List of Famous People who Died in 2012
| Full Name | Age | Died | Known For |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu | 80 | 2012-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Tibetan-born Mongolian Buddhist spiritual leader |
| A R Shamsud Doha | 83 | 2012-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Bangladeshi politician |
| A. Dean Byrd | 64 | 2012-04-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Psychologist |
| A. G. L. Shaw | 96 | 2012-04-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian historian |
| A. K. Hangal | 95 | 2012-08-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian actor |
| A. Mathias Mundadan | 88 | 2012-08-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian priest |
| A. Teeuw | 90 | 2012-05-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Dutch critic of Indonesian literature |
| A.F. Millidge | 98 | 2012-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Arachnologist |
| A.M. Parkin | 68 | 2012-06-11T00:00:00+00:00 | English artist |
| Aase Bjerkholt | 97 | 2012-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian politician and government minister |
| Aatos Erkko | 79 | 2012-05-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Finnish journalist and publisher |
| Ab Fafié | 71 | 2012-11-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Dutch footballer and coach |
| Abba Bina | 0 | 2012-10-15T00:00:00+00:00 | |
| Abdelbaset al-Megrahi | 60 | 2012-05-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Libyan terrorist |
| Abdelhamid Mehri | 85 | 2012-01-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Algerian resistance fighter and politician |
| Abdelkader Fréha | 69 | 2012-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Algerian footballer (MC Oran) |
| Abdesslam Yassine | 84 | 2012-12-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Moroccan political figure |
| Abdi Jeylani Malaq Marshale | 0 | 2012-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Somali journalist and comedian |
| Abdollah Mojtabavi | 87 | 2012-01-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Iranian wrestler |
| Abdul Ghafoor | 70 | 2012-09-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani footballer |
| Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed | 85 | 2012-12-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani politician and educator |
| Abdul Ghani Minhat | 76 | 2012-09-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Malaysian footballer |
| Abdul Haq Ansari | 81 | 2012-10-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian Islamic scholar |
| Abdul Rahman Orfalli | 23 | 2012-03-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Syrian protest organizer |
| Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed | 77 | 2012-03-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Somali politician |
| Abe Deutschendorf | 77 | 2012-12-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Abel Salinas | 82 | 2012-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Peruvian politician |
| Aberdeen Shikoyi | 27 | 2012-04-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Kenyan rugby player |
| Abid Ali Nazish | 40 | 2012-01-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Afghan actor |
| Abid Hamid Mahmud | 55 | 2012-06-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Iraqi military officer |
| Abid Hussain | 85 | 2012-06-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian civil servant and diplomat |
| Aboud Rogo | 44 | 2012-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Kenyan Islamic cleric |
| Abraham Avigdorov | 83 | 2012-09-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Israeli soldier |
| Abram Wilson | 38 | 2012-06-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Jazz trumpeter |
| Abu Akash | 0 | 2012-09-24T00:00:00+00:00 | drone strike |
| Abu Mohammad Jawad Walieddine | 96 | 2012-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Lebanese Druze religious leader |
| Abu Yahya al-Libi | 49 | 2012-06-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Libyan terrorist |
| Abubakar Olusola Saraki | 79 | 2012-11-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Nigerian politician |
| Abukar Hassan Mohamoud | 0 | 2012-02-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Somali journalist |
| Abune Paulos | 76 | 2012-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Ethiopian patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church |
| Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti | 46 | 2012-12-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Kuwaiti al-Qaeda leader |
| Achala Sachdev | 91 | 2012-04-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian actress |
| Achim Wunderlich | 88 | 2012-03-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Army officer |
| Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz | 69 | 2012-05-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Theologian |
| Adam Adamowicz | 42 | 2012-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Video game concept artist (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) |
| Adam Cullen | 46 | 2012-07-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian painter |
| Adam Ndlovu | 42 | 2012-12-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Zimbabwean footballer |
| Adam Yauch | 47 | 2012-05-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Musician (Beastie Boys) and film director (Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot) |
| Addie L. Wyatt | 88 | 2012-03-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Labor and civil rights leader |
| Addie Morrow | 83 | 2012-03-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Northern Irish politician |
| Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar | 62 | 2012-03-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian politician |
| Aditya Dev | 23 | 2012-09-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian bodybuilder |
| Adnan Catic Cata | 28 | 2012-05-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Bosnian-Herzegovinian sport climber |
| Adnan Farhan Abd Al Latif | 36 | 2012-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Yemeni detainee (Guantánamo Bay) |
| Adolf Bechtold | 86 | 2012-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| Adolfo Calero | 80 | 2012-06-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Nicaraguan businessman |
| Adolfo Schwelm Cruz | 88 | 2012-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Argentine racing driver |
| Adolph Peschke | 98 | 2012-11-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Outdoorsman |
| Adrian Foley | 0 | 2012-02-12T00:00:00+00:00 | 88 |
| Adrián Silva Moreno | 34 | 2012-11-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Mexican journalist |
| Adrienne Rich | 82 | 2012-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Feminist poet and essayist |
| Adrienne Smith | 78 | 2012-02-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian sport administrator |
| Aengus Fanning | 69 | 2012-01-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish journalist |
| Afewerk Tekle | 80 | 2012-04-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Ethiopian artist |
| Åge Storhaug | 74 | 2012-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian Olympic (1960) |
| Agnes Allen | 81 | 2012-02-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (All- Girls Professional Baseball League) |
| Agostinho José Sartori | 83 | 2012-06-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate |
| Agustín García Calvo | 86 | 2012-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Academic |
| Agustin Roman | 83 | 2012-04-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Cuban-born Roman Catholic prelate |
| Aharon Davidi | 85 | 2012-02-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Israeli general |
| Aharon Dolgopolsky | 71 | 2012-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian-born Israeli linguist |
| Ahmad Ghabel | 58 | 2012-10-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Iranian religious scholar and political dissident |
| Ahmad Khan Samangani | 0 | 2012-07-14T00:00:00+00:00 | member of the House of the People (since 2011) |
| Ahmed Ben Bella | 93 | 2012-04-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Algerian politician |
| Ahmed Jabari | 52 | 2012-11-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Palestinian military leader (Hamas) |
| Ahmed Jdey | 61 | 2012-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Tunisian author |
| Ahmed Ramzy | 82 | 2012-09-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Egyptian actor (Sira` Fi al-Mina) |
| Airton Pavilhão | 77 | 2012-04-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian footballer |
| Ajahn Chanda Thawaro | 90 | 2012-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Thai Buddhist monk |
| Ajmal Kasab | 25 | 2012-11-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani gunman involved in 2008 Mumbai attacks |
| Akhlaq Mohammed Khan | 75 | 2012-02-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian poet |
| Akin Omoboriowo | 81 | 2012-04-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Nigerian lawyer and politician |
| Akira Tonomura | 70 | 2012-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Japanese physicist |
| Akiva Ehrenfeld | 0 | 2012-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 | |
| Akkamma Devi | 94 | 2012-11-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian politician |
| Al Brancato | 93 | 2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics) |
| Al Brenner | 64 | 2012-02-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (New York Giants) |
| Al Conway | 82 | 2012-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player and official |
| Al De Lory | 82 | 2012-02-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Record producer |
| Al Ecuyer | 74 | 2012-04-28T00:00:00+00:00 | American-born Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos) |
| Al Freeman | 0 | 2012-08-09T00:00:00+00:00 | 78 |
| Al Rabin | 76 | 2012-08-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Producer and director (Days of Our Lives) |
| Al Rio | 49 | 2012-01-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian comic book artist |
| Al Ulbrickson | 81 | 2012-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Rower |
| Al Veigel | 95 | 2012-04-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (Boston Braves) |
| Alain Fossoul | 83 | 2012-05-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Belgian footballer |
| Alan Cowey | 77 | 2012-12-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Biochemist |
| Alan Coxon | 82 | 2012-11-07T00:00:00+00:00 | English cricket player |
| Alan G. Poindexter | 50 | 2012-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 | NASA astronaut |
| Alan Hacker | 73 | 2012-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Clarinetist |
| Alan Hopkins | 86 | 2012-11-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Alan Kimber | 63 | 2012-09-06T00:00:00+00:00 | English swimmer |
| Alan Kirschenbaum | 51 | 2012-10-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Television writer/producer (Coach) |
| Alan M. Kriegsman | 84 | 2012-08-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Dance critic (1976 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism) |
| Alan McDonald | 48 | 2012-06-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Northern Irish football player and manager |
| Alan Neville Gent | 84 | 2012-09-20T00:00:00+00:00 | English scientist |
| Alan Oakley | 85 | 2012-05-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Designer of Raleigh Chopper bicycle |
| Alan Pegler | 91 | 2012-03-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Railway preservationist |
| Alan Reece | 85 | 2012-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Engineer and businessman |
| Alan Rowlands | 82 | 2012-01-02T00:00:00+00:00 | English pianist |
| Alan Ruddock | 68 | 2012-04-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish martial artist and teacher |
| Alan Saunders | 58 | 2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00 | English-born Australian broadcaster and philosopher |
| Alan Shaxon | 78 | 2012-10-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Magician |
| Alan Steen | 90 | 2012-08-26T00:00:00+00:00 | English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
| Alan Stretton | 90 | 2012-10-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian major general |
| Alan Thorne | 73 | 2012-05-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian anthropologist |
| Alasdair Liddell | 63 | 2012-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Health executive |
| Alba Encarnación | 56 | 2012-03-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Puerto Rican activist and teacher |
| Albano Harguindeguy | 85 | 2012-10-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Argentine general |
| Albert | 0 | 2012-10-06T00:00:00+00:00 | 77 |
| Albert (Peto) Nicholas | 61 | 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Cook Islands politician |
| Albert Elias | 41 | 2012-12-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Sports agent |
| Albert Falco | 84 | 2012-04-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Sea captain and scuba diver |
