1912 (AD 1912) Historical Timeline & Archive

Explore biographies of historical figures born or commemorated in 1912 (AD 1912) from the 2Day Chrono-Wiki encyclopedia.

Notable Figures in 1912 (AD 1912) (18)

  • Alan Turing (Born: 1912-06-23) — Father of theoretical computer science, known for the Turing machine and codebreaking.
  • Alfredo Stroessner (Born: 1912-11-03) — Paraguayan military dictator who ruled from 1954 to 1989, known for repression.
  • August Strindberg (Died: 1912-05-14) — Pioneering Swedish literary figure, playwright, and essayist of the late 19th century.
  • Bram Stoker (Died: 1912-04-20) — Irish author best known for the Gothic horror novel Dracula, shaping vampire fiction.
  • Charles Bourseul (Died: 1912-11-23) — French inventor, pioneer of the 'make and break' telephone decades before Alexander Graham Bell.
  • Chien-Shiung Wu (Born: 1912-05-31) — Pioneering experimental physicist known for proving parity non-conservation.
  • Emperor Meiji (Died: 1912-07-30) — Emperor of Japan whose reign oversaw the transformation from feudalism to an imperial power.
  • Erich Honecker (Born: 1912-08-25) — Communist leader of East Germany (GDR), serving from 1971 until 1989.
  • Gene Kelly (Born: 1912-08-23) — Pioneering American dancer and actor who transformed the Hollywood musical genre.
  • Henri Poincaré (Died: 1912-07-17) — Polymath mathematician and physicist, foundational to chaos theory, relativity, and modern topology.
  • Jackson Pollock (Born: 1912-01-28) — Pioneering Abstract Expressionist known for his revolutionary 'drip technique' painting.
  • Kim Il Sung (Born: 1912-04-15) — Founder of North Korea and long-serving communist leader (1912-1994)
  • Michelangelo Antonioni (Born: 1912-09-29) — Master of modern Italian cinema, known for themes of alienation and visual enigma.
  • Milton Friedman (Born: 1912-07-31) — Pioneering economist known for monetarism and challenging Keynesian theory.
  • Robert Falcon Scott (Died: 1912-03-29) — British Antarctic explorer famed for the Discovery and Terra Nova Expeditions.
  • Sonja Henie (Born: 1912-04-08) — Olympic champion skater and Hollywood star who defined the sport and screen.
  • Wernher von Braun (Born: 1912-03-23) — Pioneering aerospace engineer, architect of rocketry, and key figure in the Space Race.
  • Woody Guthrie (Born: 1912-07-14) — Pioneering American folk musician whose songs championed socialism and anti-fascism.