On this day — 12 June

Swiss writer (1827–1901)

American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer (1941-2021)

American actor

American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982)

English writer and sociologist (1802–1876)

British clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875)

Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer (1922-2013)

Swedish singer (born 1979)

American actor and singer (1930-2017)

Spanish film director and screenwriter (1921–2010)

German-born American actress and drama teacher (1919–2004)

American photographer (1933–2004)

American actress (1915–1995)

American sprinter

English musician (1949–2017)

American rapper and singer from Texas (born 1994)

Soviet ballet dancer

Australian actress

British singer-songwriter (b. 1941)

American photographer (1899–1968)

French actress

American singer, songwriter, musician and producer

American comic book writer and editor (1948–2017)

British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

American singer and actor (1928–2018)

American guitarist

American rock musician (1951–2007)

American composer (1928-2024)

film producer (1916-1991)

English painter and photographer (1858-1929)

British singer (1941–2013)

American anthropologist (1883–1957)

French novelist, playwright, journalist, politician, and diplomat (1760-1797)

Japanese filmmaker and visual effects artist

actor (1914-1975)

American actor and writer

American television personality

Italian poet (1906–1977)

American film scholar and writer (1931-2005)

British novelist, literary critic, polemicist (1929–1995)

English actress

Flemish Baroque painter (1580-1662)

American actress and model (born 1992)

American musician (born 1959)

Canadian television actor and comedian

American singer, songwriter and record producer (1942–2020)

American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter (1937–2016)

English actor, screenwriter and broadcaster (1920–2000)

American architect (1918-1999)

novelist (1931-2005)

cartoonist (1920-2002)

American musician (b. 1953)

Pakistani academic, critic, researcher, vice chancellor, linguist (1929–2019)

Croatian journalist (1807–1879)

American professional wrestler, editor, publisher, radio/podcast host

American writer, producer and director (1957/8–2025)

American musician

English-Australian television, film and theatre actor

French Sulpician priest and theologian (1711-1780)

Hungarian musician (1969-2007)

British film director

Canadian artist, designer, children's writer (1921-2005)

Turkish musician born (born 1950)

English architect (1841-1928)

English author (born 1976)

Sri Lankan academic

Canadian-American actress (1902-1983)

Hungarian composer (1923-2006)

Soviet and Russian writer and singer (1924-1997)

American actor, producer, director, and author (1951–2023)

Chinese writer (1892-1978)

American actor (1931–2022)

Persian scholar

English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968)

American actress (1924-2019)

Italian pianist

American motivational speaker and writer (1924–1998)

American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters (1895-1972)

African-American civil rights activist (1925-1963)

Russian artist (1899-1969)

American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey (1904–1957)

Venezuelan classical pianist

French explorer and cartographer (1724–1772)

British composer and teacher of music (1879-1962)

American comic book artist (1930–2023)

French writer (1930-2012)

actor (1904–1980)

German conductor (1891–1966)

Italian actor (1955–2023)

English drummer and sound engineer (1944-2018)

Hindu philosopher (1887–1976)

Marathi writer, humourist, actor, dramatist (1919-2000)

French classical scholar

American cartoonist (1931–2010)

American fashion designer (1922-2002)

Canadian journalist, sportswriter, novelist and the father of musicians Neil Young and Astrid Young (1918-2005)

American writer (1917-1999)

American actress (1922–1998)

Indian film director

American writer

Greek musician

author, entrepreneur, nobleman (1836–1904)

English school teacher

Iranian archaeologist and historian (1910–1999)

American journalist