2012 deaths

American actor, television personality, writer, narrator, speaker (1928–2012)

German politician (1925-2012)

Italian politician (1926–2012)

American actor (1926-2012)

American football player (1969-2012)

Finnish cross-country skier and rower (1932-2012)

Japanese volleyball player (1936–2012)

Armenian folk singer (1957-2012)

Australian novelist (1933–2012)

basketball player (1931-2012)

American basketball player (1924–2012)

American cultural and literary historian (1924–2012)

Spanish actor (1940-2012)

Argentine actress (1929–2012)

Polish singer, writer (1946–2012)

writer (1924-2012)

American Major League Baseball player and sports announcer (1954-2012)

US tennis player (1935–2012)

Islamic studies scholar

Ethiopian artist (1932-2012)

American bassist (1956–2012)

American film director and producer (1928–2012)

Norwegian ski jumper (1947–2012)

painter and printmaker (1921-2012)

American contralto opera singer (1921–2012)

Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1936-2012)

sound editor (1959-2012)

Syrian politician (1935-2012)

Belgian footballer (1928-2012)

American hurdler (1936-2012)

American drummer (1938–2012)

Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1936-2012)

Bulgarian footballer (1929–2012)

leader and the Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoists)

Italian rower (1920-2012)

Palappurathu Keshavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012), known mononymously as Thilakan, was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Spanning more than five decades, Thilakan’s acting career was marked by critical acclaim for his versatility and powerful screen presence. He won several major honours including the Padma Shri (2009) from the Government of India, multiple National Film Awards and numerous Kerala State Film Awards, becoming the most frequent winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor.

Chinese botanist and university teacher (1910-2012)

French actor

Ukrainian artist, sculptor (1929–2012)

Dutch television announcer (1924–2012)

Canadian politician (1928-2012)

American musician (1936–2012)

Japanese writer (1925-2012)

Spanish politician (1938-2012)

Finnish journalist and businessman (1932–2012)

Swiss architect (1907-2012)

Estonian mycologist (1928-2012)

Finnish javelin thrower (1923–2012)

British biochemist and protein crystallographer (1940-2012)

Canadian psychology professor (1943–2012)

field hockey player (1926-2012)

Prime minister of Grenada (1942-2012)

Australian musician (1953–2012)

American aerospace engineer (1938–2012)

American singer (1979–2012)

American actor and impressionist (1963–2012)

American basketball player (1953–2012)

Russian-Israeli linguist (1930-2012)

foreign correspondent for The New York Times (1968–2012)

American architect (1940-2012)