April 12 Deaths

1

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

US President

2

Gilbert Gottfried (1955-2022)

Comedian

3

Charlie Murphy (1959-2017)

Comedian

4

Josephine Baker (1906-1975)

Dancer

5

Clara Barton (1821-1912)

Entrepreneur

6

Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989)

Boxer

7

Saint Teresa (1900-1920)

Religious Leader

8

Joe Louis (1914-1981)

Boxer

9

Balls Mahoney (1972-2016)

Wrestler

10

Jonathan Winters (1925-2013)

Comedian

11

David Gest (1953-2016)

Reality Star

12

Rajkumar (1929-2006)

Movie Actor

13

Tarvaris Jackson (1983-2020)

Football Player

14

Stirling Moss (1929-2020)

Race Car Driver

15

Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989)

Civil Rights Leader

16

Christopher Pettiet (1976-2000)

TV Actor

17

Tomás Blanco (1896-1975)

Non-Fiction Author

18

Harvey Ball (1921-2001)

Entrepreneur

19

Felix Manalo (1886-1963)

Religious Leader

20

Boxcar Willie (1931-1999)

Country Singer

21

Cedric McMillan (1977-2022)

Bodybuilder

22

Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940-2020)

Comedian

23

Noor Muhammad (1951-2004)

Mathematician

24

Forrest Gregg (1933-2019)

Football Player

25

Anne Jackson (1926-2016)

Movie Actress

26

Mike VonErich (1964-1987)

Wrestler

27

Rodolfo Gonzales (1928-2005)

Boxer

28

Jayde Allen (1995-2017)

Blogger

29

Luminor (1985-2020)

Rock Singer

30

C Louis Leipoldt (1880-1947)

Poet

31

Peter Haskell (1934-2010)

TV Actor

32

William M Tweed (1823-1878)

Politician

33

Paul Ford (1901-1976)

Stage Actor

34

Franklin Rosemont (1943-2009)

Poet

35

James Gleason (1882-1959)

Movie Actor

36

Robert Byrne (1928-2013)

Chess Player

37

Wynton Kelly (1931-1971)

Pianist

38

Doug Sanders (1933-2020)

Golfer

39

Buster Bailey (1902-1967)

Saxophonist

40

Alex Beckett (1982-2018)

TV Actor

41

Ludvig Nobel (1831-1888)

Entrepreneur

42

Toshio Matsumoto (1932-2017)

Director

43

Deborah Coleman (1956-2018)

Guitarist

44

Arthur Freed (1894-1973)

Film Producer

45

Cayetano Carpio (1918-1983)

Politician

46

Herbie Nichols (1919-1963)

Pianist

47

Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)

Poet

48

William R. Tolbert (1913-1980)

Politician