May 12 Deaths

Famous people who died on May 12th

Irena Sendler

Irena Sendler (1910 - 2008)

Polish nurse and social worker

Erik Erikson

Erik Erikson (1902 - 1994)

German psychoanalyst

Robert Reed

Robert Reed (1932 - 1992)

American actor

Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg (1925 - 2008)

American painter and illustrator

Perry Como

Perry Como (1912 - 2001)

American singer and actor

H. R. Giger

H. R. Giger (1940 - 2014)

Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer

Józef Piłsudski

Józef Piłsudski (1867 - 1935)

Polish military officer and politician

J.E.B. Stuart

J.E.B. Stuart (1833 - 1864)

American army officer

Bedřich Smetana

Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884)

Czech composer

James Connolly

James Connolly (1868 - 1916)

Irish socialist leader and general

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli (1925 - 2020)

French actor, singer, director, and producer

Jean Dubuffet

Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 1985)

French painter and sculptor

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim (1885 - 1957)

Austrian-American actor

Wanda Rutkiewicz

Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943 - 1992)

Polish mountaineer

Amy Lowell

Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)

US writer

Bette Nesmith Graham

Bette Nesmith Graham (1924 - 1980)

Inventor, businesswoman

Joris-Karl Huysmans

Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848 - 1907)

French author

Saul Steinberg

Saul Steinberg (1914 - 1999)

American cartoonist

Mia Martini

Mia Martini (1947 - 1995)

Italian singer

Max Brand (1892 - 1944)

American novelist and short story writer

Roy J. Plunkett

Roy J. Plunkett (1910 - 1994)

United States organic chemist

Nelly Sachs

Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970)

German poet

Syd Hoff

Syd Hoff (1912 - 2004)

Jewish cartoonist

Frances Sargent Osgood

Frances Sargent Osgood (1811 - 1850)

American poet

Dennis Nilsen

Dennis Nilsen (1945 - 2018)

Scottish serial killer