Deaths in History on March 12

George Westinghouse

1914 George Westinghouse, American entrepreneur, engineer (Westinghouse Electric) and pioneer of the electrical industry,, dies at 67

1916 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (The Child of the Parish), dies at 39
1921 Isabella Caroline Somerset, British philanthropist, temperance leader and campaigner for women's rights, dies at 69
1921 Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist and CEO (Fiat Automakers), dies at 81
1924 Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies

Sun Yat-sen

1925 Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and father of modern China, dies of liver cancer at 58

1929 Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman (b. 1851)
1930 Alois Jirásek, Czech writer (b. 1851)

William George Barker

1930 William George Barker, Canadian fighter ace (Victoria Cross recipient), dies in a training accident at 35

1932 Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide

1935 Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and telephone pioneer, dies at 76

David Beatty

1936 David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty and British Admiral of the Fleet during World War I (Battle of Jutland), dies of heart failure at 65

1942 Robert Bosch, German industrialist (b. 1861)
1943 Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, dies at 73
1944 Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer, dies at 82

Anne Frank

1945 Anne Frank, Dutch diarist and Jewish victim of the Nazi Holocaust (Diary of Anne Frank), dies of typhus in the Belsen concentration camp at 15

1947 "Winston Churchill the American", American novelist (b. 1871)
1947 Smith Wigglesworth, British religious figure, dies at 87
1950 L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78
1955 Theodor Plievier, writer, dies
1958 Princess Ingeborg of Sweden, wife of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, dies at 79
1973 Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chilean writer (Hijo de Ladron), dies at 77
1974 Billy Fox, Protestant Dublin MP, assassinated
1974 George D. Sax, Drive-in bank and instant loan innovator. Owner of the Saxony Hotel. (b. 1904)
1982 Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90
1983 Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85
1988 William Camp, dies at 74
1990 Wallace Breem, British author (b. 1926)
1991 Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92
1991 Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
1992 Hans G. Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (known for the comic strip Eric de Noorman), dies at 70
1992 Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies
1992 Karel Poons, father of Paul Deen, dies
1992 Philippe Soupault, writer, dies
1992 Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered
1993 Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62
1993 Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies
1994 Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59
1996 Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at 92
1996 Gyula Kallai, PM of Hungry (1965-67), dies at 85
1996 John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher, dies at 67
1998 Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramist (b. 1893)
2001 Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (b. 1933)
2001 Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
2001 Henry Lee Lucas, American drifter and serial killer, dies at 64
2002 Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (b. 1932)
2002 Jean-Paul Riopelle, Quebec painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2003 Zoran Đinđić, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (2001-03), assassinated at 50
2003 Howard Fast, American author (b. 1914)
2005 Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1943)
2006 Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (b. 1947)
2008 Lazare Ponticelli, the last "poilu", French foot soldier of World War One, dies at 110 (b. 1897)
2010 Miguel Delibes, Spanish novelist (b. 1920)