| Albert George Wilson | 94 | 2012-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Astronomer |
| Albert Hadley | 91 | 2012-03-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Interior decorator |
| Albert Henry Ottenweller | 96 | 2012-09-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Roman Catholic prelate |
| Albert Joseph Tsiahoana | 84 | 2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate |
| Albert Lee Ueltschi | 95 | 2012-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Aviation trainer |
| Albert Marre | 87 | 2012-09-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Stage actor |
| Albert Otto Hirschman | 97 | 2012-12-10T00:00:00+00:00 | German-born economist |
| Albert Renaud | 92 | 2012-12-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| Albert Riederer | 67 | 2012-12-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Judge and civic leader |
| Alberto Gonzalez | 84 | 2012-09-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Cuban humorist and iconoclast |
| Alberto Reif | 66 | 2012-10-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer |
| Alberto Sughi | 83 | 2012-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Painter |
| Albertus Klijn | 89 | 2012-05-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Dutch religious scholar |
| Albie Roles | 91 | 2012-10-03T00:00:00+00:00 | English footballer |
| Albie Thoms | 71 | 2012-11-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian film director |
| Albino Mamede Cleto | 77 | 2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate |
| Albion W. Knight | 0 | 2012-05-22T00:00:00+00:00 | 87 |
| Albrecht Dietz | 86 | 2012-03-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Entrepreneur and scientist |
| Alby Broadby | 95 | 2012-11-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian politician |
| Alcides Mendoza Castro | 84 | 2012-06-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate |
| Aldo Conterno | 81 | 2012-05-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Winemaker |
| Aldo Maldera | 58 | 2012-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer (AC Milan) |
| Aldo Ronconi | 93 | 2012-06-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Racing cyclist |
| Aldo Zenhäusern | 60 | 2012-01-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1976) |
| Alec Campbell | 80 | 2012-11-24T00:00:00+00:00 | British-born Botswanan archaeologist and historian |
| Alejandro Rodriguez | 93 | 2012-01-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Psychiatrist and academic |
| Aleksander Donner | 65 | 2012-08-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Ukrainian handball coach |
| Aleksandr Berkutov | 80 | 2012-11-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian Olympic gold medal-winning (1956) |
| Aleksandr Gorelik | 67 | 2012-09-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian pair skater and figure skating commentator |
| Aleksandr Koshkyn | 53 | 2012-10-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian Soviet-era Olympic silver medal-winning (1980) boxer |
| Aleksandr Maksimenkov | 60 | 2012-09-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian football coach and player |
| Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov | 73 | 2012-04-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian actor |
| Alessandro Liberati | 0 | 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 | cancer |
| Alex DeCroce | 75 | 2012-01-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Alex Eadie | 91 | 2012-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Alex Esclamado | 84 | 2012-11-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Filipino-born media and civic leader |
| Alex Falconer | 72 | 2012-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Scottish politician |
| Alex Karras | 77 | 2012-10-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (Detroit Lions) and actor (Blazing Saddles) |
| Alex Moulton | 92 | 2012-12-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Engineer and inventor (Moulton Bicycle) |
| Alex Webster | 80 | 2012-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (New York Giants) |
| Alexander Arutiunian | 91 | 2012-03-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Armenian composer |
| Alexander Borisovich Belyavsky | 80 | 2012-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian actor |
| Alexander Chikvaidze | 74 | 2012-05-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Georgian diplomat |
| Alexander Cockburn | 71 | 2012-07-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Scottish political journalist and writer |
| Alexander Dale Oen | 26 | 2012-04-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian Olympic silver medal-winning (2008) swimmer |
| Alexander Keynan | 90 | 2012-05-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Israeli microbiologist |
| Alexander Kibrik | 73 | 2012-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian linguist (Moscow State University) |
| Alexander Leaf | 92 | 2012-12-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Physician and research scientist |
| Alexander Leslie-Melville | 0 | 2012-04-07T00:00:00+00:00 | 87 |
| Alexander Perepilichny | 44 | 2012-11-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian businessman and whistleblower |
| Alexander Saxton | 93 | 2012-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Novelist and historian |
| Alexander Sizonenko | 52 | 2012-01-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian basketball player |
| Alexander Zhitinsky | 71 | 2012-01-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian writer |
| Alexandro Alves do Nascimento | 37 | 2012-11-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian footballer (Hertha BSC) |
| Alexis Weissenberg | 82 | 2012-01-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Bulgarian-born pianist |
| Alf Kumalo | 82 | 2012-10-21T00:00:00+00:00 | South African photographer |
| Alf Morris | 0 | 2012-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 | 84 |
| Alfie Biggs | 76 | 2012-04-20T00:00:00+00:00 | English footballer |
| Alfons Demming | 84 | 2012-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Roman Catholic prelate |
| Alfonso de Bourbon | 83 | 2012-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Claimant of royalty |
| Alfonso Montemayor | 90 | 2012-11-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Mexican footballer (Club León) |
| Alfonso Orueta | 82 | 2012-10-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Chilean politician and football manager |
| Alfred Diamant | 94 | 2012-05-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Austrian-born political scientist |
| Alfred Gescheidt | 85 | 2012-01-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Photographer |
| Alfred Henningsen | 94 | 2012-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian military officer and politician |
| Alfred Pyka | 77 | 2012-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer |
| Alfred Schakron | 51 | 2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Lebanese-born Belizean businessman |
| Alfred Schmidt | 81 | 2012-08-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Philosopher |
| Alfredo Abon Lee | 85 | 2012-12-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Cuban military officer |
| Alfredo Avelín | 84 | 2012-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Argentine politician |
| Alfredo Battisti | 86 | 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Roman Catholic prelate |
| Alfredo Machado | 59 | 2012-09-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian swimmer |
| Alfredo Ramos | 87 | 2012-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian footballer and coach |
| Alfredo Vega | 77 | 2012-02-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Paraguayan footballe |
| Algimantas Vincas Ulba | 73 | 2012-06-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Lithuanian politician |
| Algirdas Šocikas | 84 | 2012-11-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Lithuanian boxer |
| Ali Hussein Nassif | 0 | 2012-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 | member of Hezbollah |
| Ali Podrimja | 69 | 2012-07-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Albanian poet |
| Ali Uras | 88 | 2012-05-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Turkish Olympic basketball player and president of Galatasaray S.K. (1979–1986) |
| Alice Amsden | 68 | 2012-03-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Economist and MIT professor |
| Alice Arden | 97 | 2012-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic (1936) high jumper |
| Alice Harden | 64 | 2012-12-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Alice Koroma | 80 | 2012-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Sierra Leonean politician |
| Alida Chelli | 69 | 2012-12-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress |
| Alikhan Nakotskhoyev | 25 | 2012-05-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian football player |
| Alim Zankishiev | 30 | 2012-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian insurgent |
| Alimuddin | 81 | 2012-07-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani Test cricketer |
| Alistair Vane-Tempest-Stewart | 0 | 2012-06-20T00:00:00+00:00 | 74 |
| Aliu Mahama | 66 | 2012-11-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Ghanaian politician |
| Alketas Panagoulias | 78 | 2012-06-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Greek football player and manager |
| Allan Horsfall | 84 | 2012-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Gay rights activist |
| Allan Segal | 70 | 2012-02-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Documentary maker |
| Allen Tolmich | 93 | 2012-03-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Athlete |
| Allen Tough | 76 | 2012-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian scientist |
| Allie Clark | 88 | 2012-04-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (Cleveland Indians) |
| Allyre Sirois | 89 | 2012-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian jurist |
| Alma Bella | 102 | 2012-05-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Filipino actress |
| Alois Schnaubelt | 91 | 2012-12-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Nazi soldier |
| Alonso Lujambio | 50 | 2012-09-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Mexican politician |
| Aloysio José Leal Penna | 79 | 2012-06-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate |
| Aloysius Balina | 67 | 2012-11-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate |
| Alphonse Le Gastelois | 97 | 2012-06-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Recluse |
| Alphonse Nzoungou | 74 | 2012-09-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Congolese politician |
| Altamir Heitor Martins | 32 | 2012-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian footballer (BEC Tero Sasana F.C.) |
| Altamiro Carrilho | 87 | 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian musician and composer |
| Althea Wynne | 75 | 2012-01-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Sculptor |
| Amar Goswami | 66 | 2012-06-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian writer and journalist |
| Amarillo Slim | 83 | 2012-04-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Professional gambler |
| Ambjørg Sælthun | 89 | 2012-01-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian politician |
| Ambrose Madtha | 57 | 2012-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian Roman Catholic prelate |
| Ambrose Weekes | 93 | 2012-04-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Anglican bishop |
| Amer Al Midani | 55 | 2012-04-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Lebanese businessman |
| Aminul Islam | 40 | 2012-04-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Bangladeshi trade union leader |
| Amit Saigal | 46 | 2012-01-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian rock magazine publisher |
| Ammar El Sherei | 64 | 2012-12-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Egyptian musical composer and performer |
| Amnon Lipkin-Shahak | 68 | 2012-12-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Israeli general |
| Amos Degani | 86 | 2012-07-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Israeli politician |
| Amos Hakham | 91 | 2012-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Israeli Bible scholar |
| Amos Vogel | 91 | 2012-04-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Austrian-born film scholar |
| Ampon Tangnoppakul | 64 | 2012-05-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Thai detainee |
| Amusa Shittu | 75 | 2012-03-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Nigerian footballer |
| Amy Tryon | 42 | 2012-04-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic bronze medal-winning (2004) equestrian |
| Anadi Sankar Gupta | 79 | 2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian mathematician |
| Anand Abhyankar | 48 | 2012-12-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian actor |
| Ananda Dassanayake | 92 | 2012-08-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Sri Lankan politician |
