Famous Deaths on February 12

Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric

Czech member of Czech National Council, politician and publicist

Israeli artist (1930–2016)

Peruvian politician, businessperson, geologist and mining engineer

Jordanian journalist and politician

British Army officer (1870-1962)

Japanese physicist and metallurgist (1870-1954)

Austrian physicist (1873–1948)

Commissioner of the Svenska Scoutförbundet

Norwegian physician

Turkish physician and poet (1870–1934)

Canadian politician

Japanese writer (1891-1943)

Writer and editor of Cymru'r Plant from 1908 to 1912 (1870–1953)

Romanian poet and translator (1873-1943)

Italian screenwriter and author (1892-1954)

Belgian politician and writer (1873-1938)

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

British civil engineer (1890-1971)

Polish scientist

Dominican specialist in literature (1891-1976)

Poet

French chemist

Spanish lawyer, writer and historian (1746–1819)

Swiss painter and art patron (1797-1867)

Dutch painter (1788-1821)

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)

Brazilian artist (c.1635-1700)

Italian humanist (1364-1437)