List of Famous people who died in 2012

Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka was a popular Ukrainian actor and the minister of culture of Ukraine. He was born in Kulykiv, General Government to Ukrainian parents. In 2001 he was a member of the jury at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival. At the 26th Moscow International Film Festival he won the award for Best Actor for his role in Our Own.

Orhan Boran was a Turkish radio and TV host and actor. He was also widely known for his laudable usage of the Turkish language.

Claude Miller was a French film director, producer and screenwriter.

Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was a senior prince of the House of Saud, and a member of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Allegiance Council.

Jean Topart was a French actor and voice actor. He was considered one of the best known voices on French television for decades. In addition to providing the voices and narration for television series and animated films, Topart often dubbed American and other foreign films into French.

Patrick "Paddy" Roy Bates was a British pirate radio broadcaster and micronationalist, who founded the unrecognised Principality of Sealand. He was a major in the British Army during World War II.

Carlos Loiseau was a prolific Argentine cartoonist and humorist. He was popularly known in Argentina by his byline, Caloi.

Takeshi Aono was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Asahikawa, Hokkaidō. He was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He graduated from Hokkaidō Asahikawa Higashi High School.

Pierre Schoendoerffer was a French film director, a screenwriter, a writer, a war reporter, a war cameraman, a renowned First Indochina War veteran, a cinema academician. He was president of the Académie des Beaux-Arts for 2001 and for 2007.

Édouard Leclerc was a French businessman and entrepreneur who founded the French supermarket chain E.Leclerc in 1948. From his first store, Leclerc's chain has multiplied into more than 550 locations in France and 114 stores outside the country, as of 2012.