| Anargyros Printezis | 74 | 2012-03-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Greek Eastern Catholic hierarch |
| Anatoli Kikin | 71 | 2012-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Soviet and Russian footballer and coach |
| Anatoliy Zayaev | 81 | 2012-12-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Ukrainian football player and coach |
| Anatoly Betekhtin | 81 | 2012-10-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian military commander |
| Anatoly Kolesov | 73 | 2012-01-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian wrestler |
| Anatoly Lebed | 48 | 2012-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian army officer |
| Anatoly Ravikovich | 75 | 2012-04-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian film actor (The Pokrovsky Gate) |
| Anders Frandsen | 51 | 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Danish singer and television presenter |
| Anders Kulläng | 68 | 2012-02-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Swedish rally driver |
| Anders Thor | 76 | 2012-04-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Swedish scientist and educator |
| András József Szennay | 91 | 2012-08-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate |
| András Szente | 72 | 2012-09-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Hungarian sprint canoer |
| André Delelis | 88 | 2012-09-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| André Green | 84 | 2012-01-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Psychoanalyst |
| André Kempinaire | 83 | 2012-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Belgian politician |
| André Nelis | 77 | 2012-12-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Belgian Olympic silver (1956) and bronze (1960) medal-winning sailor |
| André Saint-Mleux | 92 | 2012-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Monegasque politician |
| André Simon | 92 | 2012-07-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Racing driver |
| Andrea Bosic | 92 | 2012-01-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor |
| Andrea Crisanti | 75 | 2012-05-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Production designer and art director |
| Andreas Arntzen | 83 | 2012-05-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian barrister |
| Andreas Shipanga | 80 | 2012-05-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Namibian politician |
| Andrei Mylnikov | 93 | 2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian painter |
| Andrew B. Steinberg | 53 | 2012-05-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Lawyer |
| Andrew Breitbart | 43 | 2012-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Publisher and political commentator |
| Andrew Brimmer | 86 | 2012-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Economist |
| Andrew Davidson | 0 | 2012-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 | 83 |
| Andrew Ganigan | 59 | 2012-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Boxer |
| Andrew Levane | 92 | 2012-04-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Basketball player (Syracuse Nationals) |
| Andrew Love | 70 | 2012-04-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Saxophonist (The Memphis Horns) |
| Andrew MacNaughtan | 47 | 2012-01-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian photographer |
| Andrew McMillan | 54 | 2012-01-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian writer and music journalist |
| Andrew Sarris | 83 | 2012-06-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Film critic |
| Andrew Suknaski | 69 | 2012-05-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian poet and visual artist |
| Andrew Wight | 51 | 2012-02-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian screenwriter and producer (Sanctum) |
| Andrey Korotkov | 57 | 2012-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian politician |
| Andrij Dobriansky | 81 | 2012-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Ukrainian-born opera singer |
| Andrzej Dłużniewski | 73 | 2012-12-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Polish sculptor |
| Andrzej Krzysztof Wróblewski | 76 | 2012-01-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Polish journalist |
| Andrzej Łapicki | 87 | 2012-07-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Latvian-born Polish actor |
| Andrzej Szczeklik | 73 | 2012-02-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Polish physician and educational administrator (Jagiellonian University Medical College) |
| Andrzej Sztolf | 70 | 2012-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Polish Olympic ski jumper |
| Andy Griffith | 86 | 2012-07-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor (The Andy Griffith Show) |
| Andy Hamilton | 94 | 2012-06-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Jamaican-born saxophonist and composer |
| Andy Mate | 72 | 2012-05-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Soccer player |
| Andy Musser | 74 | 2012-01-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Sportscaster (Philadelphia Phillies) |
| Andy Replogle | 58 | 2012-04-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers) |
| Andy Williams | 84 | 2012-09-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Singer ("Moon River") and entertainer |
| Ángel Alfredo Villatoro | 47 | 2012-05-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Honduran journalist and radio personality |
| Angela Cropper | 66 | 2012-11-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Trinidadian diplomat and politician |
| Angelica Garnett | 93 | 2012-05-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Writer and painter |
| Angelo Castro | 0 | 2012-04-05T00:00:00+00:00 | 67 |
| Angelo Cuniberti | 91 | 2012-06-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Italian-born Colombian Roman Catholic prelate |
| Angelo Dundee | 90 | 2012-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Boxing trainer (Muhammad Ali) |
| Angelo Mangiarotti | 91 | 2012-07-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Architect and industrial designer |
| Angelo Maria Cicolani | 60 | 2012-10-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Angelo Paternoster | 93 | 2012-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (Washington Redskins) |
| Angharad Rees | 68 | 2012-07-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Welsh actress (Poldark) |
| Angkarn Kalayanapong | 86 | 2012-08-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Thai poet and artist |
| Angus Wright | 78 | 2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Television producer |
| Aníbal Villacís | 85 | 2012-03-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Ecuadoran painter |
| Anil Ramdas | 54 | 2012-02-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Surinamese-born Dutch columnist and journalist (NRC Handelsblad) |
| Anita Björk | 89 | 2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Swedish actress |
| Anita Steckel | 82 | 2012-03-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Feminist artist |
| Ann C. Scales | 60 | 2012-06-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Lawyer and law professor |
| Ann Curtis | 86 | 2012-06-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic gold and silver medal-winning (1948) swimmer |
| Ann Dummett | 81 | 2012-02-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Activist |
| Ann Rosener | 97 | 2012-05-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Photojournalist |
| Ann Rutherford | 94 | 2012-06-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian-born actress (Gone with the Wind) |
| Anna Orso | 73 | 2012-08-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress |
| Anna Piaggi | 81 | 2012-08-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Fashion writer |
| Anna Schwartz | 96 | 2012-06-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Economist and author (A Monetary History of the United States) |
| Anna-Lisa Eriksson | 83 | 2012-05-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Swedish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) cross-country skier |
| Annapurna Maharana | 96 | 2012-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian revolutionary figure and women's right activist |
| Anne Commire | 72 | 2012-02-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Playwright |
| Anne Karin Elstad | 74 | 2012-04-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian author |
| Anne McKnight | 0 | 2012-08-29T00:00:00+00:00 | |
| Anne Spencer | 73 | 2012-07-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Naval officer |
| Anne Warner | 71 | 2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Biologist |
| Anne-Lise Berntsen | 69 | 2012-11-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian soprano singe |
| Anne-Marie Albiach | 75 | 2012-11-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Poet and translator |
| Annemarie Roeper | 93 | 2012-05-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Austrian-born educator |
| Annette Baier | 83 | 2012-11-02T00:00:00+00:00 | New Zealand philosopher |
| Annie B. Martin | 91 | 2012-06-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Civil rights activist |
| Anouar Abdel-Malek | 88 | 2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Egyptian-born political scientist |
| Ante Jurić | 89 | 2012-03-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Croatian Roman Catholic prelate |
| Anthony Bate | 84 | 2012-06-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) |
| Anthony Bevilacqua | 88 | 2012-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Roman Catholic prelate |
| Anthony Capo | 52 | 2012-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Mobster-turned-informant (DeCavalcante crime family) |
| Anthony Deane-Drummond | 95 | 2012-12-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Army general |
| Anthony di Bonaventura | 83 | 2012-11-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Pianist and academic |
| Anthony Ekezia Ilonu | 74 | 2012-06-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate |
| Anthony Gonsalves | 84 | 2012-01-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian film music composer |
| Anthony Hancock | 65 | 2012-06-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Publisher |
| Anthony John Cooke | 80 | 2012-10-06T00:00:00+00:00 | English organist |
| Anthony Melio | 80 | 2012-07-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Anthony O'Connell | 73 | 2012-05-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish-born Roman Catholic prelate |
| Anthony Sedlak | 29 | 2012-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian chef |
| Anthony Shadid | 43 | 2012-02-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Journalist |
| Antisa Khvichava | 0 | 2012-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Georgian longevity claimant |
| Antoine Hamid Mourany | 82 | 2012-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Lebanese-born Syrian Maronite hierarch |
| Antoine Kohn | 79 | 2012-11-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Luxembourgian football player and manager |
| Antoine Redin | 77 | 2012-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer and football manager |
| Anton Blom | 87 | 2012-01-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian journalist |
| Anton Geiser | 88 | 2012-12-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Yugoslav-born Nazi concentration camp guard |
| Anton Jude | 51 | 2012-03-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Sri Lankan actor |
| Anton Skulberg | 90 | 2012-08-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian scientist and politician |
| Antoni Dobrowolski | 108 | 2012-10-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Polish Holocaust survivor |
| Antoni Tàpies | 88 | 2012-02-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Painter |
| Antonie Hegerlíková | 89 | 2012-12-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Czech actress |
| Antonín Holý | 75 | 2012-07-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Czech scientist |
| Antonio Attolini Lack | 80 | 2012-02-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Mexican architect |
| Antonio Cisneros | 69 | 2012-10-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Peruvian poet |
| Antonio Cubillo | 82 | 2012-12-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| António Leitão | 51 | 2012-03-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Portuguese Olympic bronze medal-winning (1984) athlete |
| Antônio Maria Mucciolo | 89 | 2012-09-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate |
| Antonio Mistrorigo | 99 | 2012-01-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Roman Catholic prelate |
| Antonio Segura | 64 | 2012-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Comics writer |
| Antonio Tabucchi | 68 | 2012-03-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Novelist (Indian Nocturne) |
| Antony Barrington Brown | 84 | 2012-01-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Designer |
| Anwar Kamal Khan | 64 | 2012-02-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani politician |
| Aquila Berlas Kiani | 0 | 2012-03-30T00:00:00+00:00 | |
