1912: The Year in People

The Greatest Generation · Year of the Rat 🐀 · Born in 1912 turn 114 in 2026

The year in numbers

US president

William Howard Taft

In the news: Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage

What happened in 1912

1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1912th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 912th year of the 2nd millennium, the 12th year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1912, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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Born in 1912

96 people in our data · most viewed first

Alan Turing

1912–1954 · June 23

English computer scientist

Kim Philby

1912–1988 · January 1

British intelligence officer and Soviet double agent

Danny Thomas

1912–1991 · January 6

American actor and comedian

Ben Hogan

1912–1997 · August 13

American professional golfer

Enoch Powell

1912–1998 · June 16

British politician

Erich Honecker

1912–1994 · August 25

Leader of East Germany from 1971 to 1989

Barbara Hutton

1912–1979 · November 14

American philanthropist and socialite

Doris Duke

1912–1993 · November 22

American billionaire

Carlo Ponti

1912–2007 · December 11

Italian film producer

John Le Mesurier

1912–1983 · April 5

English actor

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1912–1983 · June 22

Duke and Nazi politician

Bayard Rustin

1912–1987 · March 17

American civil rights activist

Alois Brunner

b. 1912 · April 8

Austrian war criminal (1912–2001/2010)

Chien-Shiung Wu

1912–1997 · May 31

Chinese-American physicist

Don Siegel

1912–1991 · October 26

American filmmaker

Hanna Reitsch

1912–1979 · March 29

German aviator and test pilot

Eleanor Powell

1912–1982 · November 21

American tap dancer and actress

Alfredo Stroessner

1912–2006 · November 3

Dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989

Charles Addams

1912–1988 · January 7

American cartoonist

Byron Nelson

1912–2006 · February 4

American professional golfer

Dale Evans

1912–2001 · October 31

American actress, singer and writer

Art Linkletter

1912–2010 · July 17

Canadian-born American TV personality

Henry Jones (actor)

1912–1999 · August 1

American actor

Barry Sullivan (American actor)

1912–1994 · August 29

American actor

Died in 1912

Emperor Meiji1852–1912 · Emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912
Bram Stoker1847–1912 · Irish author
Edward Smith (sea captain)1850–1912 · British merchant navy officer
Clara Barton1821–1912 · American Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross
Benjamin Guggenheim1865–1912 · American businessman and ''Titanic'' passenger
Frederick VIII of Denmark1843–1912 · King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912
Joseph Lister1827–1912 · English scientist, surgeon and antiseptic pioneer
August Strindberg1849–1912 · Swedish writer and painter
Daniel Burnham1846–1912 · American architect and urban designer (1846– 1912)
Archibald Butt1865–1912 · American journalist and military officer
Charles Brantley Aycock1859–1912 · American politician
Gustave de Molinari1819–1912 · Belgian political economist and classical liberal theorist