2012 (AD 2012) Historical Timeline & Archive

Notable Figures in 2012 (AD 2012) (16)

• Adam Yauch (Died: 2012-05-04) — Founding member of Beastie Boys; influential rapper, filmmaker, and Tibetan activist.
• Alfred F. Young (Died: 2012-11-06) — Pioneering American historian of the Revolution and working-class social history.
• Blue Ivy Carter (Born: 2012-01-07) — American singer, actress, and dancer, daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
• Carlos Fuentes (Died: 2012-05-15) — Pivotal Mexican novelist and key figure of the Latin American literary Boom.
• Charles Rosen (Died: 2012-12-09) — American pianist and influential music critic, celebrated for his writings on musical style.
• Dave Brubeck (Died: 2012-12-05) — Pioneering jazz pianist known for blending classical structures with unusual time signatures.
• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Died: 2012-05-18) — Master German baritone, renowned for Lieder and unparalleled vocal versatility.
• Elizabeth Catlett (Died: 2012-04-02) — Pioneering American sculptor known for depicting the Black-American female experience.
• Eric Hobsbawm (Died: 2012-10-01) — Marxist historian renowned for analyzing the long 19th and short 20th centuries.
• George Armitage Miller (Died: 2012-07-22) — Pioneering cognitive psychologist, founder of psycholinguistics and WordNet.
• Mitch Lucker (Died: 2012-11-01) — American musician best known as the lead vocalist for the deathcore band Suicide Silence.
• Neil Armstrong (Died: 2012-08-25) — Pioneering astronaut and engineer, first man to walk on the Moon.
• Oscar Niemeyer (Died: 2012-12-05) — Pioneering Brazilian architect celebrated for its fluid, sculptural use of reinforced concrete.
• Ravi Shankar (Died: 2012-12-11) — Pioneering sitar virtuoso who globalized Indian classical music.
• Ray Bradbury (Died: 2012-06-05) — Celebrated American author known for blending fantasy, sci-fi, and poetic prose.
• Sage Stallone (Died: 2012-07-13) — American actor, son of Sylvester Stallone, known for his early career appearances.