On this day — 12 June

Swiss writer (1827–1901)

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

American actor

English writer and sociologist (1802–1876)

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

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 singer and rapper (born 1994)

Soviet ballet dancer

Australian actress

British singer-songwriter (b. 1941)

American photographer (1899–1968)

French actress

American singer, songwriter, musician and producer

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

American comic book writer and editor (1948–2017)

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)

American anthropologist (1883–1957)

British singer (1941–2013)

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

Japanese filmmaker and visual effects artist

actor (1914-1975)

American guitarist

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

American cookbook author

French Sulpician priest and theologian (1711-1780)

Hungarian musician (1969-2007)

British film director

American country music and rockabilly musician; songwriter (1932–1998)

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)

American comic book artist (1930–2023)

British composer and teacher of music (1879-1962)

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