| Arben Xhaferi | 64 | 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Macedonian politician and Albanian-rights activist |
| Archer King | 95 | 2012-07-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Theatrical agent |
| Archie Kalokerinos | 85 | 2012-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Greek-Australian physician |
| Archie Roy | 88 | 2012-12-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Scottish astronomer and paranormal expert |
| Ardalion Rastov | 86 | 2012-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian engineer and military designer |
| Ardath Mayhar | 81 | 2012-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Author |
| Ardeshir Cowasjee | 86 | 2012-11-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani newspaper columnist (Dawn) |
| Ardian Klosi | 55 | 2012-04-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Albanian political analyst |
| Arduino Bertoldo | 79 | 2012-04-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Roman Catholic prelate |
| Arend Langenberg | 63 | 2012-12-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Dutch voice-over and radio presenter |
| Arfa Karim | 16 | 2012-01-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani student |
| Ari Magder | 28 | 2012-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian child actor (Shining Time Station) |
| Arild Haaland | 92 | 2012-01-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian philosopher |
| Aristarkh (Stankevich) | 70 | 2012-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Belarusian Orthodox hierarch |
| Arkadii Dragomoshchenko | 66 | 2012-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian poet |
| Arkady Vorobyov | 88 | 2012-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Soviet weightlifter |
| Arleen Day | 63 | 2012-09-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian curler |
| Arlen Specter | 82 | 2012-10-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Arman Manukyan | 81 | 2012-12-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Turkish economist and writer |
| Armand Desmet | 81 | 2012-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Belgian professional cyclist |
| Armand Mercier | 78 | 2012-01-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Armand Penverne | 85 | 2012-02-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player |
| Armand Russell | 91 | 2012-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian politician |
| Armando Montaño | 22 | 2012-06-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Student and journalist |
| Arnaldo Mesa | 45 | 2012-12-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Cuban Olympic silver medal-winning (1996) boxer |
| Arnaldo Putzu | 85 | 2012-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Film poster artist |
| Arnaud Maggs | 86 | 2012-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian artist and photographer |
| Arne Christiansen | 85 | 2012-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian judge |
| Arne Wegner Haaland | 88 | 2012-06-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian engineer |
| Arnie Risen | 87 | 2012-08-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics) |
| Arno Lustiger | 88 | 2012-05-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Upper Silesian-born writer and Judaic historian |
| Arnold B. Grobman | 93 | 2012-07-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Zoologist |
| Arnold Dean | 82 | 2012-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Radio sports host and personality |
| Arnold Greenberg | 80 | 2012-10-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Businessman |
| Arnold Saul | 87 | 2012-04-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Tennis player and coach |
| Arnór Hannibalsson | 78 | 2012-12-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Icelandic philosopher and professor |
| Árpád Fekete | 90 | 2012-02-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Hungarian football player and coach |
| Arsala Rahmani Daulat | 0 | 2012-05-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Afghan High Peace Council member |
| Art Ceccarelli | 82 | 2012-07-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) |
| Art Heyman | 71 | 2012-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Basketball player (New York Knicks) |
| Art Larsen | 87 | 2012-12-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Tennis player |
| Art Malone | 64 | 2012-07-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (Atlanta Falcons) |
| Art Modell | 87 | 2012-09-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Businessman |
| Artax | 17 | 2012-01-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Champion Thoroughbred racehorse |
| Arthur A. Vogel | 88 | 2012-03-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri |
| Arthur Bialas | 81 | 2012-11-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer |
| Arthur Bottom | 82 | 2012-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 | English footballer (York City) |
| Arthur Chaskalson | 81 | 2012-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 | South African judge |
| Arthur Decabooter | 75 | 2012-05-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Belgian professional racing cyclist |
| Arthur Henry Winnington Williams | 99 | 2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Jamaican parliamentarian |
| Arthur Jensen | 89 | 2012-10-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Psychologist |
| Arthur K. Snyder | 79 | 2012-11-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Arthur Magugu | 78 | 2012-09-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Kenyan politician |
| Arthur Nadel | 80 | 2012-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Fund manager and convicted embezzler |
| Arthur Ochs Sulzberger | 86 | 2012-09-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Publisher (The New York Times) |
| Arthur Quinlan | 92 | 2012-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish journalist (The Irish Times) |
| Artie Levine | 86 | 2012-01-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Boxer |
| Arturo Andrés Roig | 89 | 2012-04-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Argentine philosopher |
| Arturo Rodenak | 81 | 2012-09-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Argentine-born Chilean footballer |
| Asar Eppel | 77 | 2012-02-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian translator |
| Ashok Mehta | 65 | 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian cinematographer (Bandit Queen) |
| Assane Seck | 93 | 2012-11-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Senegalese politician |
| Assef Shawkat | 62 | 2012-07-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Syrian politician |
| Aston Greathead | 91 | 2012-07-18T00:00:00+00:00 | New Zealand artist |
| Ataa Oko | 0 | 2012-12-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Ghanaian fantasy coffin artist |
| Athar Zaidi | 66 | 2012-11-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani Test cricket umpire |
| Athinodoros Prousalis | 86 | 2012-06-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Greek film and television actor |
| Attila Hazai | 44 | 2012-04-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Hungarian writer |
| Aub Carrigan | 94 | 2012-05-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian cricketer |
| Aubrey Dunn | 0 | 2012-08-23T00:00:00+00:00 | 84 |
| Audrey Arno | 70 | 2012-06-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Pop singer |
| Audrey Deemer | 81 | 2012-09-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player |
| August Kowalczyk | 90 | 2012-07-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Polish actor |
| Augustin Misago | 69 | 2012-03-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Rwandan Roman Catholic prelate |
| Augustin Sagna | 92 | 2012-12-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate |
| Augusto Bracca | 94 | 2012-12-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Venezuelan songwriter |
| Augusto Gansser-Biaggi | 101 | 2012-01-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Swiss geologist |
| Aung Gyi | 93 | 2012-10-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Burmese politician |
| Aurélio Granada Escudeiro | 92 | 2012-08-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate |
| Aurora Bautista | 86 | 2012-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Film actress |
| Austin Peralta | 22 | 2012-11-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Jazz musician and composer |
| Autran Dourado | 86 | 2012-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian writer |
| Avis Hope Eckelberry | 56 | 2012-07-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Film editor (The Flintstones) |
| Avraham Adan | 85 | 2012-09-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Israeli general |
| Avraham Botzer | 83 | 2012-06-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Israeli general |
| Avraham Goldberg | 99 | 2012-04-13T00:00:00+00:00 | American-born Israeli Talmud scholar |
| Avram Goldstein | 92 | 2012-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Pharmacologist |
| Axel Anderson | 83 | 2012-12-16T00:00:00+00:00 | German-born Puerto Rican actor |
| Axel Borup-Jørgensen | 87 | 2012-10-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Danish composer |
| Ayelet Galena | 2 | 2012-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Child |
| Ayten Alpman | 82 | 2012-04-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Turkish singer |
| Azeem Daultana | 32 | 2012-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani politician |
| Aziz Ab'Sáber | 87 | 2012-03-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian geologist |
| Azizul Haque | 94 | 2012-08-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician |
| Azumir Veríssimo | 77 | 2012-12-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian footballer |
| B. B. Nimbalkar | 92 | 2012-12-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian cricketer |
| B. R. Ishara | 77 | 2012-07-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian film director |
| B. Satya Narayan Reddy | 86 | 2012-10-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian politician |
| B.J.Divan | 92 | 2012-03-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian judge |
| Bafo Biyela | 31 | 2012-09-17T00:00:00+00:00 | South African footballer |
| Bahram Alivandi | 84 | 2012-05-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Iranian artist |
| Bai Jing | 29 | 2012-02-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Chinese actress |
| Baku Akae | 79 | 2012-06-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Japanese novelist |
| Bal Thackeray | 86 | 2012-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian politician |
| Balavant Apte | 73 | 2012-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian politician |
| Balázs Győrffy | 74 | 2012-10-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Hungarian-born physicist |
| Bandya Kakade | 67 | 2012-10-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian footballer |
| Barbara Alby | 66 | 2012-12-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Barbara Ann Scott | 84 | 2012-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian figure skater |
| Barbara Buchholz | 52 | 2012-04-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Musician and composer |
| Barbara Lett-Simmons | 85 | 2012-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Barbara Marianowska | 64 | 2012-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 | British-born Polish politician |
| Barbara Sowers | 80 | 2012-10-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player |
| Barney Gibbens | 77 | 2012-06-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Businessman |
| Barney McKenna | 72 | 2012-04-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish musician (The Dubliners) |
| Barney Rosset | 89 | 2012-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Publisher (Grove Press) and free speech advocate |
| Barouh Berkovits | 86 | 2012-10-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Czech-born bioengineer |
| Barrie Edgar | 93 | 2012-12-28T00:00:00+00:00 | English producer (Come Dancing) |
| Barry Askew | 75 | 2012-04-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Newspaper editor (News of the World) |
| Barry Becher | 71 | 2012-06-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Marketing expert (Ginsu knife) |
| Barry Cahill | 90 | 2012-04-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian-born actor (Grand Theft Auto) |
| Barry Commoner | 95 | 2012-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Biologist and politician |
| Barry Freiman | 48 | 2012-04-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Writer |
| Barry Kitchener | 64 | 2012-03-30T00:00:00+00:00 | English footballer (Millwall) |
| Barry Langford | 86 | 2012-07-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Television director and producer |
| Barry MacKay | 76 | 2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Tennis player and commentator |
| Barry Trapnell | 88 | 2012-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 | English cricketer and headmaster |
| Barry Unsworth | 81 | 2012-06-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Novelist |
