Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar
British politician
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
Deaths on May 12
This archive lists notable deaths associated with May 12 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on May 12, 2026.
Dawid Bręk
Polish basketball player
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
Giorgio Pasetto
Italian politician
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
Valeriy Grishko
Russian stage director
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
Sir Paul Mellars
British archaeologist
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Emirati politician
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
Teresa Berganza
Spanish mezzo-soprano
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
Francesco Nucara
Italian politician
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
Larry Holley
American college basketball coach (William Jewell Cardinals)
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
Marian van der Meer
Dutch politician
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
Maria Pańczyk-Pozdziej
Polish politician
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
Paul Bladt
French trade unionist and politician
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
Marek Grabowski
Polish doctor and politician
Died on Friday May 13th 2022
David McPhail
New Zealand comedian and actor
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Spencer Silver
American chemist
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Viliam Turčány
Slovak poet
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Carlos Benjumea
Colombian actor (The Latin Immigrant
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Riitta Vainionpää
Swedish textile artist
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Svatopluk Kasalý
Czech jewelry designer and glass artist
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Alberto Piccinini
78–79
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Ubiratàn D’Ambrosio
Brazilian mathematician
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Maria João Abreu
Portuguese actress (Mar Salgado
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Ruben Ecleo, Jr.
Jr
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Seamus Deane
Northern Irish poet and writer (Reading in the Dark)
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Svante Thuresson
Swedish singer
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Ivanildo Rozenblad
Surinames footballer S.V. Robinhood
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Vladimír Kořístek
Czechoslovak surgeon and professor
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Vladimír Príkazský
Czech journalist and politician
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Luigi Panigazzi
Italian partisan and politician
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
César do Canto Machado
Brazilian writer
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Neus Segrià i Fortuny
Spanish ceramicist
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Vadim Petrenchuk
Russian rugby union player and coach
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Miguel Arellano
Mexican Olympic basketball player (1964
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Frank Brazier
Australian Olympic cyclist
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Bernard Lachance
Canadian singer-songwriter and conspiracy theorist
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Eddie Mahe
American political operative and consultant
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Jane Alexander
American politician
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Joyce Davidson
Canadian television presenter
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Adolfo Pajares
Spanish businessman and politician
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Baldwin Domingo
American aviation historian and politician
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Hilton Carter
American fighter pilot (Tuskegee Airmen)
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Jimmy Grundy
American politician
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Malibongwe Gcwabe
South African gospel singer
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
S. David Freeman
American businessman
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Michael Madhu
Indian actor (Bhajarangi
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Miloslav Stingl
Czech ethnologist and author
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Matteo Bernasconi
Italian mountaineer
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Johnny McCarthy
American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Petr Nemšovský
Slovak-born Czech triple jumper
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Sisavath Keobounphanh
Laotian military officer and politician
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Will Forsyth
English rugby league footballer (Dewsbury Rams)
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
John Macurdy
American operatic bass
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Chedli Klibi
Tunisian politician
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Gabriel Bacquier
French operatic baritone
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Princess Diana of Bourbon-Parma
French royal
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Peter Nemšovský
Czechoslovak triple jumper
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Fred L. Davis
American civil rights leader
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Herbert Frankenhauser
German politician
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2020
Moisés Escamilla May
Mexican gangster (Los Zetas)
Died on Tuesday May 12th 2020
Moisés May
Mexican gangster (Los Zetas)
Died on Tuesday May 12th 2020
Héctor Enrique Olivares
Argentine congressman and member of the UCR party
Died on Sunday May 12th 2019
Elsa Patton
American reality television personality (The Real Housewives of Miami
Died on Sunday May 12th 2019
Lúcio Mauro
Brazilian actor and comedian
Died on Sunday May 12th 2019
Anatol Herzfeld
German sculptor and artist
Died on Sunday May 12th 2019
Viktor Manakov
Russian cyclist
Died on Sunday May 12th 2019
Brian Walden
British broadcaster (Weekend World) and politician
Died on Sunday May 12th 2019
David Harney
English footballer (Grimsby Town
Died on Sunday May 12th 2019
Anatoli Ionov
Russian ice hockey player
Died on Sunday May 12th 2019
Hiralal Yadav
Indian folk singer
Died on Sunday May 12th 2019
Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
Lebanese cardinal
Died on Sunday May 12th 2019
Peggy Lipton
American actress
Died on Sunday May 12th 2019
Wiley Young Daniel
American judge
Died on Sunday May 12th 2019
Charles Thake
Maltese actor
Died on Saturday May 12th 2018
Kevin Tierney
Canadian filmmaker and journalist (Montreal Gazette)
Died on Saturday May 12th 2018
Dennis Nilsen
72
Died on Saturday May 12th 2018
Mansoor Ahmed
Pakistani hockey player
Died on Saturday May 12th 2018
Antonio Mercero
Spanish film and television series director (Verano azul
Died on Saturday May 12th 2018
Stanley Falkow
American microbiologist
Died on Saturday May 12th 2018
Jonathan Sternberg
American conductor and musical director
Died on Saturday May 12th 2018
Billy Gustafsson
Swedish politician
Died on Saturday May 12th 2018
Antonín Líman
Canadian-Czech japanologist and translator
Died on Saturday May 12th 2018
Oleksandr Zadorozhnii
Ukrainian lawyer
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Brendan Duddy
Northern Irish businessman and peace negotiator
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Judith Stein
American historian
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
John Bjørnebye
Norwegian diplomat
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Mauno Koivisto
Finnish politician
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Beppo Mauhart
Austrian executive
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Cécile DeWitt-Morette
French mathematician and physicist
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Douglas Netter
95-96
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Galina Shergova
Russian writer
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Charles A. McClenahan
American politician
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Eugene Gendlin
Austrian-born American philosopher
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Joachim Kaiser
German musicologist and editor
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Norma Procter
English opera singer
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
İbrahim Erkal
Turkish singer-songwriter
Died on Friday May 12th 2017