Denis Brogniart
b. 1967
Denys Monastyrskyi
1980 – 2023
Dominik Jaśkowiec
b. 1977
Don Guardian
b. 1953
E. Sreedharan
b. 1932
Eric D. Miller
b. 1975
Ernst Stromer
1870 – 1952
Fernando Caldeiro
1958 – 2009
Frank M. Chapman
1864 – 1945
Friedrich von Payer
1847 – 1931
Friedwardt Winterberg
b. 1929
Fulton Burley
1922 – 2007
George Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley
1831 – 1928
Geri Allen
1957 – 2017
Gottfried Honegger
1917 – 2016
Guido di Tella
1931 – 2001
Gustav Groß
1856 – 1935
Hannelore Kraft
b. 1961
Haruo Wakō
1948 – 2023
Heinz-Christian Strache
b. 1969
Helge Sivertsen
1913 – 1986
Henry P. Davison
1867 – 1922
I. D. Likhovyĭ
b. 1957
Igor Yusufov
b. 1956
Ileana Rodriguez
b. 1995
Irina Ivshina
b. 1950
Israel Holmgren
1871 – 1961
Jameel Jalibi
1929 – 2019
James Creighton
1850 – 1930
Jan Tomasz Zamoyski
1912 – 2002
Jared Bush
b. 1974
Jean-Pierre Audy
b. 1952
Jerzy Eisler
b. 1952
Jim Nabors
1930 – 2017
Johan van Benthem
b. 1949
Johann Christian Jüngken
1794 – 1875
John Blair Smith
1756 – 1799
John C. Baez
b. 1961
Jordan Peterson
b. 1962
Joseph Weber
1846 – 1918
Josette Sheeran
b. 1954
Juan Antonio Pérez López
1934 – 2000
Karl Friedrich Burdach
1776 – 1847
Kenneth Chan
b. 1968
Konstantin Lopushansky
b. 1947
Ladislaus von Rabcewicz
1893 – 1975
Laura Greene
b. 1952
Laurent Marqueste
1848 – 1920
Lev Skrbenský z Hříště
1863 – 1938
Lou Tseng-Tsiang
1871 – 1949
Luiz Eduardo Ramos
b. 1956
Lulzim Basha
b. 1974
Léon Goossens
1897 – 1988
Marek Rutka
b. 1975
Margaret Haig Thomas, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda
1883 – 1958
Margherita Hack
1922 – 2013
Marie-Andrée Bertrand
1925 – 2011
Martha Hodes
b. 1958
Mary Ronnie
1926 – 2023
Masahide Ōta
1925 – 2017
Mekere Morauta
1946 – 2020
Michael Christopher Woodford
b. 1960
Michel Marcel Navratil
1908 – 2001
Milovan Đilas
1911 – 1995
Mimi Coertse
1932 – 2026
Mitchell Reiss
b. 1957
Mou Tsung-san
1909 – 1995
Natalia Zvereva
b. 1970
Natália Milanová
b. 1982
Neil Combee
b. 1959
Nikolai Astrup
b. 1978
Nikolai von Rosenbach
1836 – 1901
Nina Revoyr
b. 1969
Pablo Abián
b. 1985
Pablo Artal Soriano
b. 1961
Paul Guldin
1577 – 1643
Per Ditlev-Simonsen
b. 1932
Petar Rajič
b. 1959
Peter Mathews
b. 1951
Petros Molyviatis
1928 – 2025
Philippe Coindreau
b. 1959
Philippe-Auguste Guye
1862 – 1922
Phyllis Jean Hamilton
b. 1952
Piatruś Broŭka
1905 – 1980
Pierre Révoil
1776 – 1842
Pierre de Bousquet de Florian
b. 1954
Rachel Thomas
b. 1983
Raymond O. Wells, Jr.
b. 1940
Raúl Héctor Castro
1916 – 2015
Robert Brode
1900 – 1986
Robert Cutler
1895 – 1974
Robert Herbert
1831 – 1905
Ronnie Selby Wright
1908 – 1995
Rubí Sanz Gamo
1952 – 2025
Simon Otto
b. 1973
Slava Polunin
b. 1950
Sonia Manzano
b. 1950
Stephen Gelbart
b. 1946
Susan Margaret Watkins
b. 1943
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada
1923 – 2017
Tapio Saramäki
b. 1953
Thomas C. Hart
1877 – 1971
Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall
b. 1943
Timothy Busfield
b. 1957
Uta Hagen
1919 – 2004
Viktória Ferenc
b. 1984
Violant Cervera i Gòdia
b. 1969
Vladimir Kokkinaki
1904 – 1985
Vladimir Saldo
b. 1956
Vladislav Adolfovich Rusanov
b. 1966
Véronique Trillet-Lenoir
1957 – 2023
Walter Russell Mead
b. 1952
Wassily Hoeffding
1914 – 1991
Wilfrid Kent Hughes
1895 – 1970
Willi Brundert
1912 – 1970
William Gelbart
b. 1946
William H. Zeliff Jr.