| Barton Biggs | 79 | 2012-07-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Businessman |
| Barton Lidice Beneš | 69 | 2012-05-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Artist |
| Bashir Ahmad Bilour | 69 | 2012-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani politician |
| Bashir Ahmed Qureshi | 54 | 2012-04-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani politician |
| Basil Gordon | 80 | 2012-01-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Mathematician |
| Basil L. Plumley | 92 | 2012-10-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Army command sergeant major |
| Basil Payne | 88 | 2012-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish poet |
| Basilios Blatsos | 89 | 2012-10-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Greek-born Israeli Orthodox hierarch |
| Beano Cook | 81 | 2012-10-11T00:00:00+00:00 | College football historian and television sports analyst (ESPN) |
| Beate Sirota Gordon | 89 | 2012-12-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Austrian-born performing arts producer and women's rights advocate |
| Beatrice Sparks | 95 | 2012-05-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Therapist and writer |
| Beatriz da Costa | 38 | 2012-12-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Artist |
| Béla Csécsei | 60 | 2012-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Hungarian politician |
| Bela Gold | 97 | 2012-04-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Hungarian-born businessman and professor |
| Béla Nagy Abodi | 94 | 2012-12-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Hungarian painter |
| Belita Woods | 63 | 2012-05-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Funk singer (Brainstorm) |
| Ben Davidson | 72 | 2012-07-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (Oakland Raiders) and actor (Conan the Barbarian) |
| Ben Gazzara | 81 | 2012-02-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor (The Big Lebowski) |
| Ben H. Procter | 85 | 2012-04-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Author and football player (Los Angeles Rams) |
| Ben Hana | 54 | 2012-01-15T00:00:00+00:00 | New Zealand vagrant |
| Ben Huan | 105 | 2012-04-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Chinese Buddhist master |
| Ben Luján | 77 | 2012-12-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Ben Overton | 86 | 2012-12-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Judge |
| Ben Van Os | 67 | 2012-07-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Dutch production designer and art director (Girl with a Pearl Earring) |
| Ben-ami Kadish | 88 | 2012-07-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Israeli- mechanical engineer and spy |
| Benedict Freedman | 92 | 2012-02-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Novelist and mathematician |
| Bengt Fröbom | 85 | 2012-06-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Swedish Olympic cyclist |
| Benjamin Romualdez | 81 | 2012-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Filipino politician and diplomat |
| Benjamin Tatar | 82 | 2012-11-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor (The Wind and the Lion) |
| Benjamin W. Heineman | 98 | 2012-08-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Railroad executive |
| Bennie L. Davis | 94 | 2012-09-23T00:00:00+00:00 | General (Strategic Air Command) |
| Bennie McRae | 72 | 2012-11-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (Chicago Bears) |
| Bennie Turner | 64 | 2012-11-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician and lawyer |
| Benny McLaughlin | 84 | 2012-12-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer |
| Ben-Zion Leitner | 85 | 2012-03-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Israeli soldier |
| Benzion Netanyahu | 102 | 2012-04-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Israeli historian |
| Berkant | 73 | 2012-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Turkish singer |
| Bernard Bierman | 104 | 2012-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Composer |
| Bernard Cohen | 87 | 2012-03-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Nuclear physicist |
| Bernard Holden | 104 | 2012-10-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Railway preservationist (Bluebell Railway) |
| Bernard Jean | 87 | 2012-06-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian lawyer and politician |
| Bernard John Smith | 61 | 2012-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Geologist |
| Bernard O. Gruenke | 99 | 2012-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Stained glass artist |
| Bernard Prior | 78 | 2012-06-17T00:00:00+00:00 | English rugby league player |
| Bernard Rapoport | 94 | 2012-04-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Businessman and philanthropist |
| Bernard Vifian | 67 | 2012-06-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Swiss cyclist. |
| Bernard Zadi Zaourou | 73 | 2012-03-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Ivorian politician and author |
| Bernardino González Ruíz | 101 | 2012-03-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Panamanian politician |
| Bernardo Bonezzi | 48 | 2012-08-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Film music composer |
| Bernardo Sassetti | 41 | 2012-05-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Portuguese jazz pianist and film composer |
| Bernd Meier | 40 | 2012-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer |
| Bernhard Schrader | 80 | 2012-01-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Theoretical chemist |
| Bert Linnecor | 78 | 2012-11-25T00:00:00+00:00 | English footballer |
| Bert R. Bulkin | 82 | 2012-03-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Aeronautical engineer |
| Bert Sugar | 74 | 2012-03-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Boxing writer and historian |
| Bert Weedon | 91 | 2012-04-20T00:00:00+00:00 | English guitarist and composer |
| Bert Worner | 82 | 2012-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian football player (Geelong) |
| Berthe Meijer | 74 | 2012-07-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Dutch author |
| Berthold Albrecht | 58 | 2012-11-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Businessman |
| Berthold Wulf | 85 | 2012-06-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Priest |
| Bertie Marshall | 76 | 2012-10-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Trinidadian musician and steelpan maker |
| Bertie Messitt | 81 | 2012-02-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish Olympic athlete (1960) |
| Bertil Norström | 88 | 2012-09-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Swedish actor |
| Berto Poosen | 67 | 2012-02-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Belgian Olympic volleyball player |
| Bertram Cohler | 73 | 2012-05-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Psychologist |
| Bertram McLean | 64 | 2012-11-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Jamaican musician |
| Bertram Wyatt-Brown | 80 | 2012-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Historian and author |
| Besse Cooper | 116 | 2012-12-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Supercentenarian |
| Bessie Moody-Lawrence | 71 | 2012-12-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Beth Finch | 91 | 2012-12-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Betty Binns Fletcher | 89 | 2012-10-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Federal judge (9th Circuit Court of Appeals) |
| Betty Kaunda | 84 | 2012-09-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Zambian First Lady (1964–1991) |
| Betty Meggers | 80 | 2012-07-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Archaeologist |
| Betty Miller Unterberger | 89 | 2012-05-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Scottish-born historian |
| Bettye Lane | 82 | 2012-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Photojournalist |
| Beverley Goodway | 69 | 2012-11-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Glamour photographer |
| Beverly McDermott | 83 | 2012-01-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Casting director (Cocoon) |
| Beverly Milton Dyck | 78 | 2012-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian politician |
| Bhadriraju Krishnamurti | 84 | 2012-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian linguist |
| Bhim Bahadur Tamang | 78 | 2012-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Nepali politician |
| Bidit Lal Das | 74 | 2012-10-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Bangladeshi folk singer |
| Bidushi Dash Barde | 23 | 2012-10-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian actress and model |
| Biff Elliot | 89 | 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) |
| Big Jim Sullivan | 71 | 2012-10-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Guitarist |
| Big Walter Price | 97 | 2012-03-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Blues singer |
| Bill Bell | 100 | 2012-12-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Army officer and lawyer |
| Bill Cutler | 92 | 2012-03-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball executive |
| Bill Dees | 73 | 2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Musician and songwriter ("Oh) |
| Bill Dickie | 82 | 2012-01-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Scottish football administrator |
| Bill Doss | 43 | 2012-07-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Rock singer and guitarist (The Olivia Tremor Control) |
| Bill Drake | 81 | 2012-10-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Rugby league player |
| Bill Ezinicki | 88 | 2012-10-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs) |
| Bill Glasson | 87 | 2012-03-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian politician |
| Bill Granger | 70 | 2012-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Author and columnist |
| Bill Green | 50 | 2012-03-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Sprinter |
| Bill Hinzman | 75 | 2012-02-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor (Night of the Living Dead) |
| Bill Hollar | 74 | 2012-11-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Racing driver |
| Bill Janklow | 72 | 2012-01-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Bill Jenkins | 81 | 2012-03-29T00:00:00+00:00 | NHRA drag racer |
| Bill King | 102 | 2012-09-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Naval officer |
| Bill Kini | 75 | 2012-08-30T00:00:00+00:00 | New Zealand boxer and rugby player |
| Bill Kitchen | 51 | 2012-07-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens) |
| Bill Mardo | 88 | 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Sportswriter |
| Bill McBride | 67 | 2012-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Bill Moggridge | 69 | 2012-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Industrial designer |
| Bill Norrie | 83 | 2012-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian politician and educator |
| Bill Prest | 86 | 2012-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian politician |
| Bill Rafferty | 68 | 2012-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Comedian and television host (Blockbusters) |
| Bill Robb | 84 | 2012-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian politician |
| Bill Skowron | 81 | 2012-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (New York Yankees) |
| Bill Stewart | 59 | 2012-05-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Football coach (West Virginia University) |
| Bill Tarmey | 71 | 2012-11-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor (Coronation Street) |
| Bill Wallace | 64 | 2012-01-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Author |
| Bill Walsh | 84 | 2012-05-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (Pittsburgh Steelers) |
| Bill Wedderburn | 0 | 2012-03-09T00:00:00+00:00 | 84 |
| Bill Weston | 70 | 2012-03-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Stunt performer (Saving Private Ryan) |
| Bill White | 51 | 2012-10-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Animator |
| Billie Love | 88 | 2012-01-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress and photographer |
| Billy Barnes | 85 | 2012-09-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Composer and lyricist (The Billy Barnes Revue) |
| Billy Bean | 78 | 2012-02-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Jazz guitarist |
| Billy Bryans | 64 | 2012-04-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian musician and producer (Parachute Club) |
| Billy Hullin | 70 | 2012-10-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Welsh rugby union player |
| Billy Kerr | 67 | 2012-08-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish cyclist. |
| Billy Neighbors | 72 | 2012-04-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (Boston Patriots) |
| Billy O'Brien | 83 | 2012-11-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Billy Scott | 70 | 2012-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Singer |
| Billy 'Silver Dollar' Baxter | 85 | 2012-01-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Film producer |
