WHO ALL DIED ON 12. AUGUST
See all who died on 12. August

American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms Eliphalet Remington died 12. August 1861. (born 1793)

Japanese politician and scholar Sakuma Shōzan died 12. August 1864. (born 1811)

English botanist William Jackson Hooker died 12. August 1865. (born 1785)

American poet and critic James Russell Lowell died 12. August 1891. (born 1819)

American colonel Thomas Chamberlain died 12. August 1896. (born 1841)

Austrian chess player Wilhelm Steinitz died 12. August 1900. (born 1836)

Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld died 12. August 1901. (born 1832)

English tennis player William Renshaw died 12. August 1904. (born 1861)

Irish engineer, designed the HMS Holland 1 John Philip Holland died 12. August 1914. (born 1840)

Polish-American actress and singer Anna Held died 12. August 1918. (born 1872)

American archer William Thompson died 12. August 1918. (born 1848)

Russian playwright and journalist Pyotr Boborykin died 12. August 1921. (born 1836)

Irish politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann Arthur Griffith died 12. August 1922. (born 1871)

Hungarian author and journalist Sándor Bródy died 12. August 1924. (born 1863)

Czech composer and educator Leoš Janáček died 12. August 1928. (born 1854)

Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage Hendrik Petrus Berlage died 12. August 1934. (born 1856)

German mathematician Friedrich Schottky died 12. August 1935. (born 1851)

1st Marquess of Willingdon, English politician, 56th Governor General of Canada Freeman Freeman-Thomas died 12. August 1941. (born 1866)

English cricketer Bobby Peel died 12. August 1941. (born 1857)

Italian photographer and mountaineer Vittorio Sella died 12. August 1943. (born 1859)