1936 – 2021
William Robert Shepherd
1871 – 1934
Wu-Chung Hsiang
b. 1935
Włodzimierz Jasiński
1873 – 1965
Yuri Baturin
b. 1949
Yuriy Kostenko
b. 1951
Zdenek Sekanina
b. 1936
Adam Casad
1879 – 1927
Adam McMullen
1872 – 1959
… and 3,904 more
Died on June 12
Fleeming Jenkin
1833 – 1885
Barclay Vincent Head
1844 – 1914
Binay Ranjan Sen
1898 – 1993
Elinor Ostrom
1933 – 2012
Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie
1900 – 1969
Guo Moruo
1892 – 1978
Herbert Edward Read
1893 – 1968
Hua Luogeng
1910 – 1985
Jacques de Morgan
1857 – 1924
Józef Retinger
1888 – 1960
Karl von Frisch
1886 – 1982
Ludvig Kristensen Daa
1809 – 1877
M. R. James
1862 – 1936
Marie Henri Andoyer
1862 – 1929
Masayoshi Ōhira
1910 – 1980
Michael von Faulhaber
1869 – 1952
Richard Arnowitt
1928 – 2014
Silvio Berlusconi
1936 – 2023
Singireddy NarayanaReddy
1931 – 2017
Stanisław Kulczyński
1895 – 1975
Talbot Duckmanton
1921 – 1995
Theo Heemskerk
1852 – 1932
Thomas Arnold
1795 – 1842
Timofei Fedorovic Osipovsky
1765 – 1831
Virgilio Ferrari
1888 – 1975
Aarne Sihvo
1889 – 1963
Adam Clayton Powell
1865 – 1953
Adrianus Turnebus
1512 – 1565
Aleksandr Deyneka
1899 – 1969
Alexander Pirnie
1903 – 1982
Alfred Lutwyche
1810 – 1880
Andor Lázár
1882 – 1971
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
1883 – 1963
André Marie
1897 – 1974
Annie Ruth Jiagge
1918 – 1996
Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
1924 – 2018
Armand De Decker
1948 – 2019
Boris Pavlovich Belousov
1893 – 1970
Carel Vosmaer
1826 – 1888
Carl David af Wirsén
1842 – 1912
Carl Ivar Ståhle
1913 – 1980
Carlos Meléndez Chaverri
1926 – 2000
Chang Tao-fan
1897 – 1967
Charles P. Thacker
1943 – 2017
Chen Jintao
1871 – 1939
Chylgychy Ondar
1955 – 2020
Clemens Holzmeister
1886 – 1983
Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen
1898 – 1983
Célestin Sieur
1860 – 1955
Edmund Johnston Garwood
1864 – 1949
Edmund Wilson
1895 – 1972
Eeva Jalavisto
1909 – 1966
Egon Pearson
1895 – 1980
Enrique Campos Menéndez
1914 – 2007
Eugene A. Stead
1908 – 2005
Francis Whitmore
1872 – 1962
Frank Schirrmacher
1959 – 2014
Franz N. D. Kurie
1907 – 1972
François Ducaud-Bourget
1897 – 1984
Frédéric Passy
1822 – 1912
Fuat Mansurov
1928 – 2010
Geoff Palmer
1940 – 2025
Georg Meistermann
1911 – 1990
George Voinovich
1936 – 2016
Gerd Tellenbach
1903 – 1999
Guy de Rothschild
1909 – 2007
György Ligeti
1923 – 2006
Harry Lawson
1875 – 1952
Hasan-i Sabbah
1037 – 1124
Hector Bianciotti
1930 – 2012
Heinrich Liebmann
1874 – 1939
Hippolyte Le Bas
1782 – 1867
Hisaichi Terauchi
1879 – 1946
Ivan Lichter
1918 – 2009
Jacob Bell
1810 – 1859
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
1670 – 1734
James Irvine
1877 – 1952
Jean de Beaumont
1904 – 2002
Jessie Stephen
1893 – 1979
John Ireland
1879 – 1962
John Keiller MacKay
1888 – 1970
Jon Leirfall
1899 – 1998
Joseph LaPalombara
1925 – 2026
Karl Gustav Jung
1794 – 1864
Kate Cory
1861 – 1958
Les Richter
1930 – 2010
Louis Gentil
1868 – 1925
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
1901 – 1972
Mahmoud Fawzi
1900 – 1981
Marco Maciel
1940 – 2021
Maria Ulyanova
1878 – 1937
Masahide Ōta
1925 – 2017
Maurice Bloomfield
1855 – 1928
Meindert Fennema
1946 – 2023
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
1902 – 1994
Mette Gjerskov
1966 – 2023
N. F. Ravn
1826 – 1910
Nikola Stoyanov
1874 – 1967
Nikolaos Zorbas
1844 – 1920
Nikolay Vysotsky
1843 – 1922
Otto Brunner
1898 – 1982
Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr.
