Did you know
Your Show of Shows and its cast received seven Emmy nominations between 1953 and 1954 and tallied two wins.
Notable Deaths on February 12
2014 — Sid Caesar
American actor and comedian (born 1922)
February 12 has 104 recorded notable deaths across history, from 821 to 2022. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
104 source records
821 – 2022
Today in history
Major events on February 12
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 2026 In the first general election since the July Revolution in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, wins a landslide victory upon returning to power after almost 19 years. A referendum held alongside was also approved by the majority of voters. Source
- 1818 Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile. Source
- 1946 African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil. Source
- 2016 Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054. Source
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Regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, he was the first head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL), a position he held for 29 seasons.
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Lord Guildford Dudley occupied the English throne from 10 July until 19 July 1553, having been declared the heir of King Edward VI.
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Referred to by the French press as roi des cuisiniers et cuisinier des rois, Escoffier was a preeminent figure in London and Paris during the 1890s and the early part of the 20th century.
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One of the most recognisable voices and faces of Irish stage and screen, he was known for his roles as Rashers Tierney in Strumpet City, Cousin Enda in Me Mammy, the builder Mr.
More major people who died on February 12
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2000
Tom Landry
American football player and coach (born 1924)
Thomas Wade Landry was an American professional football coach, player, and World War II bomber pilot.
1554
Lord Guildford Dudley
Disputed Consort of the English Monarch, Husband of Lady Jane Grey (born c1535; executed)
Lord Guildford Dudley was an English nobleman who was married to Lady Jane Grey. She occupied the English throne from 10 July until 19 July 1553, having been declared the heir of King Edward VI.
1935
Auguste Escoffier
French chef and author (born 1846)
Georges Auguste Escoffier was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularised and updated traditional French cooking methods.
2012
David Kelly
Irish actor (born 1929)
David Kelly was an Irish actor, entertainer, and dancer who had regular roles in several film and television works from the 1950s onwards.
1979
Jean Renoir
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894)
Jean Renoir was a French filmmaker, actor, producer and author. His La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made.
1982
Victor Jory
Canadian-American actor (born 1902)
Victor Jory was a Canadian-born American actor of stage, film, and television.
1983
Eubie Blake
American pianist and composer (born 1887)
James Hubert "Eubie" Blake was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music.
1834
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German philosopher and scholar (born 1768)
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher was a German Reformed theologian, pastor, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant…
1994
Donald Judd
American painter and sculptor (born 1928)
Donald Clarence Judd was an American artist associated with minimalism.
1894
Hans von Bülow
German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1830)
Freiherr Hans Guido von Bülow was a German conductor, pianist, and composer of the Romantic era.
1612
Jodocus Hondius
Flemish cartographer (born 1563)
Jodocus Hondius was a Flemish engraver and cartographer. He is sometimes called Jodocus Hondius the Elder to distinguish him from his son Jodocus Hondius II.
1977
Herman Dooyeweerd
Dutch philosopher and scholar (born 1894)
Herman Dooyeweerd, also spelled Herman Dooijeweerd, was a professor of law and jurisprudence at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam from 1926 to 1965.
1538
Albrecht Altdorfer
German painter, engraver, and architect (born 1480)
Albrecht Altdorfer was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg.
2017
Anna Marguerite McCann
first female American underwater archaeologist (born 1933)
Anna Marguerite McCann was an American art historian and archaeologist. She is known for being an early influencer—and the first American woman—in the field of underwater archaeology, beginning in the 1960s.
2019
Lyndon LaRouche
American political activist (born 1922)
Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche Jr. was an American political activist who founded the LaRouche movement and its main organization, the National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC).
1989
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and author (born 1931)
Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian novelist, playwright, poet and polemicist who is considered one of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era.
2013
Hennadiy Udovenko
Ukrainian politician and diplomat, 2nd Minister of Foreign Affairs for Ukraine (born 1931)
Hennadiy Yosypovych Udovenko was a Ukrainian politician and diplomat.
1886
Randolph Caldecott
English-American painter and illustrator (born 1846)
Randolph Caldecott was a prolific British artist and illustrator who illustrated novels and accounts of foreign travel, made humorous drawings depicting hunting and fashionable life, drew cartoons, made sketches of the…
1980
Muriel Rukeyser
American poet and activist (born 1913)
Muriel Rukeyser was an American poet, essayist, biographer, novelist, screenwriter, and political activist.