Famous Deaths on February 12

Czech member of Czech National Council, politician and publicist

Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric

Israeli artist (1930–2016)

Austrian physicist (1873–1948)

Norwegian physician

British Army officer (1870-1962)

Japanese physicist and metallurgist (1870-1954)

Commissioner of the Svenska Scoutförbundet

Turkish physician and poet (1870–1934)

Italian screenwriter and author (1892-1954)

Canadian politician

Belgian politician and writer (1873-1938)

Romanian poet and translator (1873-1943)

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

British civil engineer (1890-1971)

French chemist

Swiss painter and art patron (1797-1867)

Dutch painter (1788-1821)

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)

Italian humanist (1364-1437)