| Billy Strange | 81 | 2012-02-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Songwriter ("Limbo Rock") and music arranger |
| Bim Diederich | 90 | 2012-12-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Luxembourgian road bicycle racer |
| Bingham Ray | 57 | 2012-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Independent film executive |
| Bingu wa Mutharika | 78 | 2012-04-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Malawian politician |
| Birdsall S. Viault | 80 | 2012-12-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Academic |
| Bjørn Blakstad | 86 | 2012-07-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian diplomat |
| Bjørn G. Andersen | 87 | 2012-01-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian geologist |
| Björn Sieber | 23 | 2012-10-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Austrian alpine skier |
| Blagoje Adžić | 79 | 2012-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Serbian politician |
| Blaine | 74 | 2012-02-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian editorial cartoonist |
| Blair Kiel | 50 | 2012-04-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (Green Bay Packers) |
| Blas Riquelme | 83 | 2012-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Paraguayan politician and businessman |
| Bo Lozoff | 65 | 2012-11-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Writer and interfaith humanitarian |
| Bob Anderson | 89 | 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic fencer (1952) |
| Bob Astles | 88 | 2012-12-29T00:00:00+00:00 | British-born Ugandan government adviser |
| Bob Aynsley | 90 | 2012-10-12T00:00:00+00:00 | New Zealand rugby league player |
| Bob Babbitt | 74 | 2012-07-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Bass guitarist (The Funk Brothers) |
| Bob Bethell | 69 | 2012-05-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Bob Birch | 56 | 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Musician (Elton John) |
| Bob Boozer | 75 | 2012-05-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic gold medal-winning (1960) basketball player (New York Knicks) |
| Bob Brooks | 84 | 2012-10-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Film director and advertising creative |
| Bob Brunner | 78 | 2012-10-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Television writer and producer (Diff'rent Strokes) |
| Bob Chappuis | 89 | 2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00 | AAFC football player (Brooklyn Dodgers) |
| Bob Day | 67 | 2012-03-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic (1968) distance runner |
| Bob DeCourcy | 84 | 2012-03-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers) |
| Bob DiPietro | 85 | 2012-09-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (Boston Red Sox) |
| Bob Edwards | 86 | 2012-05-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Journalist |
| Bob French | 74 | 2012-11-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Jazz musician and radio show host |
| Bob Hale | 78 | 2012-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (Baltimore Orioles) |
| Bob Hank | 88 | 2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian SANFL footballer (West Torrens) |
| Bob Holness | 83 | 2012-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 | South African-born quiz show host and actor (Blockbusters) |
| Bob Johnstone | 82 | 2012-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian broadcaster (CBC Radio) |
| Bob Kaplan | 75 | 2012-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian politician |
| Bob Kellett | 84 | 2012-11-27T00:00:00+00:00 | English film and television director |
| Bob Lambert | 55 | 2012-09-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Entertainment industry executive (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Bob LaPointe | 66 | 2012-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 | High school and college football coach |
| Bob Lewis | 86 | 2012-04-11T00:00:00+00:00 | College basketball player (University of Utah) |
| Bob Marshall | 77 | 2012-05-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician. Mayor of San Bruno |
| Bob Martin | 87 | 2012-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic rower |
| Bob McConnell | 87 | 2012-03-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball author and researcher |
| Bob McKenzie | 83 | 2012-01-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian football player |
| Bob Munden | 70 | 2012-12-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Entertainer |
| Bob Myrick | 59 | 2012-08-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (New York Mets) |
| Bob Odell | 90 | 2012-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player |
| Bob Perani | 69 | 2012-04-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Italian-born ice hockey player (Flint Generals) |
| Bob Roesner | 85 | 2012-02-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball umpire |
| Bob Rowland Smith | 86 | 2012-07-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian politician |
| Bob Scott | 91 | 2012-11-16T00:00:00+00:00 | New Zealand rugby union player |
| Bob Stevens | 0 | 2012-09-29T00:00:00+00:00 | South Carolina |
| Bob Stewart | 91 | 2012-05-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Television game show producer (Password) |
| Bob Thalman | 89 | 2012-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player and coach |
| Bob Wade | 92 | 2012-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Crime writer |
| Bob Welch | 66 | 2012-06-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Musician (Fleetwood Mac) |
| Bob Weston | 64 | 2012-01-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Guitarist and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac) |
| Bob Wiggins | 79 | 2012-11-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Negro League baseball outfielder |
| Bob Wright | 86 | 2012-04-15T00:00:00+00:00 | College basketball coach (Morehead State University) |
| Bobbi Jordan | 75 | 2012-11-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress (General Hospital) |
| Bobby Black | 85 | 2012-06-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Scottish football player |
| Bobby Gilfillan | 74 | 2012-11-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Scottish footballer (Doncaster Rovers) |
| Bobby Jack Oliver | 76 | 2012-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player |
| Bobby Jaggers | 64 | 2012-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Professional wrestler |
| Bobby Nicol | 76 | 2012-07-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Scottish football player (Hibernian) |
| Bodjie Dasig | 48 | 2012-03-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Filipino singer and songwriter |
| Bodo Bittner | 72 | 2012-09-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic bobsledder |
| Bódog Török | 88 | 2012-10-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Hungarian handball player |
| Bogdan Baltazar | 73 | 2012-12-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Romanian banker |
| Bohdan Stupka | 70 | 2012-07-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Ukrainian actor |
| Bohdan Tsap | 71 | 2012-11-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Ukrainian footballer and youth football trainer |
| Bohumil Golián | 81 | 2012-01-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Slovak volleyball player |
| Bohuslav Ceplecha | 35 | 2012-07-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Czech rally co-driver |
| Bolesław Proch | 60 | 2012-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Polish speedway rider |
| Bonnie Lynn Fields | 68 | 2012-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress (Angel in My Pocket) |
| Boo Morcom | 91 | 2012-10-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic athlete |
| Borah Bergman | 78 | 2012-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Free jazz pianist |
| Borgia | 18 | 2012-03-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Racehorse |
| Boris Cebotari | 37 | 2012-07-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Moldovan footballer |
| Boris Parygin | 81 | 2012-04-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian philosopher and sociologist |
| Boris Razinsky | 79 | 2012-08-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian football player |
| Boris Shramko | 92 | 2012-07-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Ukrainian historian |
| Boris Šprem | 56 | 2012-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Croatian politician |
| Boris Strugatsky | 79 | 2012-11-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Russian science fiction author |
| Boyd Bartley | 92 | 2012-12-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) |
| Brad Armstrong | 50 | 2012-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Professional wrestler (WWE) |
| Brad Corbett | 75 | 2012-12-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball owner (Texas Rangers) |
| Brahmeshwar Singh | 67 | 2012-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian militia chief |
| Brain Damage | 34 | 2012-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Professional wrestler |
| Brajamohan Jamatia | 106 | 2012-03-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian politician |
| Brajesh Mishra | 83 | 2012-09-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian diplomat |
| Bram Bart | 49 | 2012-04-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Dutch voice actor |
| Bram Bogart | 90 | 2012-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Dutch born Belgian painter |
| Branislav Milinković | 52 | 2012-12-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Serbian diplomat |
| Branko Elsner | 82 | 2012-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Slovenian footballer and coach |
| Brayim Younisi | 85 | 2012-02-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Kurdish writer |
| Břetislav Pojar | 89 | 2012-10-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Czech animator and film director |
| Brian Bromley | 65 | 2012-03-09T00:00:00+00:00 | English footballer (Bolton Wanderers) |
| Brian C. Downey | 61 | 2012-01-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian politician |
| Brian Cobby | 83 | 2012-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor |
| Brian Crossley | 85 | 2012-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 | English-born Australian actor (Adventure Island) and director |
| Brian Crozier | 94 | 2012-08-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Author and journalist |
| Brian Curvis | 74 | 2012-01-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Welsh boxer |
| Brian Davies | 82 | 2012-11-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian rugby league player |
| Brian Dobson | 80 | 2012-07-19T00:00:00+00:00 | English archaeologist |
| Brian Green | 77 | 2012-08-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Football coach and player |
| Brian Heward | 76 | 2012-04-21T00:00:00+00:00 | English footballer |
| Brian Hibbard | 65 | 2012-06-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Welsh actor and singer (The Flying Pickets) |
| Brian Jones | 67 | 2012-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Intelligence analyst |
| Brian Oakley | 84 | 2012-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Civil servant and scientist |
| Brian Óg Maguire | 24 | 2012-09-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish Gaelic football player |
| Brian Phillips | 80 | 2012-03-28T00:00:00+00:00 | English footballer (Mansfield Town) |
| Brian Sampson | 71 | 2012-12-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian rules football player |
| Brian Thomas | 72 | 2012-07-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Welsh rugby union player and manager (Neath RFC) |
| Brian Woolnough | 63 | 2012-09-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Sports journalist |
| Bridie Gallagher | 87 | 2012-01-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish singer |
| Brigitte Engerer | 59 | 2012-06-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Pianist |
| Brij Bhushan Tiwari | 71 | 2012-04-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian politician |
| Britton Chance | 0 | 2012-10-12T00:00:00+00:00 | 72 |
| Bronislav Poloczek | 72 | 2012-03-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Czech theatre and television actor |
| Bruce B. Kendall | 93 | 2012-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Hotelier and politician |
| Bruce Bolling | 67 | 2012-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Bruce Evans | 87 | 2012-11-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian politician |
| Bruce Morrison | 88 | 2012-04-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian football player |
| Bruce Riutta | 67 | 2012-01-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic ice hockey player |
| Bruce Schultz | 80 | 2012-07-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian Anglican prelate |
| Bruce Stark | 79 | 2012-12-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Cartoonist (New York Daily News) |
| Bruce Surtees | 74 | 2012-02-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Cinematographer (Lenny) |
