List of Famous people who died in 2012

Philippe Labeyrie was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Landes department. He was a member of the Socialist Party.

Daphne Helen Slater was an English actress noted for Shakespearian and period films. She was born in London and educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, when it was in Acton, before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she won the academy's gold medal.

Giancarlo Cobelli was an Italian actor and stage director. He was considered one of the most important directors of Italian theatre.

Ed Brigadier was an American actor immortalized as the gruesome motorcycle-riding title character in the cult slasher film, Dr. Chopper (2005). Brigadier made many other appearances in film and television on such shows as House, Nip/Tuck, Scrubs, Alias, How I Met Your Mother and Malcolm in the Middle. He appeared many times on The History Channel, most memorably as Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil in the miniseries The War That Made America - The Story of the French and Indian War, and acted on stage in such plays as The Imaginary Invalid, A Servant of Two Masters, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop.

Katherine Kath was a French prima ballerina at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, who became an actress after suffering from an injury which destroyed her chances of continuing her career.

Raj Kanwar was a Bollywood film director, writer and film producer based in Mumbai, India.