List of Famous people who died in 2012

Cristian Dorin Tudor was a Romanian football striker.

Elisabeth Böhm née Haggenmüller was a German architect. Frequently working together with her husband, Gottfried Böhm, she has participated in the design of numerous projects, especially their interiors.

Edward Donnall "Don" Thomas was an American physician, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, and director emeritus of the clinical research division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. In 1990 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Joseph E. Murray for the development of cell and organ transplantation. Thomas and his wife and research partner Dottie Thomas developed bone marrow transplantation as a treatment for leukemia.

Helmut Haller was a German footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he represented West Germany at three World Cups. At club level, he played in both Germany and Italy, and won Italian league titles with Bologna and Juventus.

Takashi Taniguchi was a Japanese voice actor from Hokkaidō. He was last attached to Office Ōsawa at the time of his death. On December 28, 2012, fellow voice actor Toshio Furukawa announced Taniguchi's death through Twitter after receiving the news through Office Ōsawa. He was 65 years old at the time of his death.

Major (Francis) Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier, 5th Baron Ettrick was a Scottish soldier and courtier. He was the son of Lt.-Colonel William Francis Cyril James Hamilton Napier, 13th Lord Napier, 4th Baron Ettrick and Violet Muir Newson, daughter of Sir Percy Wilson Newson, 1st Bt.

Jacqueline Porel (1918–2012) was a French stage and film actress. She was also a voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in French-speaking markets. She was married to the actor Gérard Landry.

Heinz Kahlau was a German writer.

Yves Niaré was a shot putter from France.

Susanne Zeller, née Hirzel, was a member of the resistance group "White Rose", for which she was arrested and convicted, but avoided the death penalty.