| Bruce Von Hoff | 68 | 2012-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (Houston Astros) |
| Bruno Bobak | 88 | 2012-09-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Polish-born Canadian war artist |
| Bruno Giacometti | 104 | 2012-03-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Swiss architect |
| Bruno Mazza | 88 | 2012-07-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player |
| Bruno Schettino | 71 | 2012-09-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Roman Catholic prelate |
| Bryce Bayer | 83 | 2012-11-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Scientist (Bayer filter) |
| Bryce Courtenay | 79 | 2012-11-22T00:00:00+00:00 | South African-born Australian novelist (The Power of One) |
| Bud Alper | 82 | 2012-12-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Sound engineer (Blade Runner) |
| Bud Byerly | 91 | 2012-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) |
| Bud Riley | 86 | 2012-08-04T00:00:00+00:00 | CFL coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) |
| Budd Lynch | 95 | 2012-10-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian-born public address announcer (Detroit Red Wings) |
| Buddy Freitag | 80 | 2012-05-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Broadway theatre producer (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) |
| Buddy Roberts | 67 | 2012-11-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Professional wrestler |
| Bugs Henderson | 68 | 2012-03-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Blues guitarist |
| Burdette Solum | 85 | 2012-12-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Burl Osborne | 75 | 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Publisher |
| Buster Pearson | 71 | 2012-10-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Jamaican musician |
| Buzz Potamkin | 66 | 2012-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Television producer |
| Byard Lancaster | 70 | 2012-08-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Jazz multi-instrumentalist |
| Bystrík Režucha | 77 | 2012-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Slovak conductor |
| C. Edwin Creed | 91 | 2012-09-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Football coach |
| C. K. Chandrappan | 76 | 2012-03-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian politician |
| C. Louis Kincannon | 72 | 2012-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Bureaucrat |
| C. Miller Fisher | 0 | 2012-04-14T00:00:00+00:00 | |
| Cal Murphy | 79 | 2012-02-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian football coach and general manager (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) |
| Cali Carranza | 59 | 2012-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Tejano musician |
| Callan Pinckney | 72 | 2012-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Fitness professional |
| Camil Samson | 77 | 2012-12-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian politician |
| Camilla Williams | 92 | 2012-01-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Opera singer |
| Campbell Gillies | 21 | 2012-06-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Scottish jockey |
| Candice Cohen-Ahnine | 0 | 2012-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 | French-born former Saudi royal |
| Capitola Dickerson | 98 | 2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Piano instructor |
| Carina Moberg | 46 | 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Swedish politician |
| Carl Beane | 59 | 2012-05-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Sports broadcaster and public address announcer (Fenway Park) |
| Carl Bledsoe | 88 | 2012-06-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Carl Davis | 77 | 2012-08-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Record producer ("Duke of Earl") |
| Carl Gatto | 74 | 2012-04-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Carl Julius Norstrøm | 86 | 2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian economist |
| Carl Rattray | 82 | 2012-03-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Jamaican jurist and politician |
| Carl Woese | 84 | 2012-12-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Biologist |
| Carla Porta Musa | 110 | 2012-10-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Essayist |
| Carleton B. Swift Jr. | 92 | 2012-01-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Intelligence officer |
| Carlisle Towery | 92 | 2012-11-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Basketball player (Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons) |
| Carl-Ludwig Wagner | 82 | 2012-07-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Carlo Curley | 59 | 2012-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Classical organist |
| Carlo Fruttero | 85 | 2012-01-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Writer |
| Carlo Maria Martini | 85 | 2012-08-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Roman Catholic prelate; Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (1979–2002) |
| Carlo Petrini | 64 | 2012-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer |
| Carlo Rambaldi | 86 | 2012-08-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Special effects artist (Alien) |
| Carlos Azevedo | 63 | 2012-10-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Portuguese composer and pianist |
| Carlos Büsser | 84 | 2012-09-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Argentine admiral |
| Carlos Escarrá | 57 | 2012-01-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Venezuelan politician |
| Carlos Figueroa | 80 | 2012-01-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic equestrian |
| Carlos Fuentes | 83 | 2012-05-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Panamanian-born Mexican novelist |
| Carlos Guirao | 57 | 2012-01-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Musician |
| Carlos Larrañaga | 75 | 2012-08-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor |
| Carlos Loiseau | 63 | 2012-05-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Argentine cartoonist |
| Carlos Reichenbach | 67 | 2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian filmmaker |
| Carlos Soria | 63 | 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Argentine politician |
| Carlos Truan | 76 | 2012-04-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Carmélia Alves | 89 | 2012-11-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian baião singer |
| Carmen Basilio | 85 | 2012-11-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Boxer |
| Carmen Belen Richardson | 81 | 2012-08-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Puerto Rican actress and comedian |
| Carmen Martínez Sierra | 108 | 2012-11-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress |
| Carmen Naranjo | 83 | 2012-01-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Costa Rican novelist |
| Carmen Warschaw | 95 | 2012-11-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician and philanthropist |
| Carnegie | 21 | 2012-08-09T00:00:00+00:00 | -bred |
| Carol Ann Abrams | 69 | 2012-06-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Film producer (The Ernest Green Story) and author |
| Carol Kendall | 94 | 2012-07-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Author (The Gammage Cup) |
| Carolina Griño-Aquino | 89 | 2012-12-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Filipino judge |
| Carolina Isakson Proctor | 81 | 2012-01-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Colombian First Lady (1986–1990) |
| Caroline John | 71 | 2012-06-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress (Doctor Who) |
| Carolyn Conwell | 82 | 2012-10-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress (Torn Curtain) |
| Carrie Smith | 86 | 2012-05-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Blues and jazz singer |
| Carroll E. Lanier | 86 | 2012-12-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Carroll S. Walsh | 0 | 2012-12-17T00:00:00+00:00 | 91 |
| Carroll Shelby | 89 | 2012-05-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Automobile racer and designer |
| Cassandra Jardine | 57 | 2012-05-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Journalist |
| Catarina Castor | 32 | 2012-12-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Guatemalan politician |
| Cathie Wright | 82 | 2012-04-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Cathy Campbell | 49 | 2012-02-23T00:00:00+00:00 | New Zealand broadcaster |
| Cecil Chaudhry | 70 | 2012-04-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani fighter pilot |
| Cecil Gordon | 71 | 2012-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 | NASCAR driver and team owner |
| Celeste Holm | 95 | 2012-07-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress (Gentleman's Agreement) |
| Celso Advento Castillo | 69 | 2012-11-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Filipino director and actor |
| Celso Blues Boy | 56 | 2012-08-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian singer and guitarist |
| Ċensu Tabone | 98 | 2012-03-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Maltese politician |
| César Amaro | 64 | 2012-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Uruguayan classical guitarist |
| César Fernández Ardavín | 89 | 2012-09-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Film director (El Lazarillo de Tormes) |
| Cesare Canevari | 85 | 2012-10-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor |
| Cesare Pinarello | 79 | 2012-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic racing cyclist |
| Chacha Pakistani | 90 | 2012-10-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Pakistani nationalist |
| Chad Everett | 75 | 2012-07-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor (Medical Center) |
| Chadli Bendjedid | 83 | 2012-10-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Algerian politician |
| Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg | 101 | 2012-03-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Polish-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva |
| Chaleo Yoovidhya | 88 | 2012-03-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Thai businessman (Red Bull) |
| Champ Summers | 66 | 2012-10-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) |
| Chand Mal Lodha | 93 | 2012-01-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian judge |
| Charles Anthony | 82 | 2012-02-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Tenor |
| Charles Colson | 80 | 2012-04-21T00:00:00+00:00 | White House Counsel convicted in Watergate scandal |
| Charles David Ganao | 85 | 2012-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Congolese politician |
| Charles Delporte | 83 | 2012-11-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Belgian painter and sculptor |
| Charles Drake | 30 | 2012-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (New York Giants) |
| Charles Durning | 89 | 2012-12-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor (Evening Shade) |
| Charles E. Collins | 83 | 2012-09-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician and activist |
| Charles E. Fritch | 85 | 2012-10-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Writer and editor |
| Charles E. M. Pearce | 72 | 2012-06-08T00:00:00+00:00 | New Zealand-born Australian mathematician |
| Charles Fecher | 94 | 2012-01-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Author |
| Charles Flores | 41 | 2012-08-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Cuban-born jazz bassist |
| Charles G. Hall | 81 | 2012-04-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Photojournalist |
| Charles H. Price II | 80 | 2012-01-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Businessman and diplomat |
| Charles Higham | 81 | 2012-04-21T00:00:00+00:00 | English-born biographer |
| Charles Howard | 87 | 2012-01-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian Roman Catholic leader |
| Charles Kennedy Comans | 97 | 2012-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian lawyer |
| Charles Lemmond | 84 | 2012-05-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Charles Martin | 81 | 2012-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Charles Maynard | 42 | 2012-08-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Bahamian politician |
| Charles Morris | 85 | 2012-01-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Charles Pawsey | 88 | 2012-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 | English rugby league player |
| Charles Pidjot | 50 | 2012-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 | New Caledonian politician |
| Charles Pitts | 65 | 2012-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Soul musician |
| Charles Roach | 79 | 2012-10-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Trinidadian-born Canadian civil rights lawyer |
| Charles Rosen | 85 | 2012-12-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Pianist and author |
| Charles Schwartz | 0 | 2012-11-03T00:00:00+00:00 | 90 |
| Charles Spencer Denman | 0 | 2012-11-21T00:00:00+00:00 | 96 |
| Charles Stanmore | 87 | 2012-01-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian Olympic fencer |
