List of Famous people who died in 1912

Dr. John Wesley Hoyt was an American politician and educator. Hoyt was the third Governor of Wyoming Territory.

Martin Kähler was a German theologian. He is best known for his short work, published in 1892, Der sogenannte historische Jesus und der geschichtliche, biblische Christus.

Rudolf Hoernes was an Austrian geologist, born in Vienna, son of Moritz Hoernes. He studied under Eduard Suess and became a Professor of geology in Graz. He was known for his earthquake studies in 1878 and proposed a classification of earthquakes into subsidence earthquakes, volcanic earthquakes and tectonic earthquakes. In 1893 he published a detailed textbook on earthquake theory (Erdbebenkunde) from a geological point of view.

Prince Jerzy Konstanty Czartoryski (1828–1912) was a Polish noble (szlachcic) and politician.

Björn Jónsson was Minister for Iceland from 31 March 1909 to 14 March 1911. He was the father of Sveinn Björnsson, the only Regent of Iceland and first President of Iceland. Björn became Minister for Iceland after Hannes Hafstein and his supporters suffered losses in the elections of 1908, where the voters rejected the draft of a new constitution. Björn was forced to resign after forcing the General Director of the National Bank, Tryggvi Gunnarsson, out of that post due to heavy criticism of their supporters. Björn and other opponents of the Draft won a landslide victory in the 1908 elections. He served as speaker of the Althing in 1909.

Julio Herrera y Obes, was a Uruguayan political figure.

Luis Benjamín Cordero y Crespo was President of Ecuador 1 July 1892 to 16 April 1895.