1947 – 2020
Philip Gossett
1941 – 2017
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
1919 – 2000
Ruth Muskrat
1897 – 1982
Saul Alinsky
1909 – 1972
Sergey Yudin
1891 – 1954
Silvanus P. Thompson
1851 – 1916
Stanisław Szpinalski
1901 – 1957
Sylvie Granger
1955 – 2022
Valentyna Arkanova
1934 – 2013
William Ernest Hocking
1873 – 1966
William L. Swing
1934 – 2021
William S. Sessions
1930 – 2020
Yevgeny Przhevalsky
1878 – 1953
Abdul Aziz Atta
1920 – 1972
Alain Nadaud
1948 – 2015
Albert G. Brown
1813 – 1880
Alec Bagot
1893 – 1968
Alexander Hangerli
1768 – 1854
Alfred Kurella
1895 – 1975
Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan
1911 – 1983
André de Montalembert
1483 – 1553
Angus McIsaac
1842 – 1902
Arthur Prentice Rugg
1862 – 1938
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
1920 – 1995
Arturo de Hoyos
1925 – 2016
August Kork
1887 – 1937
Billy Butlin
1899 – 1980
Bob Harris
1942 – 2024
Branko Hofman
1929 – 1991
Bulat Okudzhava
1924 – 1997
Calixto Oyuela
1857 – 1935
Carl-Axel Acking
1910 – 2001
Carol Higgins Clark
1956 – 2023
Chakufwa Chihana
1939 – 2006
Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy
1634 – 1675
Charles Russell Bardeen
1871 – 1935
Charles T. Dunwell
1852 – 1908
Cliff Skeggs
1931 – 2025
Col Bennett
1919 – 2002
Dan Jacobson
1929 – 2014
Dan Kuykendall
1924 – 2008
De Wayne Stebbins
1835 – 1901
Don Herbert
1917 – 2007
Donald D. Clancy
1921 – 2007
Ebenezer Lane
1793 – 1866
Edward Kidson
1882 – 1939
Edward Newman
1801 – 1876
Edward Troughton
1753 – 1835
Edwin R. Chess
1913 – 2000
Elfriede Ott
1925 – 2019
Elsa Lezhdey
1933 – 2001
Enrique Wiegand Frödden
1895 – 1962
Erik Palmstedt
1741 – 1803
Eugene Van Gent
1889 – 1949
Fabrizio Paolucci
1651 – 1726
Ferdinand Jühlke
1815 – 1893
Ferenc Nagy
1903 – 1979
Fidelio F. Finke
1891 – 1968
Franciszek Ksawery Zachariasiewicz
1770 – 1845
Frank D. Thompson
1876 – 1940
Frank Walker
1942 – 2012
França Van-Dúnem
1934 – 2024
Frederic Lister Burk
1862 – 1924
Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels
1821 – 1891
Georg V of Hanover
1819 – 1878
George Jackson Carey
1822 – 1872
Gerónimo Arnedo Álvarez
1897 – 1980
Gopinath Kaviraj
1887 – 1976
Gordon Jones
1911 – 1963
Gregers Joensen
1835 – 1897
Gregory Peck
1916 – 2003
Gustav Fritsch
1838 – 1927
Guy de Pourtalès
1881 – 1941
György Illés
1914 – 2006
Gérard La Forest
1926 – 2025
Harvey Glance
1957 – 2023
Hasanuddin of Gowa
1631 – 1670
Helmuth Plessner
1892 – 1985
Henry Harrison Swan
1840 – 1916
Herbert Böttcher
1907 – 1950
Hermann Lietz
1868 – 1919
Hiester Clymer
1827 – 1884
Ho Tsu Kwok Charles
1949 – 2025
Hunter Reynolds
1959 – 2022
Ieronim Uborevich
1896 – 1937
Iona Yakir
1896 – 1937
Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn
1690 – 1747
James Albertus Tawney
1855 – 1919
James F. Watson
1840 – 1897
James Hay
1856 – 1931
Jaspal Rana
1976 – 2026
Jerry West
1938 – 2024
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
1921 – 2010
Jim Seminoff
1922 – 2001
Jimmy Scott
1925 – 2014
Jo Giæver Tenfjord
1918 – 2007
Jogendranath Bandyopadhyay
1845 – 1904
Johann Eduard Erdmann
1805 – 1892
… and 1,681 more