| Charles V. Bush | 72 | 2012-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Air force officer |
| Charles W. Bailey | 81 | 2012-01-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Journalist and novelist (Seven Days in May) |
| Charlie Adam | 50 | 2012-12-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Scottish footballer |
| Charlie Hoag | 81 | 2012-03-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Olympic gold-medal winning basketball player (1952) |
| Charlie Richardson | 78 | 2012-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 | English mobster |
| Charlie Rose | 73 | 2012-09-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Charlie Spoonhour | 72 | 2012-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Basketball coach (Southwest Missouri State) |
| Charlie Sutton | 88 | 2012-06-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian football player and coach (Footscray) |
| Charlotte Mitchell | 85 | 2012-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress |
| Chavela Vargas | 93 | 2012-08-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Costa Rican-born Mexican singer-songwriter |
| Chen Din Hwa | 89 | 2012-06-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Chinese industrialist |
| Chen Wencong | 42 | 2012-12-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Singaporean actor |
| Chen Wen-Yu | 88 | 2012-12-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Taiwanese horticulturist |
| Chen Zude | 68 | 2012-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Chinese Go player |
| Cheryll Heinze | 65 | 2012-07-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Chick King | 81 | 2012-07-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (Detroit Tigers) |
| Chico Anysio | 80 | 2012-03-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Brazilian comedian |
| Chief Bearhart | 19 | 2012-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse |
| Chief Jay Strongbow | 83 | 2012-04-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Professional wrestler (WWF) |
| Chikage Awashima | 87 | 2012-02-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Japanese actress (Takarazuka Revue) |
| Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy | 60 | 2012-12-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Nigerian-born artist |
| Chitturi Satyanarayana | 99 | 2012-04-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Indian surgeon |
| Chong Chee Kin | 39 | 2012-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Singaporean journalist |
| Chris Barber | 91 | 2012-07-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Businessman |
| Chris Economaki | 91 | 2012-09-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Motorsports journalist |
| Chris Ethridge | 65 | 2012-04-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Country rock bassist (International Submarine Band) |
| Chris Lighty | 44 | 2012-08-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Talent manager |
| Chris Marker | 91 | 2012-07-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Writer |
| Chris Odera | 48 | 2012-11-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Kenyan Olympic boxer |
| Chris Pavlou | 72 | 2012-01-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian football player |
| Chris Sanderson | 38 | 2012-06-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian lacrosse player and coach |
| Chris Stamp | 70 | 2012-11-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Music producer and manager (The Who) |
| Chris Thompson | 52 | 2012-06-05T00:00:00+00:00 | English footballer |
| Christer Zetterberg | 70 | 2012-04-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Swedish businessman |
| Christian Godefroy | 64 | 2012-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Author |
| Christian Marin | 83 | 2012-09-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Film actor (Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez) |
| Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h | 85 | 2012-01-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Philologist |
| Christine Brooke-Rose | 89 | 2012-03-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Writer and literary critic |
| Christoffer Schander | 51 | 2012-02-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian marine biologist |
| Christoffer Selbekk | 72 | 2012-01-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Norwegian businessman and ski jumper |
| Christopher Allen | 68 | 2012-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 | English cricket player (Dorset) |
| Christopher Challis | 93 | 2012-05-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Cinematographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) |
| Christopher Erhardt | 53 | 2012-12-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Video game producer and academic |
| Christopher Evans | 102 | 2012-07-30T00:00:00+00:00 | English chaplain and theologian |
| Chronox Manek | 0 | 2012-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 | |
| Chuck Baird | 64 | 2012-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Artist |
| Chuck Brown | 75 | 2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Singer and musician ("Bustin' Loose") |
| Chuck Cherundolo | 96 | 2012-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (Philadelphia Eagles) |
| Chuck Diering | 89 | 2012-11-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) |
| Chuck Metcalf | 81 | 2012-01-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Double-bassist |
| Chuck Share | 85 | 2012-06-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons) |
| Chut Wutty | 40 | 2012-04-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Cambodian environmental activist |
| Ciarán Maher | 50 | 2012-12-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish Gaelic football player |
| Claes Egnell | 95 | 2012-01-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Swedish sport shooter and Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) pentathlete |
| Claire Dan | 92 | 2012-10-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian philanthropist |
| Claire Malis | 69 | 2012-08-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress (One Life to Live) |
| Clancy Lyall | 86 | 2012-03-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Military veteran |
| Clara Nomee | 73 | 2012-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Clara Stanton Jones | 99 | 2012-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Librarian |
| Clare Fischer | 83 | 2012-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Composer |
| Clarence C. Pope | 81 | 2012-01-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Prelate |
| Clarence Dart | 91 | 2012-02-17T00:00:00+00:00 | World War II fighter pilot (Tuskegee Airmen) |
| Clarence M. Mitchell | 0 | 2012-10-11T00:00:00+00:00 | 72 |
| Clarence Tillenius | 98 | 2012-01-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian artist and conservationist |
| Claude Cheysson | 92 | 2012-10-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Claude Miller | 70 | 2012-04-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Director |
| Claude Pinoteau | 87 | 2012-10-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Film director (La Boum) |
| Claude Sumner | 92 | 2012-06-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian philosopher |
| Claude-Anne Lopez | 92 | 2012-12-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Author and scholar |
| Claudene Christian | 42 | 2012-10-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Entrepreneur and sailor |
| Clément Haeyen | 84 | 2012-04-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Belgian Olympic (1960) weightlifter |
| Clementina Díaz y de Ovando | 96 | 2012-02-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Mexican writer and academic |
| Cleveland Elam | 60 | 2012-07-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (San Francisco 49ers) |
| Cliff Ashby | 92 | 2012-04-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Poet and novelist |
| Cliff Brown | 60 | 2012-12-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (Notre Dame) |
| Cliff Chambers | 90 | 2012-01-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Baseball player |
| Cliff Osmond | 75 | 2012-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor (Irma la Douce) |
| Cliff Pilkey | 90 | 2012-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian politician and trade union leader |
| Cliff Portwood | 74 | 2012-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 | English footballer and singer |
| Clive Dunn | 92 | 2012-11-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor (Dad's Army) and singer ("Grandad") |
| Clive Shakespeare | 62 | 2012-02-15T00:00:00+00:00 | British-born Australian guitarist (Sherbet) and record producer |
| Clive Shell | 64 | 2012-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Welsh international rugby player |
| Col Saddington | 74 | 2012-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian football player |
| Colin Campbell | 80 | 2012-01-17T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian Roman Catholic prelate |
| Colin Davis | 79 | 2012-12-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Racing driver |
| Colin Horsley | 92 | 2012-07-28T00:00:00+00:00 | New Zealand-born classical pianist |
| Colin Ireland | 57 | 2012-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Serial killer |
| Colin Lamont | 70 | 2012-07-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Australian politician |
| Colin Marshall | 0 | 2012-07-05T00:00:00+00:00 | 78 |
| Colin Tarrant | 59 | 2012-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor (The Bill) |
| Colleen Bushman Lemmon | 85 | 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Latter Day Saint counselor |
| Colleen Walker | 56 | 2012-12-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Golfer |
| Colm Tucker | 59 | 2012-01-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish rugby union player |
| Colonel Stone Johnson | 93 | 2012-01-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Civil rights activist |
| Compton Gonsalves | 85 | 2012-03-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Trinidad and Tobago Olympic cyclist |
| Con Houlihan | 86 | 2012-08-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish sports journalist |
| Conrad Soares | 72 | 2012-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Bermudan Olympic sailor |
| Constance Kgosiemang | 66 | 2012-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Namibian politician |
| Constantin Piron | 80 | 2012-05-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Belgian physicist |
| Constantine of Irinoupolis | 75 | 2012-05-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Orthodox hierarch |
| Cora Hansen | 113 | 2012-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 | American-born Canadian supercentenarian |
| Cordelia Edvardson | 83 | 2012-10-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Swedish journalist and Holocaust survivor |
| Cornel Lucas | 92 | 2012-11-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Photographer |
| Corrie Sanders | 46 | 2012-09-23T00:00:00+00:00 | South African boxer |
| Cosimo Nocera | 74 | 2012-11-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer (Foggia Calcio) |
| Cosmas Desmond | 76 | 2012-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 | South African priest and activist |
| Cotton Owens | 88 | 2012-06-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Hall of Fame NASCAR driver and owner |
| Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg | 95 | 2012-05-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Swedish royal |
| Count Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees | 87 | 2012-06-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Author |
| Countess Alix de Lannoy | 70 | 2012-08-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Belgian countess |
| Crawford Hallock Greenewalt | 0 | 2012-05-04T00:00:00+00:00 | 74 |
| Cris Alexander | 92 | 2012-03-07T00:00:00+00:00 | Actor and photographer |
| Crispin Aubrey | 66 | 2012-09-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Journalist |
| Cristian Tudor | 30 | 2012-12-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Romanian footballer |
| Cuauhtémoc Sandoval Ramírez | 61 | 2012-02-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Mexican politician |
| Curt Levine | 64 | 2012-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician and attorney |
| Curt Meyer-Clason | 101 | 2012-01-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Writer and translator |
| Curtis Crider | 82 | 2012-12-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Racing driver |
| Cuthbert Woodroffe | 89 | 2012-11-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Barbadian prelate |
| Cynthia Dall | 41 | 2012-04-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Musician |
| Cyril Domb | 91 | 2012-02-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Physicist |
| Dadullah | 0 | 2012-08-24T00:00:00+00:00 | airstrike |
| Daire Brehan | 55 | 2012-08-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Irish broadcaster |
| Daisy Junor | 92 | 2012-04-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Canadian baseball player (AAGPBL) |