List of Famous people who died in 2012

Siegbert Salomon Prawer FBA was Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature at the University of Oxford.

Pedro Bantigue y Natividad, was a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is notably the first bishop in the Philippines to come from Hagonoy, as well as the Province of Bulacan.

John Michael Pesky, nicknamed "The Needle" and "Mr. Red Sox", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He was a shortstop and third baseman during a ten-year major league playing career, appearing in 1,270 games played in 1942 and from 1946 to 1954 for three teams. He missed the 1943–45 seasons while serving in World War II. Pesky was associated with the Boston Red Sox for 61 of his 73 years in baseball—from 1940 through June 3, 1952, 1961 through 1964, and from 1969 until his death. Pesky also managed the Red Sox from 1963 to 1964, and in September 1980.

Eivind Albin Andreas Bolle was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Hol.

George Murdock was an American character actor, especially prolific on television.

Roy Merrill Speer Jr. was an American attorney, and entrepreneur. He was also the former CEO, co-founder and chairman of the Home Shopping Network.

William John Janklow was an American politician and member of the Republican Party who holds the record for the longest tenure as Governor of South Dakota: sixteen years in office. Janklow had the third-longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at 5,851 days.