Famous Deaths on February 12

Czech member of Czech National Council, politician and publicist

Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric

Israeli artist (1930–2016)

Peruvian politician, businessperson, geologist and mining engineer

Austrian physicist (1873–1948)

Norwegian physician

British Army officer (1870-1962)

Japanese physicist and metallurgist (1870-1954)

Commissioner of the Svenska Scoutförbundet

Italian screenwriter and author (1892-1954)

Belgian politician and writer (1873-1938)

Romanian poet and translator (1873-1943)

Turkish physician and poet (1870–1934)

Canadian politician

Post-war economic historian specializing in global economic history/urban history/historical demography (1930-1999)

Polish scientist

British civil engineer (1890-1971)

Dominican specialist in literature (1891-1976)

Poet

French chemist

Spanish lawyer, writer and historian (1746–1819)

Dutch painter (1788-1821)

Swiss painter and art patron (1797-1867)

Swedish author

Italian priest, biologist and physiologist (1729-1799)

King of Sweden (1710–1771)

American general, writer and philosopher (1738–1789)

Queen consort of Spain (1662-1689)

German author (1591-1661)

Italian humanist (1364-1437)